DELL vs HPE vs SNDK Stock Comparison

Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Sandisk Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
DELL Dell Technologies Inc.
$456.57 -16.9% 1M +196.0% 1Y
Market cap
$301.57B
P/E
26.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$151.20B
Div. yield
0.01%
Server and Storage Hardware Technology
3 wins
SNDK Sandisk Corp
$1,238.03 -31.8% 1M +641.1% 1Y
Market cap
$184.51B
P/E
16.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$20.25B
Div. yield
–
Server and Storage Hardware Technology
7 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Sandisk leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Sandisk 7, Dell Technologies 3, Hewlett Packard Enterprise 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDELLHPESNDKLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $301.57B $78.30B $184.51B DELL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 26.5x 28.3x 16.1x SNDK
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 16.7x 14.1x 6.1x SNDK
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +49.0% +26.6% +175.3% SNDK
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 7.5% 6.6% 56.5% SNDK
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 37.4% 5.6% 73.7% SNDK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.3x 2.3x — DELL
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% HPE
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +196.0% +144.5% +641.1% SNDK
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +51.1%/yr +29.9%/yr — DELL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 74.1% 58.0% 112.1% HPE
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 68/100 63/100 79/100 SNDK

Percentile Scorecard

DELLHPESNDK

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisDELLHPESNDK
Valuation 77 #27 of 112 78 #25 of 112 67 #38 of 112
Growth 93 #9 of 109 91 #11 of 109 100 #1 of 109
Profitability 78 #24 of 105 61 #42 of 105 100 #1 of 105
Financial Health 12 #103 of 117 18 #96 of 117 82 #22 of 117
Shareholder Returns 82 #16 of 82 67 #28 of 82 47 #44 of 82
Overall 68 63 79
  • DELL ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware
  • HPE ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware
  • SNDK ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodDELLHPESNDKSPY
1 month -16.9%-9.1%-31.8% -1.0%
3 months +4.4%+18.8%-13.8% +2.9%
6 months +111.3%+101.3%+25.1% +6.4%
Year to date +262.7%+136.1%+421.5% +11.4%
1 year +196.0%+144.5%+641.1% +13.1%
3 years +582.0%+270.8%— +79.4%
3 years, per year +89.7%+54.8%— +21.5%
5 years +686.5%+269.1%— +67.7%
5 years, per year +51.1%+29.9%— +10.9%
10 years +3,343.2%+351.1%— +255.2%
10 years, per year +42.5%+16.3%— +13.5%

Risk

MeasureDELLHPESNDKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 74.1%58.0%112.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 62.1%53.2%105.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.422.103.94 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.652.495.72 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -60.0%-48.8%-56.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -22.4%-22.8%-47.0% -2.5%
52-week high $588.49$73.46$2,335.00 $779.14
52-week low $111.07$20.00$167.05 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleDELLHPESNDK
P/E now vs peer median 25.9xmedian 31.3x 27.4xmedian 31.3x 15.9xmedian 31.3x
P/S now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 2.6x 1.8xmedian 2.6x 8.9xmedian 2.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 18.2xmedian 19.6x 14.7xmedian 19.6x 14.0xmedian 19.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 34.1xmedian 28.3x 18.1xmedian 28.3x 15.7xmedian 28.3x
P/B now vs peer median -204.8xmedian 2.9x 2.8xmedian 2.9x 11.5xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median 0.30median 1.15 0.84median 1.15 —median 1.15

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsDELLHPESNDK
Revenue $151.20B $41.87B $20.25B
Gross profit $29.94B $15.41B $14.47B
Operating income $14.25B $2.60B $12.39B
Net income $11.38B $2.79B $11.43B
Free cash flow $8.56B $4.16B $11.49B
R&D $3.64B $3.71B $1.33B
EPS (diluted) $17.45 $1.91 $73.76
Cash & equivalents $11.57B $6.22B $4.76B
Total debt $34.47B $79.82B –
Shares (diluted) 652.00M 1.45B 155.00M
Enterprise value $257.33B $56.17B $173.03B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricDELLHPESNDK
P/E 25.9x 27.4x 15.9x
P/FCF 34.1x 18.1x 15.7x
P/Operating cash flow 24.0x 11.2x 15.5x
P/S 1.9x 1.8x 8.9x
P/B -204.8x 2.8x 11.5x
P/Tangible book -50.6x 3.6x 11.5x
EV/EBITDA 18.2x 14.7x 14.0x
EV/EBIT 22.1x 34.3x 14.2x
EV/Revenue 2.1x 2.1x 8.7x
EV/FCF 36.8x 21.5x 15.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 25.9x 13.3x 15.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.30 0.84 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDELLHPESNDK
Revenue growth (1Y) 49.0% 26.6% 175.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 17.3% 12.2% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 39.7% 71.5% 554.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 10.9% 13.3% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 109.0% 885.6% 999.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 39.3% 27.9% –
Net income growth (1Y) 135.2% 123.6% 796.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 79.0% 37.3% –
EPS growth (1Y) 147.5% 122.2% 751.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 86.5% 32.5% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 62.5% 169.5% 13,794%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.5% 13.1% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 76.1% 1,747% 9,678%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 17.5% 41.5% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDELLHPESNDK
Gross margin 19.8% 36.8% 71.5%
EBITDA margin 11.4% 14.5% 62.0%
Operating margin 9.4% 6.2% 61.2%
Pretax margin 9.1% 6.3% 64.3%
Net margin 7.5% 6.6% 56.5%
FCF margin 5.7% 9.9% 56.8%
Operating cash flow margin 8.0% 16.0% 57.6%
Return on equity – 10.7% 77.5%
Return on assets 9.4% 3.4% 57.8%
Return on invested capital 37.4% 5.6% 73.7%
Return on capital employed 38.1% 5.1% 87.2%
Asset turnover 1.2x 0.5x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x 2.4x 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% 1.9% 1.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDELLHPESNDK
Debt / assets 27.1% 24.2% –
Debt / equity -24.2x 0.8x –
Net debt / EBITDA 1.3x 2.3x –
Debt / FCF 4.0x 4.9x –
Liabilities / assets 101.1% 68.2% 30.1%
Equity / assets -1.1% 31.8% 69.9%
Interest coverage – – 169.7x
Current ratio 1.0x 1.1x 2.3x
Quick ratio 0.4x 0.4x 12.2x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.2x 0.9x
Altman Z-score 3.00 1.43 19.72

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDELLHPESNDK
Dividend yield 0.5% 1.0% –
Net buyback yield 2.9% 0.7% 0.0%
Shareholder yield 3.4% 1.7% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) 13.8% 26.5% –
Payout ratio (FCF) 18.3% 17.8% –
Dividend growth (1Y) 13.1% 8.4% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 15.4% 6.1% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusDELLHPESNDK
Forward P/E 16.7xFY2026 14.1xFY2026 6.1xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $27.26FY2026 $4.03FY2026 $204.34FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +164.7%FY2026 +107.7%FY2026 +188.3%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +20.2% +19.4% +35.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $203.24BFY2026 $49.18BFY2026 $50.54BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +79.0%FY2026 +43.4%FY2026 +149.6%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +8.3% +14.2% +9.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDELLHPESNDK
Held by institutions 73.2% 88.5% 74.3%
Institutions holding 2,118 1,438 1,816
Change in shares held, QoQ -3.9% -1.5% -1.9%
Institutions buying 1,191 869 1,269
Institutions selling 746 411 457
Buyers to sellers 1.60 2.11 2.78

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

DELLHPESNDK
DELL 1.00 0.70 0.27
HPE 0.70 1.00 0.24
SNDK 0.27 0.24 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DELL, HPE and SNDK?

Dell Technologies (DELL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Dell Technologies (DELL) $301.57B, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) $78.30B, Sandisk (SNDK) $184.51B.

Which stock is cheaper, DELL, HPE and SNDK?

Sandisk (SNDK) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Dell Technologies (DELL) 26.5x, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) 28.3x, Sandisk (SNDK) 16.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Sandisk (SNDK) is cheapest (Dell Technologies (DELL) 16.7x, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) 14.1x, Sandisk (SNDK) 6.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Sandisk (SNDK) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Dell Technologies (DELL) +49.0%, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) +26.6%, Sandisk (SNDK) +175.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Sandisk (SNDK) has the highest net margin (Dell Technologies (DELL) 7.5%, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) 6.6%, Sandisk (SNDK) 56.5%). On return on invested capital, Sandisk (SNDK) leads (Dell Technologies (DELL) 37.4%, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) 5.6%, Sandisk (SNDK) 73.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sandisk (SNDK) returned the most: Dell Technologies (DELL) +196.0%, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) +144.5%, Sandisk (SNDK) +641.1%. Over five years, Dell Technologies (DELL) compounded fastest (Dell Technologies (DELL) +51.1%/yr, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) +29.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has the highest dividend yield: Dell Technologies (DELL) 0.01%, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) 0.01%, Sandisk (SNDK) 0.00%. Sandisk (SNDK) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has been the steadiest (Dell Technologies (DELL) 74.1%, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) 58.0%, Sandisk (SNDK) 112.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DELL, HPE and SNDK?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Sandisk (SNDK) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.