HPE vs. HPQ, JNPR, FFIV, EXTR, ATEN, DGII, LTRX, SILC, ALLT, and BOSC
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), Extreme Networks (EXTR), A10 Networks (ATEN), Digi International (DGII), Lantronix (LTRX), Silicom (SILC), Allot Communications (ALLT), and B.O.S. Better Online Solutions (BOSC). These companies are all part of the "computer & office equipment" industry.
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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
HP received 715 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 60.89% of users gave HP an outperform vote.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of HP shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, HP had 37 more articles in the media than Hewlett Packard Enterprise. MarketBeat recorded 55 mentions for HP and 18 mentions for Hewlett Packard Enterprise. HP's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Hewlett Packard Enterprise's score of 0.69 indicating that HP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise currently has a consensus target price of $18.20, indicating a potential upside of 3.12%. HP has a consensus target price of $34.64, indicating a potential downside of 5.11%. Given Hewlett Packard Enterprise's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hewlett Packard Enterprise is more favorable than HP.
HP has higher revenue and earnings than Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Hewlett Packard Enterprise is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. HP pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise pays out 35.9% 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.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HP has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a net margin of 6.81% compared to HP's net margin of 5.60%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise's return on equity of 9.12% beat HP's return on equity.
Summary
HP beats Hewlett Packard Enterprise on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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