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 better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Cisco Systems has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arista Networks has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Arista Networks had 5 more articles in the media than Cisco Systems. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Arista Networks and 26 mentions for Cisco Systems. Arista Networks' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Cisco Systems' score of 0.67 indicating that Cisco Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
73.3% of Cisco Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.5% of Arista Networks shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Cisco Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Arista Networks shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
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 73.28% of users gave Cisco Systems an outperform vote.
Cisco Systems currently has a consensus price target of $56.47, suggesting a potential upside of 21.45%. Arista Networks has a consensus price target of $295.22, suggesting a potential downside of 0.82%. Given Arista Networks' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly 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.
Summary
Arista Networks beats Cisco Systems on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Arista Networks News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ANET and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ANET and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Arista Networks Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
