ANET vs. HPQ, HPE, IBM, CSCO, SNPS, RELX, CDNS, APH, DELL, and PYPL
Should you be buying Arista Networks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arista Networks include HP (HPQ), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), International Business Machines (IBM), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Synopsys (SNPS), Relx (RELX), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Amphenol (APH), Dell Technologies (DELL), and PayPal (PYPL). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET) and HP (NYSE:HPQ) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
HP received 207 more outperform votes than Arista Networks when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.59% of users gave Arista Networks an outperform vote while only 60.94% of users gave HP an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Arista Networks had 28 more articles in the media than HP. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Arista Networks and 8 mentions for HP. Arista Networks' average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat HP's score of 0.42 indicating that Arista Networks is being referred to more favorably in the media.
HP has higher revenue and earnings than Arista Networks. HP 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 presently has a consensus price target of $285.53, suggesting a potential upside of 4.06%. HP has a consensus price target of $33.11, suggesting a potential upside of 17.50%. Given HP's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe HP is more favorable than Arista Networks.
82.5% of Arista Networks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of HP shares are held by institutional investors. 19.0% of Arista Networks shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of HP shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Arista Networks has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HP has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Arista Networks has a net margin of 35.62% compared to HP's net margin of 6.45%. Arista Networks' return on equity of 31.44% beat HP's return on equity.
Summary
Arista Networks beats HP on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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