ANET vs AVPT vs ESTC Stock Comparison

Arista Networks, AvePoint and Elastic Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ANET Arista Networks, Inc.
$187.06 -9.4% 1M +19.3% 1Y
Market cap
$235.92B
P/E
58.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$10.54B
Div. yield
–
Server and Storage Hardware Technology
5 wins
AVPT AvePoint, Inc.
$16.46 +26.6% 1M +11.8% 1Y
Market cap
$3.48B
P/E
48.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$466.15M
Div. yield
–
IT Operations Software Technology
2 wins
ESTC Elastic N.V.
$105.51 +19.9% 1M +19.0% 1Y
Market cap
$11.09B
P/E
29.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.80B
Div. yield
–
Data Infrastructure Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Arista Networks leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Arista Networks 5, Elastic 2, AvePoint 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionANETAVPTESTCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $235.92B $3.48B $11.09B ANET
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 58.3x 48.4x 29.4x ESTC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 46.9x 39.2x 30.1x ESTC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +32.6% +25.0% +16.2% ANET
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 38.4% 15.3% 20.8% ANET
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 0.0% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — -10.8x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +19.3% +11.8% +19.0% ANET
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +49.1%/yr +12.8%/yr -9.3%/yr ANET
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 55.0% 44.8% 58.1% AVPT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 66/100 78/100 71/100 AVPT

Percentile Scorecard

ANETAVPTESTC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisANETAVPTESTC
Valuation 20 #90 of 112 68 #41 of 124 70 #38 of 124
Growth 85 #17 of 109 97 #4 of 113 81 #22 of 113
Profitability 90 #11 of 104 84 #18 of 109 67 #37 of 109
Financial Health 77 #27 of 116 58 #54 of 127 52 #61 of 127
Shareholder Returns 58 #35 of 81 84 #11 of 65 86 #10 of 65
Overall 66 78 71
  • ANET ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware
  • AVPT ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • ESTC ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodANETAVPTESTCSPY
1 month -9.4%+26.6%+19.9% -0.2%
3 months +10.2%+27.5%+70.0% +3.9%
6 months +13.2%+64.4%+122.4% +8.2%
Year to date +42.8%+18.5%+39.9% +12.9%
1 year +19.3%+11.8%+19.0% +12.3%
3 years +324.7%+125.5%+39.7% +87.4%
3 years, per year +62.0%+31.2%+11.8% +23.3%
5 years +635.3%+82.3%-38.5% +67.9%
5 years, per year +49.1%+12.8%-9.3% +10.9%
10 years +3,436.1%—— +261.1%
10 years, per year +42.8%—— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureANETAVPTESTCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 55.0%44.8%58.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 56.7%48.0%59.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.270.791.14 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.350.260.33 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -50.4%-62.2%-76.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -13.6%-2.3%-0.7% -1.2%
52-week high $216.61$16.85$106.26 $779.14
52-week low $116.13$8.99$43.30 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleANETAVPTESTC
P/E now vs peer median 58.3xmedian 33.2x 48.4xmedian 38.6x 29.4xmedian 38.6x
P/S now vs peer median 22.4xmedian 2.8x 7.5xmedian 4.4x 6.2xmedian 4.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 48.0xmedian 20.0x —median 34.5x 123.3xmedian 34.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 45.8xmedian 29.8x 34.5xmedian 29.4x 31.8xmedian 29.4x
P/B now vs peer median 15.9xmedian 3.0x 8.0xmedian 3.3x 8.6xmedian 3.3x
PEG now vs peer median 1.77median 1.17 0.96median 1.28 0.55median 1.28

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsANETAVPTESTC
Revenue $10.54B $466.15M $1.80B
Gross profit $6.64B $342.37M $1.36B
Operating income $4.55B $45.61M -$47.61M
Net income $4.04B $71.48M $375.64M
Free cash flow $5.16B $101.01M $349.04M
R&D $1.37B $57.26M $455.30M
EPS (diluted) $3.17 $0.32 $3.59
Cash & equivalents $2.29B $417.25M $879.87M
Total debt – – $571.20M
Shares (diluted) 1.28B 220.86M 104.64M
Enterprise value $189.37B $1.67B $5.62B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricANETAVPTESTC
P/E 58.3x 48.4x 29.4x
P/FCF 45.8x 34.5x 31.8x
P/Operating cash flow 44.5x 33.2x 31.3x
P/S 22.4x 7.5x 6.2x
P/B 15.9x 8.0x 8.6x
P/Tangible book 15.9x 8.2x 8.6x
EV/EBITDA 48.0x – 123.3x
EV/EBIT 49.0x 67.2x -214.3x
EV/Revenue 21.1x 6.6x 5.7x
EV/FCF 43.2x 30.3x 29.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 41.9x 29.3x 28.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.77 0.96 0.55

Growth

14 metrics
MetricANETAVPTESTC
Revenue growth (1Y) 32.6% 25.0% 16.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 26.1% 23.0% 17.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 30.0% 22.5% 16.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 28.0% 24.5% 18.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 32.6% 99.3% -56.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 33.7% 51.1% 37.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 24.4% 1,017% 549.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 33.3% 55.8% 55.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 23.9% 980.2% 555.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 32.9% 50.6% 53.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 31.1% 22.1% 11.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 75.4% 90.8% 62.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 29.7% 24.5% 11.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 76.0% 99.8% 63.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricANETAVPTESTC
Gross margin 63.0% 73.4% 75.5%
EBITDA margin 44.0% – 4.6%
Operating margin 43.1% 9.8% -2.6%
Pretax margin 47.3% 12.3% -1.1%
Net margin 38.4% 15.3% 20.8%
FCF margin 48.9% 21.7% 19.4%
Operating cash flow margin 50.3% 22.5% 19.6%
Return on equity 28.6% 16.3% 29.2%
Return on assets 17.8% 9.6% 12.2%
Return on invested capital – – 0.0%
Return on capital employed 28.7% 9.8% -2.3%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.6x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 1.5x 0.9x
Stock comp / revenue 4.8% 7.6% 16.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricANETAVPTESTC
Debt / assets – – 19.0%
Debt / equity – – 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA – – -10.8x
Debt / FCF – – 1.6x
Liabilities / assets 37.6% 42.3% 56.8%
Equity / assets 62.4% 57.7% 43.2%
Interest coverage – – -1.9x
Current ratio 3.0x 2.0x 1.8x
Quick ratio 2.3x 2.0x 1.6x
Cash ratio 2.0x 1.5x 1.4x
Altman Z-score 18.31 6.80 4.44

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricANETAVPTESTC
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 0.2% 3.1% 3.1%
Shareholder yield 0.2% 3.1% 3.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusANETAVPTESTC
Forward P/E 46.9xFY2026 39.2xFY2026 30.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.99FY2026 $0.42FY2026 $3.51FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +33.9%FY2026 +27.3%FY2026 +36.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +36.1% +16.7% +19.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $13.21BFY2026 $495.40MFY2026 $1.88BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +46.6%FY2026 +18.1%FY2026 +8.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +22.3% +20.3% +18.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersANETAVPTESTC
Held by institutions 71.2% 67.3% 86.4%
Institutions holding 2,254 254 371
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.4% +7.1% +1.7%
Institutions buying 1,328 164 199
Institutions selling 732 66 129
Buyers to sellers 1.81 2.48 1.54

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ANETAVPTESTC
ANET 1.00 0.10 0.11
AVPT 0.10 1.00 0.48
ESTC 0.11 0.48 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ANET, AVPT and ESTC?

Arista Networks (ANET) is the largest by market capitalisation: Arista Networks (ANET) $235.92B, AvePoint (AVPT) $3.48B, Elastic (ESTC) $11.09B.

Which stock is cheaper, ANET, AVPT and ESTC?

Elastic (ESTC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Arista Networks (ANET) 58.3x, AvePoint (AVPT) 48.4x, Elastic (ESTC) 29.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Elastic (ESTC) is cheapest (Arista Networks (ANET) 46.9x, AvePoint (AVPT) 39.2x, Elastic (ESTC) 30.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Arista Networks (ANET) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Arista Networks (ANET) +32.6%, AvePoint (AVPT) +25.0%, Elastic (ESTC) +16.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Arista Networks (ANET) has the highest net margin (Arista Networks (ANET) 38.4%, AvePoint (AVPT) 15.3%, Elastic (ESTC) 20.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Arista Networks (ANET) returned the most: Arista Networks (ANET) +19.3%, AvePoint (AVPT) +11.8%, Elastic (ESTC) +19.0%. Over five years, Arista Networks (ANET) compounded fastest (Arista Networks (ANET) +49.1%/yr, AvePoint (AVPT) +12.8%/yr, Elastic (ESTC) -9.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, AvePoint (AVPT) has been the steadiest (Arista Networks (ANET) 55.0%, AvePoint (AVPT) 44.8%, Elastic (ESTC) 58.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ANET, AVPT and ESTC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Arista Networks (ANET) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.