HPEvs.Super Micro
HPE vs SMCI · both in Data centers, part of the AI & digital infrastructure value chain: Servers, networking, optics and data center capacity that tie AI infrastructure together.
HPE is about 3.1× larger than Super Micro by market cap; Super Micro trades at the lower P/E (20.4 vs 51.3); year to date, HPE leads (+118.3% vs +20.2%).
Side by side
| HPE | SMCI | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $79.8B | $25.4B |
| Price | $53.44 | $38.46 |
| Today | +1.9% | +9.4% |
| Return YTD | +118.3% | +20.2% |
| Return 1Y | +133.5% | −19.8% |
| P/E | 51.3 | 20.4 |
| P/S | 2.1 | 0.8 |
| P/B | 3.2 | 3.4 |
Data as of 2026-08-26 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
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Cray supercomputers and ProLiant AI servers on one side; on the other, a networking business that grew considerably with the Juniper acquisition.
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Racks of GPU servers, liquid-cooled, put together quickly after each new GPU arrives.
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