ANET vs. CSCO, IBM, HPQ, HPE, JNPR, FFIV, EXTR, ATEN, DGII, and LTRX
Should you be buying Arista Networks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arista Networks include Cisco Systems (CSCO), International Business Machines (IBM), HP (HPQ), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Juniper Networks (JNPR), F5 (FFIV), Extreme Networks (EXTR), A10 Networks (ATEN), Digi International (DGII), and Lantronix (LTRX). These companies are all part of the "computer & office equipment" industry.
Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) and Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.
Cisco Systems received 1123 more outperform votes than Arista Networks when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.58% of users gave Arista Networks an outperform vote while only 73.24% of users gave Cisco Systems an outperform vote.
73.3% of Cisco Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.5% of Arista Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Cisco Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Arista Networks shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Cisco Systems presently has a consensus target price of $56.47, suggesting a potential upside of 24.11%. Arista Networks has a consensus target price of $295.22, suggesting a potential downside of 0.93%. Given Arista Networks' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Cisco Systems is more favorable than Arista Networks.
Cisco Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Arista Networks. Cisco Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arista Networks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cisco Systems has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arista Networks has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Arista Networks has a net margin of 37.64% compared to Arista Networks' net margin of 21.88%. Cisco Systems' return on equity of 31.12% beat Arista Networks' return on equity.
In the previous week, Cisco Systems had 8 more articles in the media than Arista Networks. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Cisco Systems and 25 mentions for Arista Networks. Arista Networks' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Cisco Systems' score of 0.61 indicating that Cisco Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Arista Networks beats Cisco Systems on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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