NetApp (NTAP) returned 173.6% over the five years to October 2026 including dividends, versus 36.6% for HP (HPQ). NetApp's sales grew an average of 6.1% a year over the last three years, compared with 2.8% for HP. From 2021 to 2026, NetApp's earnings per share rose 89.1% while HP's fell 18.6%, and NetApp's operating margin widened by 8.1 percentage points. The article attributes most of the gap to earnings per share rather than valuation, as both stocks' P/E multiples rose. HP expects margins to stay under pressure from rising input costs, particularly in Personal Systems.
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