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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

CSCOHPE
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/E40.041.8
P/S7.91.7
P/B9.82.6

Data as of 2026-07-11 · updates daily after U.S. close

The two companies

CiscoCSCO

NASDAQ · USA

The world's largest networking company — broad portfolio of switches, routers and security with a growing AI order book among hyperscalers.

NetworkingCybersecurity exposure
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HPEHPE

NYSE · USA

Hewlett Packard Enterprise builds supercomputers (Cray) and AI servers and has strengthened its networking arm with the acquisition of Juniper.

AI serversNetworking
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