HP Inc vs Seagate Technology Holdings Plc

HP Inc (HPQ) is undervalued and Seagate Technology Holdings Plc (STX) is overvalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, HPQ trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +29%, against -380% for STX.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

HP Inc (HPQ)

Discounting its cash flows at 9.4% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $44.97; the price of $32.04 is 29% below that value, and 74% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 71/100 on 8 of 12 signals

Seagate Technology Holdings Plc (STX)

Discounting its cash flows at 13.7% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $191.47; the price of $919.84 is 380% above that value, and 61% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 59/100 on 3 of 12 signals

MetricHPQSTX
VerdictUndervaluedOvervalued
Price$32.04$919.84
Intrinsic value$44.97$191.47
Margin of safety+29%-380%
Leak Score71/100 (8/12)59/100 (3/12)
Market cap$28.9B$209.2B
Revenue growth, 5 years-0.4%2.7%
Operating margin6.9%34.6%
Net margin4.1%26.1%
Return on equity371.5%
Debt to equity1.80
P/E12.2x66.3x
Forward P/E10.0x16.3x
P/B96.3x
Dividend yield3.7%0.3%

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