DELL vs. HPQ, DBD, SSYS, DDD, KOPN, AAPL, SMCI, OMCL, OSS, and ZEPP
Should you be buying Dell Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dell Technologies include HP (HPQ), Diebold Nixdorf (DBD), Stratasys (SSYS), 3D Systems (DDD), Kopin (KOPN), Apple (AAPL), Super Micro Computer (SMCI), Omnicell (OMCL), One Stop Systems (OSS), and Zepp Health (ZEPP).
Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) and HP (NYSE:HPQ) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.
Dell Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. HP pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Dell Technologies pays out 36.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HP pays out 37.2% 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.
In the previous week, Dell Technologies had 27 more articles in the media than HP. MarketBeat recorded 83 mentions for Dell Technologies and 56 mentions for HP. HP's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Dell Technologies' score of 0.42 indicating that HP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
38.1% of Dell Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of HP shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.7% of Dell Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of HP shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Dell Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $135.81, indicating a potential downside of 2.69%. HP has a consensus price target of $34.64, indicating a potential downside of 5.11%. Given Dell Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Dell Technologies is more favorable than HP.
HP has a net margin of 5.60% compared to Dell Technologies' net margin of 4.00%. Dell Technologies' return on equity of -177.24% beat HP's return on equity.
Dell Technologies has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HP has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
HP has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Dell Technologies. 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.
HP received 784 more outperform votes than Dell Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.89% of users gave HP an outperform vote while only 59.60% of users gave Dell Technologies an outperform vote.
Summary
Dell Technologies beats HP on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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