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.
Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET) and Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.
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.
Arista Networks has a net margin of 37.64% compared to Cisco Systems' net margin of 21.88%. Arista Networks' return on equity of 31.12% beat Cisco Systems' return on equity.
Arista Networks has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cisco Systems has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
82.5% of Arista Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.3% of Cisco Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Arista Networks shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Cisco Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Arista Networks presently has a consensus price target of $295.22, suggesting a potential downside of 0.82%. Cisco Systems has a consensus price target of $56.47, suggesting a potential upside of 21.45%. Given Cisco Systems' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cisco Systems is more favorable than Arista Networks.
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.
In the previous week, Arista Networks had 3 more articles in the media than Cisco Systems. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Arista Networks and 26 mentions for Cisco Systems. Arista Networks' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Cisco Systems' score of 0.57 indicating that Arista Networks is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Arista Networks beats Cisco Systems on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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