HPQ vs WDC vs CRSR Stock Comparison

Hp, Western Digital and Corsair Gaming Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
HPQ Hp Inc
$31.82 +3.6% 1M +14.9% 1Y
Market cap
$26.44B
P/E
10.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$59.16B
Div. yield
0.04%
Personal Computers Technology
4 wins
WDC Western Digital Corp
$395.41 -12.8% 1M +179.7% 1Y
Market cap
$134.23B
P/E
13.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$14.48B
Div. yield
0.00%
Server and Storage Hardware Technology
7 wins
CRSR Corsair Gaming, Inc.
$13.73 +2.0% 1M +65.4% 1Y
Market cap
$1.35B
P/E
40.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.45B
Div. yield
–
Consumer Electronics Consumer Discretionary
1 win

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Western Digital leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Western Digital 7, Hp 4, Corsair Gaming 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHPQWDCCRSRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $26.44B $134.23B $1.35B WDC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 10.8x 13.4x 40.4x HPQ
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 10.4x 16.4x 15.8x HPQ
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +8.1% +43.0% +3.1% WDC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 4.1% 69.2% 2.3% WDC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 30.4% 53.8% 5.4% WDC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.2x -0.1x -0.8x CRSR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.04% 0.00% 0.00% HPQ
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +14.9% +179.7% +65.4% WDC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +1.0%/yr +58.6%/yr -10.9%/yr WDC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 45.3% 80.4% 83.6% HPQ
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 57/100 79/100 57/100 WDC

Percentile Scorecard

HPQWDCCRSR

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

AxisHPQWDCCRSR
Valuation 95 #7 of 112 49 #58 of 112 53 #20 of 41
Growth 35 #71 of 108 98 #3 of 108 90 #5 of 41
Profitability 74 #28 of 104 98 #3 of 104 57 #17 of 38
Financial Health 14 #100 of 116 67 #39 of 116 73 #12 of 42
Shareholder Returns 69 #25 of 78 83 #14 of 78 12 #24 of 27
Overall 57 79 57
  • HPQ ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • WDC ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • CRSR ranked among 44 companies in Household Durables

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodHPQWDCCRSRSPY
1 month +3.6%-12.8%+2.0% +0.7%
3 months +18.5%-25.8%+29.2% +3.7%
6 months +52.5%-9.0%+102.2% +7.1%
Year to date +42.8%+129.5%+131.1% +12.8%
1 year +14.9%+179.7%+65.4% +11.9%
3 years +21.6%+1,151.7%+7.9% +85.2%
3 years, per year +6.8%+132.3%+2.6% +22.8%
5 years +4.9%+900.5%-43.8% +67.6%
5 years, per year +1.0%+58.6%-10.9% +10.9%
10 years +125.8%+783.6%— +262.0%
10 years, per year +8.5%+24.3%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureHPQWDCCRSRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 45.3%80.4%83.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 39.9%82.1%68.1% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.513.172.60 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.332.230.78 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -54.9%-55.5%-82.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -10.3%-47.0%-4.3% -1.2%
52-week high $35.47$746.23$14.35 $779.14
52-week low $18.20$138.13$4.58 $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.

MultipleHPQWDCCRSR
P/E now vs peer median 11.9xmedian 32.9x 14.4xmedian 32.9x 44.3xmedian 15.8x
P/S now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 2.9x 10.2xmedian 2.9x 1.0xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.1xmedian 20.0x 24.2xmedian 20.0x 14.7xmedian 9.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 7.4xmedian 30.2x 34.5xmedian 30.2x 16.6xmedian 12.1x
P/B now vs peer median -312.3xmedian 2.9x 15.8xmedian 2.9x 2.2xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 2.23median 1.08 0.19median 1.08 0.41median 0.63

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 monthsHPQWDCCRSR
Revenue $59.16B $14.48B $1.45B
Gross profit $11.76B $7.62B $457.97M
Operating income $3.22B $5.71B $42.67M
Net income $2.45B $10.02B $37.86M
Free cash flow $3.88B $4.29B $89.72M
R&D $1.61B $1.15B $66.69M
EPS (diluted) $2.64 $26.10 $0.30
Cash & equivalents $4.17B $1.31B $192.24M
Total debt $9.16B $12.58B $118.28M
Shares (diluted) 927.00M 384.00M 109.19M
Enterprise value $11.71B $124.06B $874.20M

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
MetricHPQWDCCRSR
P/E 11.9x 14.4x 44.3x
P/FCF 7.4x 34.5x 16.6x
P/Operating cash flow 6.2x 30.4x 14.0x
P/S 0.5x 10.2x 1.0x
P/B -312.3x 15.8x 2.2x
P/Tangible book -312.3x 15.8x 2.7x
EV/EBITDA 8.1x 24.2x 14.7x
EV/EBIT 10.5x 25.8x 33.1x
EV/Revenue 0.6x 10.2x 1.0x
EV/FCF 8.7x 34.4x 15.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 7.2x 30.3x 13.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.23 0.19 0.41

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHPQWDCCRSR
Revenue growth (1Y) 8.1% 43.0% 3.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.7% 57.4% 1.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 2.9% 85.2% 25.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 1.6% 126.7% 10.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 0.5% 104.4% 224.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 0.4% 85.5% 252.4%
Net income growth (1Y) -7.2% 288.7% 147.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 2.7% 83.2% 117.7%
EPS growth (1Y) -4.5% 286.8% 138.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 5.3% 75.8% 107.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 26.3% 108.7% -18.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.1% 88.3% 1.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 36.5% 121.1% -24.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 9.9% 66.0% 4.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHPQWDCCRSR
Gross margin 19.9% 52.6% 31.6%
EBITDA margin 7.0% 42.1% 6.6%
Operating margin 5.4% 39.4% 2.9%
Pretax margin 4.7% 73.2% 2.7%
Net margin 4.1% 69.2% 2.3%
FCF margin 6.6% 29.6% 6.2%
Operating cash flow margin 7.9% 33.6% 7.3%
Return on equity – 110.0% 5.6%
Return on assets 5.5% 71.3% 3.1%
Return on invested capital 30.4% 53.8% 5.4%
Return on capital employed 31.1% 57.3% 5.2%
Asset turnover 1.3x 1.0x 1.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.9x 0.5x 2.8x
Stock comp / revenue 0.8% 1.6% 1.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHPQWDCCRSR
Debt / assets 20.0% 5.5% 9.7%
Debt / equity -99.6x 0.1x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.2x -0.1x -0.8x
Debt / FCF 2.4x 0.2x 1.3x
Liabilities / assets 100.2% 34.3% 45.3%
Equity / assets -0.2% 65.7% 54.7%
Interest coverage – 48.8x 5.6x
Current ratio 0.8x 1.4x 1.8x
Quick ratio 0.4x 0.9x 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.3x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 1.65 21.56 3.14

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHPQWDCCRSR
Dividend yield 3.8% 0.1% –
Net buyback yield 4.1% 2.0% -0.2%
Shareholder yield 7.9% 2.2% -0.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) 44.7% 2.0% –
Payout ratio (FCF) 28.2% 4.6% –
Dividend growth (1Y) 1.3% 151.3% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 2.2% – –

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.

ConsensusHPQWDCCRSR
Forward P/E 10.4xFY2026 16.4xFY2027 15.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.06FY2026 $24.04FY2027 $0.87FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -1.9%FY2026 +135.2%FY2027 +40.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +1.0% +70.9% -6.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $56.44BFY2026 $20.04BFY2027 $1.38BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +2.1%FY2026 +55.1%FY2027 -6.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +15.1% +39.2% +4.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHPQWDCCRSR
Held by institutions 90.9% 93.7% 37.9%
Institutions holding 1,080 1,847 216
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.1% -1.3% +1.7%
Institutions buying 579 1,128 128
Institutions selling 325 597 49
Buyers to sellers 1.78 1.89 2.61

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.

HPQWDCCRSR
HPQ 1.00 -0.03 0.34
WDC -0.03 1.00 0.15
CRSR 0.34 0.15 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HPQ, WDC and CRSR?

Western Digital (WDC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Hp (HPQ) $26.44B, Western Digital (WDC) $134.23B, Corsair Gaming (CRSR) $1.35B.

Which stock is cheaper, HPQ, WDC and CRSR?

Hp (HPQ) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Hp (HPQ) 10.8x, Western Digital (WDC) 13.4x, Corsair Gaming (CRSR) 40.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Hp (HPQ) is cheapest (Hp (HPQ) 10.4x, Western Digital (WDC) 16.4x, Corsair Gaming (CRSR) 15.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Western Digital (WDC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Hp (HPQ) +8.1%, Western Digital (WDC) +43.0%, Corsair Gaming (CRSR) +3.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Western Digital (WDC) has the highest net margin (Hp (HPQ) 4.1%, Western Digital (WDC) 69.2%, Corsair Gaming (CRSR) 2.3%). On return on invested capital, Western Digital (WDC) leads (Hp (HPQ) 30.4%, Western Digital (WDC) 53.8%, Corsair Gaming (CRSR) 5.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Western Digital (WDC) returned the most: Hp (HPQ) +14.9%, Western Digital (WDC) +179.7%, Corsair Gaming (CRSR) +65.4%. Over five years, Western Digital (WDC) compounded fastest (Hp (HPQ) +1.0%/yr, Western Digital (WDC) +58.6%/yr, Corsair Gaming (CRSR) -10.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Hp (HPQ) has the highest dividend yield: Hp (HPQ) 0.04%, Western Digital (WDC) 0.00%, Corsair Gaming (CRSR) 0.00%. Corsair Gaming (CRSR) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Hp (HPQ) has been the steadiest (Hp (HPQ) 45.3%, Western Digital (WDC) 80.4%, Corsair Gaming (CRSR) 83.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HPQ, WDC and CRSR?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Western Digital (WDC) 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.