DELL vs. HPQ, DBD, SSYS, DDD, KOPN, AAPL, SMCI, OMCL, OSS, and ZEPP
Should you be buying Dell Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dell Technologies include HP (HPQ), Diebold Nixdorf (DBD), Stratasys (SSYS), 3D Systems (DDD), Kopin (KOPN), Apple (AAPL), Super Micro Computer (SMCI), Omnicell (OMCL), One Stop Systems (OSS), and Zepp Health (ZEPP).
Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) and HP (NYSE:HPQ) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Dell Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $135.81, suggesting a potential downside of 2.69%. HP has a consensus target price of $34.64, suggesting a potential downside of 5.11%. Given Dell Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Dell Technologies is more favorable than HP.
HP has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Dell Technologies. HP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dell Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
HP received 784 more outperform votes than Dell Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.89% of users gave HP an outperform vote while only 59.60% of users gave Dell Technologies an outperform vote.
38.1% of Dell Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of HP shares are held by institutional investors. 46.7% of Dell Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of HP shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Dell Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. HP pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Dell Technologies pays out 36.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HP pays out 37.2% 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 has a net margin of 5.60% compared to Dell Technologies' net margin of 4.00%. Dell Technologies' return on equity of -177.24% beat HP's return on equity.
Dell Technologies has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HP has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Dell Technologies had 27 more articles in the media than HP. MarketBeat recorded 82 mentions for Dell Technologies and 55 mentions for HP. HP's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Dell Technologies' score of 0.42 indicating that HP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Dell Technologies beats HP on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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