HPQ vs. HPE, JNPR, FFIV, ANET, GRMN, GLW, MDB, MTD, ZS, and ON
Should you be buying HP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HP include Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Juniper Networks (JNPR), F5 (FFIV), Arista Networks (ANET), Garmin (GRMN), Corning (GLW), MongoDB (MDB), Mettler-Toledo International (MTD), Zscaler (ZS), and Onsemi (ON). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
HP (NYSE:HPQ) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
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.
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.
In the previous week, HP had 9 more articles in the media than Hewlett Packard Enterprise. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for HP and 16 mentions for Hewlett Packard Enterprise. HP's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Hewlett Packard Enterprise's score of 0.47 indicating that HP is being referred to more favorably in the media.
77.5% of HP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of HP shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
HP pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. HP pays out 32.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hewlett Packard Enterprise pays out 35.9% 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.
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.
HP presently has a consensus target price of $33.11, suggesting a potential upside of 18.25%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a consensus target price of $17.91, suggesting a potential upside of 4.30%. Given HP's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe HP is more favorable than Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
HP has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
HP beats Hewlett Packard Enterprise on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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