HP (NYSE:HPQ – Get Free Report) and Foxx Development (NASDAQ:FOXX – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
Profitability
This table compares HP and Foxx Development’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| HP | 4.45% | -581.36% | 7.55% |
| Foxx Development | -79.80% | N/A | -59.35% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for HP and Foxx Development, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| HP | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.93 |
| Foxx Development | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
77.5% of HP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.4% of Foxx Development shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of HP shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 31.6% of Foxx Development shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares HP and Foxx Development”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| HP | $57.42 billion | 0.43 | $2.53 billion | $2.71 | 10.02 |
| Foxx Development | $65.92 million | 0.27 | -$9.02 million | ($6.87) | -0.37 |
HP has higher revenue and earnings than Foxx Development. Foxx Development is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility & Risk
HP has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Foxx Development has a beta of -0.35, indicating that its stock price is 135% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
HP beats Foxx Development on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About HP
HP Inc. provides products, technologies, software, solutions, and services to individual consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses, and large enterprises, including customers in the government, health, and education sectors worldwide. It operates through Personal Systems and Printing segments. The Personal Systems segment offers commercial personal computers (PCs), consumer PCs, workstations, thin clients, commercial tablets and mobility devices, retail point-of-sale systems, displays and other related accessories, software, support, and services for the commercial and consumer markets. The Printing segment provides consumer and commercial printer hardware, supplies, media, solutions, and services, as well as scanning devices; and laserJet and enterprise, inkjet and printing, graphics, and 3D printing solutions. The company was formerly known as Hewlett-Packard Company and changed its name to HP Inc. in October 2015. HP Inc. was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
About Foxx Development
Foxx Development Holdings Inc. is a consumer electronics and integrated Internet-of-Things solution company catering to both retail and institutional clients. The company currently sells a diverse range of products including mobile phones, tablets and other consumer electronics devices principally in United State and is in the process of developing and distributing end-to-end communication terminals and IoT solutions. Foxx Development Holdings Inc., formerly known as Acri Capital Acquisition Corporation, is based in Austin, TX.
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