Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. DELL scored 70.9, HPQ scored 50.4 — DELL leads.
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DELL
Dell Technologies Inc.
Computer Hardware · Quality-Growth
70.9
$586.06 · $372.6B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
20.5
DELL leads
HPQ
HP Inc.
Computer Hardware · Quality-Growth
50.4
$30.20 · $27.2B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestHPQ11.5x
Fastest growthDELL+49.0%
Highest qualityHPQ84 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueHPQ-40%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
DELL
stronger →← stronger
HPQ
83
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
84
87
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
35
49
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
43
DELL is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
DELL
HPQ
$8.6bB+
FCF
$3.9bB
+49.0%A
Rev
+3.2%C+
Negative equity
D/E
Negative equity
33.4xB
P/E
11.5xA
0.58A-
PEG
3.46D
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
DELL
HPQ
228% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
40% below
~41%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-11%/yr
-73%
1-yr DCF upside
+76%
-70%
5-yr DCF upside
+67%
-65%
10-yr DCF upside
+55%
These two disagree on this pair: the Value pillar ranks cheapness against sector peers, while price-vs-fair-value is an absolute read. A name can be the better value in its sector and still the dearer one on cash flows.
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
DELL
Why this score
Buying back stock
Raising its dividend
Durable high returns
HPQ
Why this score
Buying back stock
Durable high returns
The companies
DELLDell Technologies Inc.
Computer Hardware · $586.06 · beta 1.44
Why now
Computer Hardware · market cap $372.6b. Trading near 52-week high of $595.51 — momentum setup, limited technical margin of safety. Revenue growing +49% — in hypergrowth territory. PEG 0.58 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 25 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $585.96 (implying -0% upside).
Moat
$372.6b market cap places it among the largest companies in the sector — distribution, R&D, and customer-acquisition costs amortize across a base peers can't replicate.
Risk
Trading within 2% of the 52-week high — limited technical margin of safety; a momentum reversal would test conviction. Beta 1.44 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return. Trailing P/E 33x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates.
HPQHP Inc.
Computer Hardware · $30.20 · beta 1.19
Why now
Computer Hardware · market cap $27.2b. 17% off the 52-week high of $36.23. 17 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $29.66 (implying -2% upside).
Moat
FCF converts 158% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Net margin 4.1% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where DELL and HPQ diverge
On the headline score the gap is 20.5 points in favor of DELL. The widest single difference is Growth, where DELL leads by 52.1 points.
GrowthDELL 87.1 · HPQ 35.0DELL +52.1
ValueDELL 49.4 · HPQ 43.5DELL +5.9
QualityDELL 82.9 · HPQ 84.0level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is DELL or HPQ the better stock?
DELL scores higher: DELL 70.9, HPQ 50.4 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do DELL and HPQ differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where DELL leads by 52 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. DELL also leads value, while quality is effectively level between them.
How are DELL and HPQ scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.