NTAP vs DELL vs P Stock Comparison

NetApp, Dell Technologies and Everpure Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
NTAP NetApp, Inc.
$215.48 +9.8% 1M +82.9% 1Y
Market cap
$43.53B
P/E
30.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.39B
Div. yield
–
Server and Storage Hardware Technology
3 wins
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
8 wins
P Everpure, Inc.
$123.36 +12.4% 1M +31.8% 1Y
Market cap
$43.68B
P/E
172.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.26B
Div. yield
–
Server and Storage Hardware Technology

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Dell Technologies leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Dell Technologies 8, NetApp 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNTAPDELLPLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $43.53B $301.57B $43.68B DELL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 30.7x 26.5x 172.5x DELL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 20.5x 16.7x 41.7x DELL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +12.2% +49.0% +27.2% DELL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 19.2% 7.5% 5.9% NTAP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 36.7% 37.4% — DELL
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.5x 1.3x — NTAP
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +82.9% +196.0% +31.8% DELL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +18.3%/yr +51.1%/yr +36.1%/yr DELL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 44.7% 74.1% 72.6% NTAP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 57/100 68/100 51/100 DELL

Percentile Scorecard

NTAPDELLP

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

AxisNTAPDELLP
Valuation 43 #64 of 112 77 #27 of 112 19 #91 of 112
Growth 52 #53 of 109 93 #9 of 109 78 #25 of 109
Profitability 91 #10 of 105 78 #24 of 105 64 #39 of 105
Financial Health 28 #85 of 117 12 #103 of 117 34 #78 of 117
Shareholder Returns 70 #25 of 82 82 #16 of 82 61 #33 of 82
Overall 57 68 51
  • NTAP ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware
  • DELL ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware
  • P ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodNTAPDELLPSPY
1 month +9.8%-16.9%+12.4% -1.0%
3 months +28.5%+4.4%+65.4% +2.9%
6 months +98.2%+111.3%+72.7% +6.4%
Year to date +101.2%+262.7%+84.1% +11.4%
1 year +82.9%+196.0%+31.8% +13.1%
3 years +191.8%+582.0%+263.1% +79.4%
3 years, per year +42.9%+89.7%+53.8% +21.5%
5 years +131.7%+686.5%+366.7% +67.7%
5 years, per year +18.3%+51.1%+36.1% +10.9%
10 years +535.3%+3,343.2%+886.9% +255.2%
10 years, per year +20.3%+42.5%+25.7% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureNTAPDELLPSPY
Volatility, 1Y 44.7%74.1%72.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 38.6%62.1%82.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.342.422.58 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.862.650.44 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -43.5%-60.0%-48.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -9.9%-22.4%-21.4% -2.5%
52-week high $239.18$588.49$156.95 $779.14
52-week low $94.11$111.07$56.99 $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.

MultipleNTAPDELLP
P/E now vs peer median 29.8xmedian 31.3x 25.9xmedian 31.3x 162.2xmedian 31.3x
P/S now vs peer median 5.7xmedian 2.6x 1.9xmedian 2.6x 9.6xmedian 2.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 20.3xmedian 19.6x 18.2xmedian 19.6x 104.4xmedian 19.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 25.6xmedian 28.3x 34.1xmedian 28.3x 320.7xmedian 28.3x
P/B now vs peer median 28.3xmedian 2.9x -204.8xmedian 2.9x 26.7xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median 3.63median 1.15 0.30median 1.15 0.29median 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 monthsNTAPDELLP
Revenue $7.39B $151.20B $4.26B
Gross profit $5.22B $29.94B $2.97B
Operating income $1.85B $14.25B $224.21M
Net income $1.42B $11.38B $253.29M
Free cash flow $1.65B $8.56B $128.17M
R&D $1.02B $3.64B $1.05B
EPS (diluted) $7.09 $17.45 $0.73
Cash & equivalents $1.57B $11.57B $385.69M
Total debt $9.95B $34.47B –
Shares (diluted) 200.00M 652.00M 345.59M
Enterprise value $26.35B $257.33B $38.09B

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
MetricNTAPDELLP
P/E 29.8x 25.9x 162.2x
P/FCF 25.6x 34.1x 320.7x
P/Operating cash flow 22.3x 24.0x 96.1x
P/S 5.7x 1.9x 9.6x
P/B 28.3x -204.8x 26.7x
P/Tangible book 29.0x -50.6x 27.1x
EV/EBITDA 20.3x 18.2x 104.4x
EV/EBIT 22.3x 22.1x 178.8x
EV/Revenue 5.6x 2.1x 9.4x
EV/FCF 24.9x 36.8x 312.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 21.7x 25.9x 93.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 3.63 0.30 0.29

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNTAPDELLP
Revenue growth (1Y) 12.2% 49.0% 27.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.0% 17.3% 15.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 13.2% 39.7% 28.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 7.9% 10.9% 15.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 35.6% 109.0% 195.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 25.3% 39.3% 277.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 21.1% 135.2% 82.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 5.5% 79.0% 574.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 22.9% 147.5% 77.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 8.2% 86.5% 550.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 3.2% 62.5% -46.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.0% 14.5% -13.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -0.5% 76.1% -76.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 15.5% 17.5% -34.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNTAPDELLP
Gross margin 70.6% 19.8% 69.7%
EBITDA margin 27.5% 11.4% 9.0%
Operating margin 25.0% 9.4% 5.3%
Pretax margin 24.7% 9.1% 6.6%
Net margin 19.2% 7.5% 5.9%
FCF margin 22.3% 5.7% 3.0%
Operating cash flow margin 25.7% 8.0% 10.0%
Return on equity 99.6% – 17.0%
Return on assets 13.1% 9.4% 5.1%
Return on invested capital 36.7% 37.4% –
Return on capital employed 29.4% 38.1% 8.0%
Asset turnover 0.7x 1.2x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 1.1x 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue 5.4% 0.5% 12.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNTAPDELLP
Debt / assets 22.7% 27.1% –
Debt / equity 1.7x -24.2x –
Net debt / EBITDA -0.5x 1.3x –
Debt / FCF 1.5x 4.0x –
Liabilities / assets 86.4% 101.1% 70.5%
Equity / assets 13.6% -1.1% 29.5%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 1.2x 1.0x 1.5x
Quick ratio 1.0x 0.4x 1.3x
Cash ratio 0.8x 0.1x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 4.06 3.00 7.63

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNTAPDELLP
Dividend yield 1.0% 0.5% –
Net buyback yield 1.8% 2.9% 0.6%
Shareholder yield 2.7% 3.4% 0.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 13.8% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 18.3% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 13.1% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 15.4% –

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.

ConsensusNTAPDELLP
Forward P/E 20.5xFY2026 16.7xFY2026 41.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $10.49FY2026 $27.26FY2026 $2.96FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +29.0%FY2026 +164.7%FY2026 +43.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +8.5% +20.2% +48.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.49BFY2026 $203.24BFY2026 $4.74BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +22.7%FY2026 +79.0%FY2026 +29.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +8.4% +8.3% +41.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNTAPDELLP
Held by institutions 97.4% 73.2% 83.0%
Institutions holding 959 2,118 804
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.0% -3.9% +2.2%
Institutions buying 501 1,191 442
Institutions selling 336 746 259
Buyers to sellers 1.49 1.60 1.71

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.

NTAPDELLP
NTAP 1.00 0.66 0.55
DELL 0.66 1.00 0.45
P 0.55 0.45 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NTAP, DELL and P?

Dell Technologies (DELL) is the largest by market capitalisation: NetApp (NTAP) $43.53B, Dell Technologies (DELL) $301.57B, Everpure (P) $43.68B.

Which stock is cheaper, NTAP, DELL and P?

Dell Technologies (DELL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (NetApp (NTAP) 30.7x, Dell Technologies (DELL) 26.5x, Everpure (P) 172.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Dell Technologies (DELL) is cheapest (NetApp (NTAP) 20.5x, Dell Technologies (DELL) 16.7x, Everpure (P) 41.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Dell Technologies (DELL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: NetApp (NTAP) +12.2%, Dell Technologies (DELL) +49.0%, Everpure (P) +27.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

NetApp (NTAP) has the highest net margin (NetApp (NTAP) 19.2%, Dell Technologies (DELL) 7.5%, Everpure (P) 5.9%). On return on invested capital, Dell Technologies (DELL) leads (NetApp (NTAP) 36.7%, Dell Technologies (DELL) 37.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Dell Technologies (DELL) returned the most: NetApp (NTAP) +82.9%, Dell Technologies (DELL) +196.0%, Everpure (P) +31.8%. Over five years, Dell Technologies (DELL) compounded fastest (NetApp (NTAP) +18.3%/yr, Dell Technologies (DELL) +51.1%/yr, Everpure (P) +36.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: NetApp (NTAP) 0.00%, Dell Technologies (DELL) 0.01%, Everpure (P) 0.00%. NetApp (NTAP) and Everpure (P) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, NetApp (NTAP) has been the steadiest (NetApp (NTAP) 44.7%, Dell Technologies (DELL) 74.1%, Everpure (P) 72.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NTAP, DELL and P?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Dell Technologies (DELL) leads on 8. 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.