Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Competitors

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HPE vs. HPQ, JNPR, FFIV, ANET, ASX, TME, PINS, VOD, PTC, and WDC

Should you be buying Hewlett Packard Enterprise stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hewlett Packard Enterprise include HP (HPQ), Juniper Networks (JNPR), F5 (FFIV), Arista Networks (ANET), ASE Technology (ASX), Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), Pinterest (PINS), Vodafone Group Public (VOD), PTC (PTC), and Western Digital (WDC). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise vs.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) and HP (NYSE:HPQ) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HP has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

HP received 710 more outperform votes than Hewlett Packard Enterprise when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.44% of users gave Hewlett Packard Enterprise an outperform vote while only 60.94% of users gave HP an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Hewlett Packard EnterpriseOutperform Votes
783
64.44%
Underperform Votes
432
35.56%
HPOutperform Votes
1493
60.94%
Underperform Votes
957
39.06%

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a net margin of 6.81% compared to HP's net margin of 6.45%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise's return on equity of 9.12% beat HP's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hewlett Packard Enterprise6.81% 9.12% 3.36%
HP 6.45%-181.02%9.23%

In the previous week, Hewlett Packard Enterprise had 2 more articles in the media than HP. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Hewlett Packard Enterprise and 6 mentions for HP. HP's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Hewlett Packard Enterprise's score of 0.61 indicating that HP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
HP
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Hewlett Packard Enterprise pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. HP pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise pays out 35.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HP pays out 32.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. HP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise presently has a consensus price target of $17.91, indicating a potential upside of 4.98%. HP has a consensus price target of $33.11, indicating a potential upside of 11.41%. Given HP's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe HP is more favorable than Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.30
HP
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

HP has higher revenue and earnings than Hewlett Packard Enterprise. HP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hewlett Packard Enterprise, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hewlett Packard Enterprise$29.14B0.76$2.03B$1.4511.77
HP$53.72B0.54$3.26B$3.428.69

80.8% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of HP shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of HP shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

HP beats Hewlett Packard Enterprise on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HPE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HPE vs. The Competition

MetricHewlett Packard EnterpriseComputer & office equipment IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$22.18B$28.21B$21.07B$17.89B
Dividend Yield3.05%3.03%2.75%3.47%
P/E Ratio11.7716.13226.5823.54
Price / Sales0.764.85529.5410.04
Price / Cash4.7214.4129.4417.93
Price / Book1.034.156.616.05
Net Income$2.03B$1.62B$641.12M$966.66M
7 Day Performance1.19%1.24%0.42%1.48%
1 Month Performance-2.07%-4.99%0.82%2.59%
1 Year Performance23.36%520.57%32.19%131.38%

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HPQ
HP
4.7193 of 5 stars
$28.09
-0.6%
$33.11
+17.9%
+1.1%$27.55B$53.72B8.2158,000Short Interest ↑
JNPR
Juniper Networks
4.3668 of 5 stars
$34.82
-0.9%
$34.55
-0.8%
+19.8%$11.31B$5.56B50.463,374Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
FFIV
F5
3.942 of 5 stars
$165.31
-9.2%
$185.10
+12.0%
+27.3%$9.72B$2.81B21.506,524Insider Selling
High Trading Volume
ANET
Arista Networks
4.7136 of 5 stars
$256.56
-2.7%
$275.59
+7.4%
+125.9%$80.46B$5.86B39.054,023Analyst Forecast
Buyback Announcement
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
ASX
ASE Technology
4.0491 of 5 stars
$10.03
-2.9%
$7.84
-21.9%
+52.9%$21.99B$18.69B21.8092,894Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
TME
Tencent Music Entertainment Group
3.3379 of 5 stars
$12.55
-2.7%
$11.63
-7.3%
+78.6%$21.54B$3.91B28.525,185Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
PINS
Pinterest
3.5394 of 5 stars
$33.47
-0.9%
$38.39
+14.7%
+95.5%$22.72B$3.06B-557.664,014
VOD
Vodafone Group Public
3.2089 of 5 stars
$8.41
-3.4%
$14.45
+71.8%
-22.9%$22.77B$55.10B0.00104,000Positive News
PTC
PTC
4.8977 of 5 stars
$177.44
-1.8%
$202.40
+14.1%
+39.0%$21.21B$2.10B90.077,231Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
WDC
Western Digital
3.0385 of 5 stars
$70.83
+1.4%
$77.76
+9.8%
+120.0%$23.08B$12.32B-14.2553,000

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This page (NYSE:HPE) was last updated on 5/12/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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