Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
Decision snapshot: MSFT 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 MSFT's multiple
Needs EPS (TTM) is negative.
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Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth edge
Pricing power
Operating leverage
Lower is better
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Core statements aligned to each company's latest fiscal year.
SEC periods: MSFT FY 2026 (ended Jun 30, 2026) · HPE FY 2025 (ended Oct 31, 2025). Fiscal years are not aligned.
Trendline
Six fiscal years of revenue, earnings, and margins before underwriting a re-rating.
Price framework
Market cap plus debt, less cash.
Capital structure 99% equity / 1% debt · EV / Revenue 10.74x · EV / EBITDA 17.14x
Price framework
Discounted free cash flow, then bridged to a per-share price. Same assumptions applied to both companies.
MICROSOFT CORPORATION · implied price per share
Bear
$216.80
Base
$255.06
Bull
$293.32
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY · implied price per share
Bear
$6.79
Base
$7.99
Bull
$9.19
Balance sheet health
Financial health checks to separate durable balance sheets from potential value traps.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Debt / equity
Total debt against shareholders' equity
0.11x
0.91x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
-0.13x
3.66x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$76.84B
$5.77B
Total debt
Interest-bearing obligations outstanding
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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If you believe MSFT deserves a structural premium for far superior margins, ROIC, and balance-sheet quality versus HPE, then avoid relying on HPE P/S implied downside and instead evaluate MSFT against its own historical and DCF ranges because the comp set is not economically comparable.
The P/S-based HPE comparison implies MSFT should trade far below the current price, with an implied value of $91.83 versus $499.99, or -81.6% downside. However, that gap likely reflects the weakness of using HPE as a comp for a much higher-quality, much more profitable software/platform business.
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