Pure Storage (PSTG) Competitors

Pure Storage (NYSE:PSTG) and HP (NYSE:HPQ) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Do analysts prefer PSTG or HPQ?

Pure Storage presently has a consensus price target of $73.20, suggesting a potential upside of 38.40%. HP has a consensus price target of $36.14, suggesting a potential upside of 24.63%. Given Pure Storage's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Pure Storage is more favorable than HP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pure Storage	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
HP	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PSTG or HPQ?

HP received 738 more outperform votes than Pure Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.91% of users gave Pure Storage an outperform vote while only 60.48% of users gave HP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pure Storage	Outperform Votes 763 70.91%	Underperform Votes 313 29.09%
HP	Outperform Votes 1501 60.48%	Underperform Votes 981 39.52%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, PSTG or HPQ?

HP has higher revenue and earnings than Pure Storage. HP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pure Storage, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pure Storage	$3.17B	5.45	$61.31M	$0.30	176.30
HP	$53.88B	0.51	$2.78B	$2.78	10.43

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in PSTG or HPQ?

83.4% of Pure Storage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of HP shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of Pure Storage shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of HP shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to PSTG or HPQ?

In the previous week, HP had 7 more articles in the media than Pure Storage. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for HP and 28 mentions for Pure Storage. Pure Storage's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat HP's score of 1.10 indicating that Pure Storage is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pure Storage	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HP	23 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PSTG or HPQ more profitable?

HP has a net margin of 5.18% compared to Pure Storage's net margin of 4.22%. Pure Storage's return on equity of 16.06% beat HP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pure Storage	4.22%	16.06%	5.93%
HP	5.18%	-253.39%	8.83%

Which has more volatility & risk, PSTG or HPQ?

Pure Storage has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HP has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Pure Storage beats HP on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.