Ciscovs.HPE
CSCO vs HPE · both in Data centers, part of the AI & digital infrastructure value chain: Servers, networking, optics and data center capacity that tie AI infrastructure together.
Cisco is about 7.3× larger than HPE by market cap; year to date, HPE leads (+102.1% vs +57.5%).
Side by side
| CSCO | HPE | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $478B | $65.1B |
| Price | $121.31 | $48.54 |
| Today | +2.5% | −1.2% |
| Return YTD | +57.5% | +102.1% |
| Return 1Y | +76.4% | +128.0% |
| P/E | 40.0 | 41.8 |
| P/S | 7.9 | 1.7 |
| P/B | 9.8 | 2.6 |
Data as of 2026-07-11 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
CiscoCSCO
The world's largest networking company — broad portfolio of switches, routers and security with a growing AI order book among hyperscalers.
Full CSCO profile →HPEHPE
Hewlett Packard Enterprise builds supercomputers (Cray) and AI servers and has strengthened its networking arm with the acquisition of Juniper.
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