Apple (AAPL) Competitors

Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and dividends.

Do analysts rate ANET or AAPL?

Arista Networks presently has a consensus price target of $113.79, suggesting a potential upside of 9.97%. Apple has a consensus price target of $242.52, suggesting a potential downside of 1.35%. Given Arista Networks' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Arista Networks is more favorable than Apple.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Arista Networks	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73
Apple	4 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	21 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Which has more risk & volatility, ANET or AAPL?

Arista Networks has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apple has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ANET or AAPL?

Apple has higher revenue and earnings than Arista Networks. Apple is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arista Networks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Arista Networks	$7.00B	18.61	$2.09B	$2.22	46.61
Apple	$391.04B	9.44	$93.74B	$6.30	39.02

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ANET or AAPL?

Apple received 6022 more outperform votes than Arista Networks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.06% of users gave Apple an outperform vote while only 74.56% of users gave Arista Networks an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Arista Networks	Outperform Votes 1319 74.56%	Underperform Votes 450 25.44%
Apple	Outperform Votes 7341 82.06%	Underperform Votes 1605 17.94%

Is ANET or AAPL more profitable?

Arista Networks has a net margin of 40.72% compared to Apple's net margin of 24.30%. Apple's return on equity of 160.83% beat Arista Networks' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Arista Networks	40.72%	31.22%	22.76%
Apple	24.30%	160.83%	30.88%

Does the media prefer ANET or AAPL?

In the previous week, Apple had 135 more articles in the media than Arista Networks. MarketBeat recorded 269 mentions for Apple and 134 mentions for Arista Networks. Arista Networks' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Apple's score of 1.00 indicating that Arista Networks is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Arista Networks	87 Very Positive mention(s)	13 Positive mention(s)	19 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Apple	170 Very Positive mention(s)	30 Positive mention(s)	48 Neutral mention(s)	11 Negative mention(s)	9 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ANET or AAPL?

82.5% of Arista Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Apple shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Arista Networks shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Apple shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Apple beats Arista Networks on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.