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AAPL vs. ANET, DELL, HPQ, HPE, SMCI, STX, PSTG, LOGI, PAR, and DBD

Should you be buying Apple stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apple include Arista Networks (ANET), Dell Technologies (DELL), HP (HPQ), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Super Micro Computer (SMCI), Seagate Technology (STX), Pure Storage (PSTG), Logitech International (LOGI), PAR Technology (PAR), and Diebold Nixdorf (DBD). These companies are all part of the "computer hardware" industry.

Apple vs.

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

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 Networks40.72% 29.91% 21.67%
Apple 24.30%160.83%30.88%

Arista Networks presently has a consensus target price of $106.43, indicating a potential upside of 32.09%. Apple has a consensus target price of $232.63, indicating a potential upside of 10.13%. Given Arista Networks' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Arista Networks is more favorable than Apple.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Arista Networks
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Apple
2 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
22 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

In the previous week, Apple had 219 more articles in the media than Arista Networks. MarketBeat recorded 274 mentions for Apple and 55 mentions for Arista Networks. Arista Networks' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Apple's score of 0.64 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
36 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Apple
137 Very Positive mention(s)
33 Positive mention(s)
46 Neutral mention(s)
37 Negative mention(s)
14 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Apple shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Apple received 6038 more outperform votes than Arista Networks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.97% of users gave Apple an outperform vote while only 74.51% of users gave Arista Networks an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Arista NetworksOutperform Votes
1327
74.51%
Underperform Votes
454
25.49%
AppleOutperform Votes
7365
81.97%
Underperform Votes
1620
18.03%

Arista Networks has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apple has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Arista Networks$7.00B14.45$2.85B$2.2236.29
Apple$395.76B8.02$93.74B$6.3033.53

Summary

Apple beats Arista Networks on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AAPL vs. The Competition

MetricAppleElectronic computers IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.17T$407.59B$22.78B$7.73B
Dividend Yield0.48%1.13%2.98%4.22%
P/E Ratio33.5342.0441.8118.38
Price / Sales8.023.312,073.12103.40
Price / Cash32.1624.3734.7234.62
Price / Book56.0310.426.104.22
Net Income$93.74B$12.30B$737.48M$248.14M
7 Day Performance3.25%-1.08%2.99%2.49%
1 Month Performance-3.07%-4.29%1.52%1.01%
1 Year Performance24.01%-1.62%52,507.41%4.98%

Apple Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AAPL
Apple
4.4448 of 5 stars
$212.50
+0.6%
$232.63
+9.5%
+21.7%$3.19T$395.76B33.73164,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
ANET
Arista Networks
4.9427 of 5 stars
$70.81
+3.1%
$104.29
+47.3%
+22.5%$88.91B$7.00B31.903,610Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
Gap Down
DELL
Dell Technologies
4.983 of 5 stars
$89.19
+6.1%
$136.41
+53.0%
-26.6%$62.24B$95.57B15.76133,000Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
Gap Down
HPQ
HP
4.9185 of 5 stars
$24.61
+1.8%
$34.00
+38.1%
-9.7%$23.20B$53.88B8.7658,000Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
Gap Down
HPE
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
4.8506 of 5 stars
$15.36
+1.4%
$20.60
+34.1%
-5.0%$20.18B$31.23B8.0860,200Short Interest ↑
Positive News
Gap Up
SMCI
Super Micro Computer
4.9009 of 5 stars
$32.91
+7.6%
$52.57
+59.7%
-59.6%$19.53B$20.82B16.524,610Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
STX
Seagate Technology
4.9257 of 5 stars
$78.09
+3.6%
$117.39
+50.3%
-5.2%$16.53B$8.04B14.2840,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
PSTG
Pure Storage
4.5839 of 5 stars
$42.74
+5.9%
$70.95
+66.0%
-13.1%$13.93B$3.17B112.484,200Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
LOGI
Logitech International
3.7229 of 5 stars
$74.95
+3.7%
$90.57
+20.8%
-1.5%$11.85B$4.56B17.598,200Earnings Report
News Coverage
PAR
PAR Technology
2.3431 of 5 stars
$57.53
+3.0%
$81.86
+42.3%
+34.6%$2.31B$349.98M-230.111,480Positive News
DBD
Diebold Nixdorf
4.204 of 5 stars
$42.63
+2.0%
$70.00
+64.2%
+35.5%$1.60B$3.75B-96.8922,000Upcoming Earnings

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