Pure Storage (PSTG) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PSTG or HPQ?

HP received 737 more outperform votes than Pure Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.96% of users gave Pure Storage an outperform vote while only 60.44% of users gave HP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pure Storage	Outperform Votes 765 70.96%	Underperform Votes 313 29.04%
HP	Outperform Votes 1502 60.44%	Underperform Votes 983 39.56%

Do analysts recommend PSTG or HPQ?

Pure Storage currently has a consensus target price of $70.95, suggesting a potential upside of 72.00%. HP has a consensus target price of $35.09, suggesting a potential upside of 45.85%. Given Pure Storage's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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

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.

Which has more risk and volatility, PSTG or HPQ?

Pure Storage has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HP has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer PSTG or HPQ?

In the previous week, HP had 14 more articles in the media than Pure Storage. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for HP and 22 mentions for Pure Storage. HP's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Pure Storage's score of 0.88 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	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HP	19 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and 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	$3.17B	4.24	$61.31M	$0.30	137.50
HP	$53.88B	0.42	$2.78B	$2.78	8.65

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%

Summary

Pure Storage and HP tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.