HPQ vs. DELL, HPE, PSTG, STX, SMCI, LOGI, PAR, VYX, DBD, and ATEN
Should you be buying HP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HP include Dell Technologies (DELL), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Pure Storage (PSTG), Seagate Technology (STX), 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.
HP vs.
Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) and HP (NYSE:HPQ) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.
Dell Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $148.06, indicating a potential upside of 35.02%. HP has a consensus target price of $36.23, indicating a potential upside of 11.36%. Given Dell Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Dell Technologies is more favorable than HP.
Dell Technologies has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HP has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dell Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. HP pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Dell Technologies pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HP pays out 41.3% 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 increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. HP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
HP received 760 more outperform votes than Dell Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.61% of users gave HP an outperform vote while only 60.21% of users gave Dell Technologies an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Dell Technologies had 26 more articles in the media than HP. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Dell Technologies and 12 mentions for HP. Dell Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat HP's score of 0.80 indicating that Dell Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
76.4% 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
HP has a net margin of 5.18% compared to Dell Technologies' net margin of 4.36%. Dell Technologies' return on equity of -191.91% beat HP's return on equity.
Dell Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than HP. 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.
Summary
Dell Technologies beats HP on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HPQ) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
