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 business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and community ranking.

Which has more risk & volatility, PSTG or HPQ?

Pure Storage has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HP has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PSTG or HPQ?

HP received 748 more outperform votes than Pure Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.14% of users gave Pure Storage an outperform vote while only 60.75% of users gave HP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pure Storage	Outperform Votes 752 71.14%	Underperform Votes 305 28.86%
HP	Outperform Votes 1500 60.75%	Underperform Votes 969 39.25%

Is PSTG or HPQ more profitable?

HP has a net margin of 5.33% compared to Pure Storage's net margin of 4.53%. Pure Storage's return on equity of 17.41% beat HP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pure Storage	4.53%	17.41%	6.33%
HP	5.33%	-266.37%	9.01%

Does the media favor PSTG or HPQ?

In the previous week, Pure Storage had 1 more articles in the media than HP. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Pure Storage and 24 mentions for HP. HP's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Pure Storage's score of 0.42 indicating that HP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pure Storage	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
HP	17 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend PSTG or HPQ?

Pure Storage currently has a consensus target price of $67.95, indicating a potential upside of 36.53%. HP has a consensus target price of $35.45, indicating a potential downside of 3.38%. Given Pure Storage's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly 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)	7 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.59
HP	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.18

Which has better earnings & valuation, 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	$2.83B	5.76	$61.31M	$0.40	124.43
HP	$53.72B	0.66	$3.26B	$2.85	12.88

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PSTG or HPQ?

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

Summary

Pure Storage beats HP on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.