Compare Stocks: INTC, CSCO, ANET, and XLC

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ANET Arista Networks	$187.83 -5.9%	$185.90	$114.52 ▼ $214.89	$236.90B	1.62	8.22 million shs	5.65 million shs
CSCO Cisco Systems	$110.06 -1.8%	$113.66	$66.35 ▼ $130.37	$433.92B	1	22.75 million shs	12.33 million shs
INTC Intel	$97.19 -5.6%	$97.86	$24.22 ▼ $142.35	$490.23B	2.22	117.33 million shs	94.19 million shs
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	$115.07 +2.2%	$110.95	$105.03 ▼ $120.40	$23.17B	0.97	6.42 million shs	4.31 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ANET Arista Networks	0.00%	+3.22%	+0.44%	+18.07%	+43.37%
CSCO Cisco Systems	0.00%	+2.68%	+0.40%	-6.69%	+68.54%
INTC Intel	0.00%	+7.45%	+0.43%	-19.49%	+327.49%
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	0.00%	+0.51%	-0.31%	+0.37%	-4.05%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ANET Arista Networks	$187.83 -5.9%	$185.90	$114.52 ▼ $214.89	$236.90B	1.62	8.22 million shs	5.65 million shs
CSCO Cisco Systems	$110.06 -1.8%	$113.66	$66.35 ▼ $130.37	$433.92B	1	22.75 million shs	12.33 million shs
INTC Intel	$97.19 -5.6%	$97.86	$24.22 ▼ $142.35	$490.23B	2.22	117.33 million shs	94.19 million shs
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	$115.07 +2.2%	$110.95	$105.03 ▼ $120.40	$23.17B	0.97	6.42 million shs	4.31 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ANET Arista Networks	0.00%	+3.22%	+0.44%	+18.07%	+43.37%
CSCO Cisco Systems	0.00%	+2.68%	+0.40%	-6.69%	+68.54%
INTC Intel	0.00%	+7.45%	+0.43%	-19.49%	+327.49%
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	0.00%	+0.51%	-0.31%	+0.37%	-4.05%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ANET Arista Networks	3.04	Buy	$227.80	21.28% Upside
CSCO Cisco Systems	2.80	Moderate Buy	$129.68	17.83% Upside
INTC Intel	2.35	Hold	$107.80	10.92% Upside
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	2.71	Moderate Buy	$114.96	-0.10% Downside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest INTC, CSCO, ANET, and XLC Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/10/2026	ANET Arista Networks	Evercore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform
9/9/2026	INTC Intel	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$110.00
9/9/2026	INTC Intel	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Sell (D+) ➝ Sell (D)
9/9/2026	INTC Intel	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold
9/8/2026	INTC Intel	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy
9/8/2026	INTC Intel	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Sector Perform ➝ Outperform
9/8/2026	INTC Intel	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy
9/8/2026	INTC Intel	Pivotal Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy
9/8/2026	INTC Intel	Northland Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform	$120.00
9/4/2026	INTC Intel	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$109.00 ➝ $92.00
9/1/2026	CSCO Cisco Systems	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Hold ➝ Buy	$135.00

(Data available from 9/14/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ANET Arista Networks	$10.54B	22.47	$2.64 per share	71.17	$9.82 per share	19.13
CSCO Cisco Systems	$63.33B	6.85	$4.25 per share	25.88	$12.75 per share	8.63
INTC Intel	$52.85B	9.28	$2.12 per share	45.90	$25.30 per share	3.84
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ANET Arista Networks	$3.51B	$3.17	59.25	41.19	2.37	38.37%	30.65%	19.44%	11/3/2026 (Estimated)
CSCO Cisco Systems	$13.27B	$3.34	32.95	22.98	2.34	20.95%	30.16%	11.69%	11/11/2026 (Estimated)
INTC Intel	-$267M	-$2.11	N/A	68.44	11.00	-19.79%	2.62%	1.50%	10/22/2026 (Estimated)
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	19.19	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest INTC, CSCO, ANET, and XLC Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/12/2026	Q4 2026	CSCO Cisco Systems	$1.17	$1.22	+$0.05	$0.97	$16.84 billion	$17.25 billion
8/4/2026	Q2 2026	ANET Arista Networks	$0.8860	$1.02	+$0.1340	$0.95	$2.83 billion	$3.04 billion
7/23/2026	Q2 2026	INTC Intel	$0.21	$0.42	+$0.21	-$2.16	$14.43 billion	$16.13 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ANET Arista Networks	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CSCO Cisco Systems	$1.68	1.52%	+2.60%	50.30%	13 Years
INTC Intel	N/A	N/A	-100.00%	N/A	1 Years
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	$1.43	1.25%	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest INTC, CSCO, ANET, and XLC Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/12/2026	CSCO Cisco Systems	quarterly	$0.42	1.36%	10/2/2026	10/2/2026	10/21/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ANET Arista Networks	N/A	2.96	2.59
CSCO Cisco Systems	0.39	0.93	0.79
INTC Intel	0.47	1.60	1.25
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ANET Arista Networks	82.47%
CSCO Cisco Systems	73.33%
INTC Intel	64.53%
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ANET Arista Networks	2.70%
CSCO Cisco Systems	0.01%
INTC Intel	0.05%
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ANET Arista Networks	5,115	1.26 billion	1.23 billion	Optionable
CSCO Cisco Systems	82,400	3.94 billion	3.94 billion	Optionable
INTC Intel	85,100	5.04 billion	5.04 billion	Optionable
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	201.35 million	N/A	Not Optionable

INTC, CSCO, ANET, and XLC Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Bank of Montreal und REX Shares bringen MicroSectors-ETNs mit 3× Long- und -3× Short-Hebel auf Kommunikationsdienste (XLC) und Basiskonsumgüter (XLP) an den Markt

September 11 at 12:31 AM | de.marketscreener.comD

XLC: Combining AI Growth & Telecom Defense

September 11 at 12:47 PM | etftrends.comE

The Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Premium Income Fund declares monthly distribution of $0.1591

September 3, 2026 | msn.com

XLC: Alphabet And Meta Just Keep Churning

August 18, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

These Two ETFs Are the 'No Hike' Scenario Winners

August 14, 2026 | benzinga.com

Earnings scorecard: 9 out of 10 Communication Services companies deliver EPS wins this week

August 8, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Most and least shorted communications services stocks with up to $2B market cap as of end-July

August 6, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

The Netflix Shock Reveals Which ETF Structure Protects You Better in a Downturn

August 6, 2026 | 247wallst.com

S&P 500 Earnings Surge Puts Energy, Tech ETFs in Focus

August 4, 2026 | etftrends.comE

Earnings scorecard: Communication sector sees 4 of 6 stocks top EPS estimates this week

July 25, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF

July 15, 2026 | wsj.com

S&P 500 posts weekly gain, led by financials and communication services

July 2, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

The Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund : XLC

June 30, 2026 | 247wallst.com

Comcast's Spinoff Ripples Through Sector & Dividend ETFs

June 29, 2026 | etftrends.comE

Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund declares quarterly distribution of $0.2837

June 22, 2026 | msn.com

Europe unveils tech sovereignty package amid growing concerns over reliance on U.S. tech

June 3, 2026 | cnbc.com

Don't Overlook the Potential of Communication Services ETFs

June 1, 2026 | etftrends.comE

Weekly ETFs: Nine of 11 sectors record outflows; industrial sector leads inflows

May 27, 2026 | msn.com

2 Sectors Where the Ultra-Wealthy Are Putting Their Money

May 23, 2026 | barrons.com

Weekly ETFs: Six of 11 sectors record outflows; consumer discretionary sector leads inflows

May 19, 2026 | msn.com

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INTC, CSCO, ANET, and XLC Company Descriptions

Arista Networks NYSE:ANET

$187.83 -11.76 (-5.89%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$188.20 +0.37 (+0.20%)

As of 04:31 PM Eastern

Arista Networks, Inc. engages in the development, marketing, and sale of data-driven, client to cloud networking solutions for data center, campus, and routing environments in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. Its cloud networking solutions consist of Extensible Operating System (EOS), a publish-subscribe state-sharing networking operating system offered in combination with a set of network applications. The company offers data center and cloud networking systems, including newer artificial intelligence (AI) ethernet switching platforms; campus wired and wireless products, and routing systems addressing Core Routing, Edge Routing, Data Center Interconnect (DCI), Multi-cloud and Wide Area Networking (WAN) use cases; and a suite of value-add software solutions that leverage EOS to provide end-to-end orchestration, automation, analytics, network monitoring, and security. It also provides post contract customer support services, such as technical support, hardware repair and replacement parts beyond standard warranty, bug fixes, patches, and upgrade services. The company serves a range of industries comprising internet companies, service providers, financial services organizations, government agencies, media and entertainment companies, telecommunication service providers, and others. It markets and sells its products through distributors, system integrators, value-added resellers, and original equipment manufacturer partners, as well as through its direct sales force. The company was formerly known as Arastra, Inc. and changed its name to Arista Networks, Inc. in October 2008. Arista Networks, Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Cisco Systems NASDAQ:CSCO

$110.06 -2.07 (-1.85%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$110.12 +0.06 (+0.06%)

As of 04:31 PM Eastern

Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells Internet Protocol based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology industry in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, Japan, and China. The company also offers switching portfolio encompasses campus switching as well as data center switching; enterprise routing portfolio interconnects public and private wireline and mobile networks, delivering highly secure, and reliable connectivity to campus, data center and branch networks; wireless products include wireless access points and controllers; and compute portfolio including the cisco unified computing system, hyperflex, and software management capabilities, which combine computing, networking, and storage infrastructure management and virtualization. In addition, it provides Internet for the future product consists of routed optical networking, 5G, silicon, and optics solutions; collaboration products, such as meetings, collaboration devices, calling, contact center, and communication platform as a service; end-to-end security product consists of network security, cloud security, security endpoints, unified threat management, and zero trust; and optimized application experiences products including full stack observability and network assurance. Further, the company offers a range of service and support options for its customers, including technical support and advanced services and advisory services. It serves businesses of various sizes, public institutions, governments, and service providers. The company sells its products and services directly, as well as through systems integrators, service providers, other resellers, and distributors. Cisco Systems, Inc. has strategic alliances with other companies. Cisco Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

Intel NASDAQ:INTC

$97.19 -5.75 (-5.59%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$97.46 +0.27 (+0.28%)

As of 04:32 PM Eastern

Intel Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells computing and related products and services worldwide. It operates through Client Computing Group, Data Center and AI, Network and Edge, Mobileye, and Intel Foundry Services segments. The company's products portfolio comprises central processing units and chipsets, system-on-chips (SoCs), and multichip packages; mobile and desktop processors; hardware products comprising graphics processing units (GPUs), domain-specific accelerators, and field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs); and memory and storage, connectivity and networking, and other semiconductor products. It also offers silicon devices and software products; and optimization solutions for workloads, such as AI, cryptography, security, storage, networking, and leverages various features supporting diverse compute environments. In addition, the company develops and deploys advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), and autonomous driving technologies and solutions; and provides advanced process technologies backed by an ecosystem of IP, EDA, and design services, as well as systems of chips, including advanced packaging technologies, software and accelerate bring-up, and integration of chips and driving standards. Further, it delivers and deploys intelligent edge platforms that allow developers to achieve agility and drive automation using AI for efficient operations with data integrity, as well as provides hardware and software platforms, tools, and ecosystem partnerships for digital transformation from the cloud to edge. The company serves original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, cloud service providers, and other manufacturers and service providers. It has a strategic agreement with Synopsys, Inc. to develop EDA and IP solutions; and ARM that enables chip designers to build optimized compute SoCs on the Intel 18A process. Intel Corporation was incorporated in 1968 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund NYSEARCA:XLC

$115.07 +2.47 (+2.19%)

Closing price 04:10 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$114.46 -0.61 (-0.53%)

As of 04:31 PM Eastern

The Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLC) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in communication services equity. The fund tracks a market-cap-weighted index of US telecommunication and media & entertainment components of the S&P 500 index. XLC was launched on Jun 18, 2018 and is managed by State Street.

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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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