Which is more profitable, Arista Networks or Fortinet?

Arista Networks keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Arista Networks or Fortinet?

Arista Networks grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Arista Networks or Fortinet?

Fortinet costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Arista Networks or Fortinet?

Fortinet would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Arista Networks vs Fortinet stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Arista Networks is more profitable and grows faster. Fortinet is cheaper for its profits and has less debt.

Side by side

	Arista Networks	Fortinet
	$249 billion	$93.5 billion
	39.0%	27.3%
	+31.2%	+21.3%
	71.0×	50.4×
	Net cash	Net cash
	25.2%	83.5%
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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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