NTAP vs. HPE, WDC, NTNX, SYNA, IMMR, IVAC, PSTG, STX, QMCO, and ANET
Should you be buying NetApp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NetApp include Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Western Digital (WDC), Nutanix (NTNX), Synaptics (SYNA), Immersion (IMMR), Intevac (IVAC), Pure Storage (PSTG), Seagate Technology (STX), Quantum (QMCO), and Arista Networks (ANET).
NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
NetApp received 344 more outperform votes than Hewlett Packard Enterprise when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.44% of users gave Hewlett Packard Enterprise an outperform vote while only 53.85% of users gave NetApp an outperform vote.
NetApp has a net margin of 15.73% compared to Hewlett Packard Enterprise's net margin of 6.81%. NetApp's return on equity of 123.24% beat Hewlett Packard Enterprise's return on equity.
92.2% of NetApp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of NetApp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has higher revenue and earnings than NetApp. Hewlett Packard Enterprise is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NetApp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NetApp has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NetApp pays an annual dividend of $2.00 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 2.9%. NetApp pays out 43.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hewlett Packard Enterprise pays out 35.9% 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.
NetApp currently has a consensus price target of $112.75, indicating a potential downside of 6.38%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a consensus price target of $18.20, indicating a potential upside of 3.12%. Given Hewlett Packard Enterprise's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hewlett Packard Enterprise is more favorable than NetApp.
In the previous week, NetApp had 27 more articles in the media than Hewlett Packard Enterprise. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for NetApp and 16 mentions for Hewlett Packard Enterprise. NetApp's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Hewlett Packard Enterprise's score of 0.69 indicating that NetApp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
NetApp beats Hewlett Packard Enterprise on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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