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ANET vs. BAND, BL, CSCO, META, VIAV, KEYS, OOMA, PINS, PSTG, and UI

Should you be buying Arista Networks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arista Networks include Bandwidth (BAND), BlackLine (BL), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Meta Platforms (META), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), Keysight Technologies (KEYS), Ooma (OOMA), Pinterest (PINS), Pure Storage (PSTG), and Ubiquiti (UI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Arista Networks vs. Its Competitors

Bandwidth (NASDAQ:BAND) and Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Arista Networks has a net margin of 40.90% compared to Bandwidth's net margin of -1.32%. Arista Networks' return on equity of 31.05% beat Bandwidth's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bandwidth-1.32% 1.43% 0.49%
Arista Networks 40.90%31.05%21.58%

Bandwidth currently has a consensus price target of $20.80, indicating a potential upside of 24.48%. Arista Networks has a consensus price target of $163.94, indicating a potential upside of 6.23%. Given Bandwidth's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bandwidth is more favorable than Arista Networks.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bandwidth
2 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38
Arista Networks
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

In the previous week, Arista Networks had 35 more articles in the media than Bandwidth. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for Arista Networks and 18 mentions for Bandwidth. Arista Networks' average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Bandwidth's score of 0.10 indicating that Arista Networks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bandwidth
2 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Arista Networks
44 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Bandwidth has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arista Networks has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Arista Networks has higher revenue and earnings than Bandwidth. Bandwidth 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
Bandwidth$748.49M0.67-$6.52M-$0.34-49.15
Arista Networks$7.00B27.70$2.85B$2.5460.76

68.5% of Bandwidth shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.5% of Arista Networks shares are held by institutional investors. 6.5% of Bandwidth shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Arista Networks shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Arista Networks beats Bandwidth on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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ANET vs. The Competition

MetricArista NetworksINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$193.33B$19.94B$33.67B$22.10B
Dividend YieldN/A3.66%3.18%3.55%
P/E Ratio60.7079.15105.6933.37
Price / Sales27.70102.161,289.7183.20
Price / Cash73.6784.9738.6124.64
Price / Book19.469.277.624.66
Net Income$2.85B$356.34M$820.47M$1.02B
7 Day Performance7.84%4.64%2.49%2.22%
1 Month Performance8.27%0.91%4.30%1.79%
1 Year Performance56.64%64.65%24,238.07%14.02%

Arista Networks Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ANET
Arista Networks
4.7041 of 5 stars
$154.32
+1.0%
$163.94
+6.2%
+56.7%$193.33B$7.00B60.704,412Positive News
Insider Trade
BAND
Bandwidth
4.403 of 5 stars
$15.99
+4.9%
$20.80
+30.1%
-6.5%$483.39M$748.49M-47.171,100Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
BL
BlackLine
4.5786 of 5 stars
$51.95
+4.3%
$60.58
+16.6%
-7.1%$3.22B$653.34M40.271,830News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
CSCO
Cisco Systems
4.9077 of 5 stars
$70.47
+0.5%
$74.72
+6.0%
+26.7%$278.60B$56.65B26.9086,200Positive News
META
Meta Platforms
4.5858 of 5 stars
$733.63
+2.3%
$829.66
+13.1%
+28.8%$1.84T$164.50B26.5674,067Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
VIAV
Viavi Solutions
4.1234 of 5 stars
$13.27
+1.7%
$13.72
+3.4%
+50.4%$2.95B$1.08B82.853,600News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
KEYS
Keysight Technologies
4.4956 of 5 stars
$165.63
+2.1%
$187.38
+13.1%
+8.7%$28.43B$4.98B52.6815,500News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
OOMA
Ooma
3.0976 of 5 stars
$11.09
+1.6%
$17.63
+59.0%
-6.5%$305.95M$256.85M-158.331,186News Coverage
PINS
Pinterest
4.3524 of 5 stars
$32.83
+1.4%
$42.67
+30.0%
+5.1%$22.31B$3.65B11.764,666Analyst Revision
PSTG
Pure Storage
4.1974 of 5 stars
$92.10
+0.3%
$83.89
-8.9%
+73.6%$30.31B$3.17B224.986,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
UI
Ubiquiti
2.549 of 5 stars
$742.20
-0.9%
$539.67
-27.3%
+186.8%$44.86B$2.57B63.011,667Analyst Forecast

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