Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. HPE scored 60.0, EXTR scored 54.9 — HPE leads.
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HPE
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company
Communication Equipment · Quality-Growth
60
$73.46 · $97.5B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
5.1
HPE leads
EXTR
Extreme Networks, Inc.
Communication Equipment · Quality-Growth
54.9
$24.19 · $3.2B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestHPE37.9x
Fastest growthHPE+26.6%
Strongest balance sheetHPE0.76
Highest qualityEXTR71 / 100
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)
HPE
stronger →← stronger
EXTR
51
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
71
86
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
77
49
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
30
HPE is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
HPE
EXTR
$4.2bB
FCF
$95mC-
+26.6%A-
Rev
+12.6%B+
0.76C+
D/E
2.20D
37.9xB
P/E
78.0xC
0.57A-
PEG
0.89B+
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
HPE
EXTR
39% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
199% above
~23%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~40%/yr
-43%
1-yr DCF upside
-70%
-28%
5-yr DCF upside
-67%
0%
10-yr DCF upside
-62%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
HPE
Why this score
Raising its dividend
EXTR
No notable signals flagged.
The companies
HPEHewlett Packard Enterprise Company
Communication Equipment · $73.46 · beta 1.40
Why now
Communication Equipment · market cap $97.5b. Trading near 52-week high of $73.56 — momentum setup, limited technical margin of safety. Revenue growing +27% — in hypergrowth territory. PEG 0.57 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 21 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $72.03 (implying -2% upside).
Moat
ROE 11% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. FCF converts 149% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash. $97.5b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Trading within 0% of the 52-week high — limited technical margin of safety; a momentum reversal would test conviction. Beta 1.40 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 38x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates.
EXTRExtreme Networks, Inc.
Communication Equipment · $24.19 · beta 1.76
Why now
Communication Equipment · market cap $3.2b. Down 28% from 52-week high of $33.73 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +13%, comfortably above the S&P median. PEG 0.89 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 8 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $33.50 (implying +38% upside).
Moat
ROE 48% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income, mostly because of stock-based pay ($88m) — a real cost to shareholders, paid in shares rather than cash.
Risk
D/E 2.20 is elevated — limits strategic flexibility and raises refinancing exposure if rates stay higher for longer. Trailing P/E 78.0x prices in sustained high growth — any quarter that disappoints triggers sharp re-rating. Beta 1.76 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where HPE and EXTR diverge
On the headline score the gap is 5.1 points in favor of HPE. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
QualityHPE 50.9 · EXTR 70.5EXTR +19.6
ValueHPE 49.4 · EXTR 30.2HPE +19.2
GrowthHPE 85.9 · EXTR 77.5HPE +8.4
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 HPE or EXTR the better stock?
HPE scores higher: HPE 60.0, EXTR 54.9 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 HPE and EXTR differ most?
The widest gap is quality, where EXTR leads by 20 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are HPE and EXTR 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.