Which is more profitable, Arista Networks or IBM?

Arista Networks keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Arista Networks or IBM?

Arista Networks grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Arista Networks or IBM?

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

Which has less debt, Arista Networks or IBM?

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

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Arista Networks vs IBM 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, grows faster and has less debt. IBM is cheaper for its profits.

Side by side

	Arista Networks	IBM
	$249 billion	$234 billion
	39.0%	15.7%
	+31.2%	+4.1%
	71.0×	22.0×
	Net cash	3.0 years
	25.2%	10.2%
	–	2.5%

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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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