NTAP vs DELL vs SMCI Stock Comparison

NetApp, Dell Technologies and Super Micro Computer 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
4 wins
SMCI Super Micro Computer, Inc.
$32.94 -20.5% 1M -31.3% 1Y
Market cap
$19.68B
P/E
8.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$39.06B
Div. yield
–
Server and Storage Hardware Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

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Dell Technologies leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Dell Technologies 4, Super Micro Computer 4, NetApp 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNTAPDELLSMCILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $43.53B $301.57B $19.68B DELL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 30.7x 26.5x 8.8x SMCI
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 20.5x 16.7x 7.8x SMCI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +12.2% +49.0% +77.8% SMCI
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 19.2% 7.5% 5.7% NTAP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 36.7% 37.4% 17.0% 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% -31.3% DELL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +18.3%/yr +51.1%/yr +56.4%/yr SMCI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 44.7% 74.1% 95.7% NTAP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 57/100 68/100 57/100 DELL

Percentile Scorecard

NTAPDELLSMCI

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

AxisNTAPDELLSMCI
Valuation 43 #64 of 112 77 #27 of 112 65 #40 of 112
Growth 52 #53 of 109 93 #9 of 109 73 #30 of 109
Profitability 91 #10 of 105 78 #24 of 105 58 #45 of 105
Financial Health 28 #85 of 117 12 #103 of 117 67 #39 of 117
Shareholder Returns 70 #25 of 82 82 #16 of 82 24 #63 of 82
Overall 57 68 57
  • NTAP ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware
  • DELL ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware
  • SMCI ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodNTAPDELLSMCISPY
1 month +9.8%-16.9%-20.5% -1.0%
3 months +28.5%+4.4%+9.4% +2.9%
6 months +98.2%+111.3%+13.3% +6.4%
Year to date +101.2%+262.7%+12.5% +11.4%
1 year +82.9%+196.0%-31.3% +13.1%
3 years +191.8%+582.0%+25.4% +79.4%
3 years, per year +42.9%+89.7%+7.9% +21.5%
5 years +131.7%+686.5%+833.1% +67.7%
5 years, per year +18.3%+51.1%+56.4% +10.9%
10 years +535.3%+3,343.2%+1,432.1% +255.2%
10 years, per year +20.3%+42.5%+31.4% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureNTAPDELLSMCISPY
Volatility, 1Y 44.7%74.1%95.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 38.6%62.1%98.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.342.424.03 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.862.65-0.33 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -43.5%-60.0%-84.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -9.9%-22.4%-37.5% -2.5%
52-week high $239.18$588.49$52.69 $779.14
52-week low $94.11$111.07$20.53 $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.

MultipleNTAPDELLSMCI
P/E now vs peer median 29.8xmedian 31.3x 25.9xmedian 31.3x 8.9xmedian 31.3x
P/S now vs peer median 5.7xmedian 2.6x 1.9xmedian 2.6x 0.6xmedian 2.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 20.3xmedian 19.6x 18.2xmedian 19.6x —median 19.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 25.6xmedian 28.3x 34.1xmedian 28.3x -3.1xmedian 28.3x
P/B now vs peer median 28.3xmedian 2.9x -204.8xmedian 2.9x 1.5xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median 3.63median 1.15 0.30median 1.15 0.22median 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 monthsNTAPDELLSMCI
Revenue $7.39B $151.20B $39.06B
Gross profit $5.22B $29.94B $4.23B
Operating income $1.85B $14.25B $2.77B
Net income $1.42B $11.38B $2.23B
Free cash flow $1.65B $8.56B -$6.97B
R&D $1.02B $3.64B $771.23M
EPS (diluted) $7.09 $17.45 $3.20
Cash & equivalents $1.57B $11.57B $7.52B
Total debt $9.95B $34.47B $4.06B
Shares (diluted) 200.00M 652.00M 697.35M
Enterprise value $26.35B $257.33B $2.58B

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
MetricNTAPDELLSMCI
P/E 29.8x 25.9x 8.9x
P/FCF 25.6x 34.1x -3.1x
P/Operating cash flow 22.3x 24.0x -3.2x
P/S 5.7x 1.9x 0.6x
P/B 28.3x -204.8x 1.5x
P/Tangible book 29.0x -50.6x 1.5x
EV/EBITDA 20.3x 18.2x –
EV/EBIT 22.3x 22.1x 5.8x
EV/Revenue 5.6x 2.1x 0.4x
EV/FCF 24.9x 36.8x -2.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 21.7x 25.9x -2.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 3.63 0.30 0.22

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNTAPDELLSMCI
Revenue growth (1Y) 12.2% 49.0% 77.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.0% 17.3% 76.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 13.2% 39.7% 74.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 7.9% 10.9% 48.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 35.6% 109.0% 121.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 25.3% 39.3% 53.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 21.1% 135.2% 112.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 5.5% 79.0% 51.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 22.9% 147.5% 91.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 8.2% 86.5% 40.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 3.2% 62.5% -510.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.0% 14.5% -130.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -0.5% 76.1% -555.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 15.5% 17.5% -135.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNTAPDELLSMCI
Gross margin 70.6% 19.8% 10.8%
EBITDA margin 27.5% 11.4% –
Operating margin 25.0% 9.4% 7.1%
Pretax margin 24.7% 9.1% 7.1%
Net margin 19.2% 7.5% 5.7%
FCF margin 22.3% 5.7% -17.8%
Operating cash flow margin 25.7% 8.0% -17.4%
Return on equity 99.6% – 20.2%
Return on assets 13.1% 9.4% 8.4%
Return on invested capital 36.7% 37.4% 17.0%
Return on capital employed 29.4% 38.1% 14.2%
Asset turnover 0.7x 1.2x 1.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 1.1x -3.1x
Stock comp / revenue 5.4% 0.5% 1.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNTAPDELLSMCI
Debt / assets 22.7% 27.1% 6.7%
Debt / equity 1.7x -24.2x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.5x 1.3x –
Debt / FCF 1.5x 4.0x -0.3x
Liabilities / assets 86.4% 101.1% 51.6%
Equity / assets 13.6% -1.1% 48.4%
Interest coverage – – 14.2x
Current ratio 1.2x 1.0x 3.9x
Quick ratio 1.0x 0.4x 1.9x
Cash ratio 0.8x 0.1x 1.1x
Altman Z-score 4.06 3.00 3.54

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNTAPDELLSMCI
Dividend yield 1.0% 0.5% –
Net buyback yield 1.8% 2.9% -6.7%
Shareholder yield 2.7% 3.4% -6.7%
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.

ConsensusNTAPDELLSMCI
Forward P/E 20.5xFY2026 16.7xFY2026 7.8xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $10.49FY2026 $27.26FY2026 $4.20FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +29.0%FY2026 +164.7%FY2026 +15.7%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +8.5% +20.2% +24.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.49BFY2026 $203.24BFY2026 $71.00BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +22.7%FY2026 +79.0%FY2026 +81.8%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +8.4% +8.3% +6.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNTAPDELLSMCI
Held by institutions 97.4% 73.2% 68.0%
Institutions holding 959 2,118 773
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.0% -3.9% +32.3%
Institutions buying 501 1,191 449
Institutions selling 336 746 233
Buyers to sellers 1.49 1.60 1.93

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.

NTAPDELLSMCI
NTAP 1.00 0.66 0.37
DELL 0.66 1.00 0.51
SMCI 0.37 0.51 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NTAP, DELL and SMCI?

Dell Technologies (DELL) is the largest by market capitalisation: NetApp (NTAP) $43.53B, Dell Technologies (DELL) $301.57B, Super Micro Computer (SMCI) $19.68B.

Which stock is cheaper, NTAP, DELL and SMCI?

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (NetApp (NTAP) 30.7x, Dell Technologies (DELL) 26.5x, Super Micro Computer (SMCI) 8.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Super Micro Computer (SMCI) is cheapest (NetApp (NTAP) 20.5x, Dell Technologies (DELL) 16.7x, Super Micro Computer (SMCI) 7.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: NetApp (NTAP) +12.2%, Dell Technologies (DELL) +49.0%, Super Micro Computer (SMCI) +77.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

NetApp (NTAP) has the highest net margin (NetApp (NTAP) 19.2%, Dell Technologies (DELL) 7.5%, Super Micro Computer (SMCI) 5.7%). On return on invested capital, Dell Technologies (DELL) leads (NetApp (NTAP) 36.7%, Dell Technologies (DELL) 37.4%, Super Micro Computer (SMCI) 17.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Dell Technologies (DELL) returned the most: NetApp (NTAP) +82.9%, Dell Technologies (DELL) +196.0%, Super Micro Computer (SMCI) -31.3%. Over five years, Super Micro Computer (SMCI) compounded fastest (NetApp (NTAP) +18.3%/yr, Dell Technologies (DELL) +51.1%/yr, Super Micro Computer (SMCI) +56.4%/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%, Super Micro Computer (SMCI) 0.00%. NetApp (NTAP) and Super Micro Computer (SMCI) 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%, Super Micro Computer (SMCI) 95.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 4. 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.