HPE vs. DELL, HPQ, STX, PSTG, SMCI, LOGI, PAR, VYX, DBD, and ATEN
Should you be buying Hewlett Packard Enterprise stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hewlett Packard Enterprise include Dell Technologies (DELL), HP (HPQ), Seagate Technology (STX), Pure Storage (PSTG), Super Micro Computer (SMCI), Logitech International (LOGI), PAR Technology (PAR), NCR Voyix (VYX), Diebold Nixdorf (DBD), and A10 Networks (ATEN). These companies are all part of the "computer hardware" industry.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise vs.
Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.
Dell Technologies has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a net margin of 8.56% compared to Dell Technologies' net margin of 4.36%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise's return on equity of 8.94% beat Dell Technologies' return on equity.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise received 57 more outperform votes than Dell Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.86% of users gave Hewlett Packard Enterprise an outperform vote while only 60.21% of users gave Dell Technologies an outperform vote.
76.4% of Dell Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares are held by institutional investors. 46.7% of Dell Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares are held by company 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.
Dell Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $148.06, indicating a potential upside of 41.44%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a consensus target price of $24.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.10%. Given Dell Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Dell Technologies is more favorable than Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
Dell Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Dell Technologies pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hewlett Packard Enterprise pays out 27.4% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Dell Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Hewlett Packard Enterprise is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dell Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Dell Technologies had 20 more articles in the media than Hewlett Packard Enterprise. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Dell Technologies and 29 mentions for Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Dell Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Hewlett Packard Enterprise's score of 0.85 indicating that Dell Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Dell Technologies beats Hewlett Packard Enterprise on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HPE) was last updated on 1/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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