Arista Networks, Inc. vs HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY, two Computer Hardware stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ANET and HPE diverge most: on debt / equity, ANET reads 0.00 and HPE reads 0.76; on p/s, ANET reads 24.18 and HPE reads 1.97. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What ANET's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What HPE's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ANET | HPE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $199.74 | $62.08 |
| Market cap | $254.9B | $82.4B |
| Sector | Computer Hardware | Computer Hardware |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| P/E | 63.2 | 32.0 |
| P/B | 17.22 | 3.10 |
| P/S | 24.18 | 1.97 |
| EV/EBITDA | 54.7 | 27.8 |
| Revenue growth | +32.3% | +26.6% |
| Gross margin | 62.9% | — |
| Operating margin | 45.4% | 11.4% |
| Net margin | 38.4% | 6.7% |
| Return on equity | 27.3% | 10.5% |
| Return on assets | 17.1% | 3.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 24.8% | 4.9% |
| FCF yield | 2.0% | 5.0% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.76 |
| Current ratio | 2.96 | 1.11 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.00 | 6.59 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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