Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
Decision snapshot: EA stock price vs HPE: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at HPE's multiple
Needs HPE P/E.
Implied fair value · at EA's multiple
Needs Annual EPS is negative, EA P/E.
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Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth lag
Reported gross margin
Operating income + D&A
Lower is better
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Annual statements in reported currencies, with calculations and source evidence.
Values retain reported currencies and share bases. Select a figure to inspect its period, calculation and filing inputs. Differences require compatible units and periods.
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Trendline
Nine period-end years of reported revenue, earnings, and margins. Periods and currencies are shown with the data.
Price framework
USD market cap plus reported borrowing debt, less cash and equivalents. This EV proxy excludes investments, preferred stock and noncontrolling-interest adjustments.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
ELECTRONIC ARTS INC. · implied price per share
Five annual free-cash-flow observations are required for the filing-backed baseline.
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY · implied price per share
Bear
-$2.54
Base
-$0.76
Bull
$1.54
Balance sheet health
Inspect reported liquidity and leverage alongside historical financial-health checks.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Not enough data to score either balance sheet.
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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Cash excludes investments. EBITDA is an operating-income-plus-D&A proxy. Missing borrowing categories remain unavailable; select a value to inspect its inputs.
LLM-powered synthesis
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If you believe EA can sustain its 79.0% gross margin and 16.6% ROIC while growing revenue beyond 0.9%, then holding or buying is defensible; otherwise, the current price looks hard to justify because it sits far above both HPE-implied range and the DCF range.
EA's current price of $209.91 is materially above HPE-implied valuation range of $51.44 to $57.88, implying a 72.4% downside on the P/S framework. The stock also sits above the DCF range of $38.95 to $52.70, while remaining within its historical trading band of $188.92 to $230.90.
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