Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
Decision snapshot: JWN 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 JWN's multiple
Needs Annual EPS is negative, JWN P/E.
Snapshot Sep 11, 2026, 4:00 PM ET
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
16 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.
Capital structure 79% equity / 21% debt · EV / Revenue 2.89x · EV proxy / EBITDA proxy 43.06x
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
Nordstrom, Inc. · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY · implied price per share
Bear
-$1.28
Base
$0.93
Bull
$3.91
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.
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 JWN deserves to trade closer to HPE-implied multiple despite slower growth, then a positive view on JWN is reasonable because its margins and ROIC are substantially stronger than HPE’s, but the case is tempered by the much lower DCF range and missing current-price data.
The provided HPE-implied valuation range for JWN spans $58.00 to $166.40, while the DCF range is much lower at $36.10 to $48.84. That gap suggests the market could justify a materially higher price only under a very aggressive HPE-multiple framework, but the current price is not available to confirm whether JWN is cheap or expensive today.
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