AVNW vs CSCO vs EXTR Stock Comparison

Aviat Networks, Cisco Systems and Extreme Networks Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AVNW Aviat Networks, Inc.
$20.46 +1.8% 1M -14.9% 1Y
Market cap
$261.89M
P/E
103.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$439.68M
Div. yield
–
Networking Equipment Technology
2 wins
CSCO Cisco Systems, Inc.
$111.38 +4.4% 1M +56.0% 1Y
Market cap
$439.51B
P/E
33.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$63.33B
Div. yield
1.50%
Networking Equipment Technology
5 wins
EXTR Extreme Networks Inc
$23.85 +10.8% 1M +15.0% 1Y
Market cap
$3.13B
P/E
75.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.28B
Div. yield
–
Networking Equipment Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Cisco Systems leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Cisco Systems 5, Extreme Networks 4, Aviat Networks 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAVNWCSCOEXTRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $261.89M $439.51B $3.13B CSCO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 103.5x 33.2x 75.2x CSCO
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 7.9x 23.5x 17.3x AVNW
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +1.2% +11.8% +12.6% EXTR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 0.6% 21.0% 3.3% CSCO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 1.0% 15.9% 19.4% EXTR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.0x 0.8x -0.6x EXTR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 1.50% — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -14.9% +56.0% +15.0% CSCO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -7.0%/yr +14.7%/yr +19.1%/yr EXTR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 62.6% 35.5% 55.6% CSCO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 54/100 54/100 52/100 AVNW

Percentile Scorecard

AVNWCSCOEXTR

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

AxisAVNWCSCOEXTR
Valuation 82 #21 of 112 32 #76 of 112 36 #72 of 112
Growth 68 #36 of 109 41 #65 of 109 42 #64 of 109
Profitability 46 #57 of 104 87 #14 of 104 69 #33 of 104
Financial Health 29 #83 of 116 30 #82 of 116 24 #89 of 116
Shareholder Returns 45 #45 of 81 79 #18 of 81 89 #10 of 81
Overall 54 54 52
  • AVNW ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware
  • CSCO ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware
  • EXTR ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAVNWCSCOEXTRSPY
1 month +1.8%+4.4%+10.8% -0.2%
3 months +0.4%-3.6%-20.5% +3.9%
6 months -4.4%+28.2%+39.9% +8.2%
Year to date -4.3%+44.6%+43.2% +12.9%
1 year -14.9%+56.0%+15.0% +12.3%
3 years -19.6%+116.0%+16.1% +87.4%
3 years, per year -7.0%+29.3%+5.1% +23.3%
5 years -30.4%+98.0%+139.5% +67.9%
5 years, per year -7.0%+14.7%+19.1% +10.9%
10 years +382.5%+266.6%+470.6% +261.1%
10 years, per year +17.0%+13.9%+19.0% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAVNWCSCOEXTRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 62.6%35.5%55.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 78.1%37.3%56.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.661.111.56 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.241.580.27 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -65.1%-38.6%-67.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -23.5%-14.3%-29.2% -1.2%
52-week high $26.74$130.00$33.71 $779.14
52-week low $15.09$71.04$13.74 $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.

MultipleAVNWCSCOEXTR
P/E now vs peer median 103.5xmedian 33.2x 33.2xmedian 33.2x 75.2xmedian 33.2x
P/S now vs peer median 0.6xmedian 2.8x 6.9xmedian 2.8x 2.4xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 11.3xmedian 20.0x 25.3xmedian 20.0x 35.8xmedian 20.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 43.0xmedian 29.8x 34.4xmedian 29.8x 32.9xmedian 29.8x
P/B now vs peer median 1.0xmedian 3.0x 8.7xmedian 3.0x 35.3xmedian 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median -2.66median 1.17 12.32median 1.17 -3.99median 1.17

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 monthsAVNWCSCOEXTR
Revenue $439.68M $63.33B $1.28B
Gross profit $138.29M $40.86B $789.14M
Operating income $19.24M $15.37B $62.70M
Net income $2.54M $13.27B $42.12M
Free cash flow $6.09M $12.77B $95.24M
R&D $28.40M $9.56B $233.88M
EPS (diluted) $0.19 $3.33 $0.31
Cash & equivalents $72.84M $7.22B $211.76M
Total debt $97.00M $29.53B $163.72M
Shares (diluted) 13.03M 3.99B 134.97M
Enterprise value -$40.38M $375.43B $2.28B

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
MetricAVNWCSCOEXTR
P/E 103.5x 33.2x 75.2x
P/FCF 43.0x 34.4x 32.9x
P/Operating cash flow 19.3x 31.0x 25.4x
P/S 0.6x 6.9x 2.4x
P/B 1.0x 8.7x 35.3x
P/Tangible book 1.1x 10.3x 36.6x
EV/EBITDA 11.3x 25.3x 35.8x
EV/EBIT 14.9x 29.5x 49.2x
EV/Revenue 0.7x 7.2x 2.4x
EV/FCF 47.0x 35.5x 32.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 21.1x 32.0x 25.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -2.66 12.32 -3.99

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAVNWCSCOEXTR
Revenue growth (1Y) 1.2% 11.8% 12.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 8.5% 3.6% -0.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -0.8% 11.1% 11.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 4.2% 4.6% 1.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 81.9% 30.7% 269.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -7.9% 0.7% -16.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 89.3% 30.3% 664.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -37.0% 1.7% -18.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 86.4% 30.7% 653.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -39.0% 2.7% -18.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 137.0% -0.1% -19.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 117.2% -10.7% -20.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 184.0% -3.9% -25.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 42.2% -12.5% -26.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAVNWCSCOEXTR
Gross margin 31.5% 64.5% 61.5%
EBITDA margin 5.8% 28.3% 6.7%
Operating margin 4.4% 24.3% 4.9%
Pretax margin 3.0% 25.3% 4.0%
Net margin 0.6% 21.0% 3.3%
FCF margin 1.4% 20.2% 7.4%
Operating cash flow margin 3.1% 22.4% 9.6%
Return on equity 0.9% 26.8% 50.3%
Return on assets 0.4% 10.4% 3.6%
Return on invested capital 1.0% 15.9% 19.4%
Return on capital employed 5.0% 17.9% 10.8%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.5x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 5.3x 1.1x 2.9x
Stock comp / revenue 1.4% 6.0% 6.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAVNWCSCOEXTR
Debt / assets 16.2% 22.8% 13.9%
Debt / equity 0.4x 0.6x 1.8x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.0x 0.8x -0.6x
Debt / FCF 15.9x 2.3x 1.7x
Liabilities / assets 55.4% 61.2% 92.5%
Equity / assets 44.6% 38.8% 7.5%
Interest coverage – 10.5x 4.5x
Current ratio 2.0x 0.9x 0.9x
Quick ratio 1.6x 0.6x 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.4x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 0.40 4.19 1.87

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAVNWCSCOEXTR
Dividend yield – 1.5% –
Net buyback yield 0.0% 1.3% 2.8%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 2.8% 2.8%
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.

ConsensusAVNWCSCOEXTR
Forward P/E 7.9xFY2027 23.5xFY2027 17.3xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $2.60FY2027 $4.74FY2027 $1.38FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +56.6%FY2027 +9.5%FY2027 +30.2%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +21.9% +20.7% +2.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $436.13MFY2027 $74.93BFY2027 $1.34BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY -0.8%FY2027 +18.3%FY2027 +4.5%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +8.1% +0.6% +21.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAVNWCSCOEXTR
Held by institutions 81.1% 80.1% 96.7%
Institutions holding 123 4,046 338
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.4% +5.0% +1.2%
Institutions buying 68 1,847 181
Institutions selling 35 1,817 121
Buyers to sellers 1.94 1.02 1.50

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.

AVNWCSCOEXTR
AVNW 1.00 0.23 0.24
CSCO 0.23 1.00 0.50
EXTR 0.24 0.50 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AVNW, CSCO and EXTR?

Cisco Systems (CSCO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Aviat Networks (AVNW) $261.89M, Cisco Systems (CSCO) $439.51B, Extreme Networks (EXTR) $3.13B.

Which stock is cheaper, AVNW, CSCO and EXTR?

Cisco Systems (CSCO) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Aviat Networks (AVNW) 103.5x, Cisco Systems (CSCO) 33.2x, Extreme Networks (EXTR) 75.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Aviat Networks (AVNW) is cheapest (Aviat Networks (AVNW) 7.9x, Cisco Systems (CSCO) 23.5x, Extreme Networks (EXTR) 17.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Extreme Networks (EXTR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Aviat Networks (AVNW) +1.2%, Cisco Systems (CSCO) +11.8%, Extreme Networks (EXTR) +12.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Cisco Systems (CSCO) has the highest net margin (Aviat Networks (AVNW) 0.6%, Cisco Systems (CSCO) 21.0%, Extreme Networks (EXTR) 3.3%). On return on invested capital, Extreme Networks (EXTR) leads (Aviat Networks (AVNW) 1.0%, Cisco Systems (CSCO) 15.9%, Extreme Networks (EXTR) 19.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Cisco Systems (CSCO) returned the most: Aviat Networks (AVNW) -14.9%, Cisco Systems (CSCO) +56.0%, Extreme Networks (EXTR) +15.0%. Over five years, Extreme Networks (EXTR) compounded fastest (Aviat Networks (AVNW) -7.0%/yr, Cisco Systems (CSCO) +14.7%/yr, Extreme Networks (EXTR) +19.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Cisco Systems (CSCO) 1.50%. Aviat Networks (AVNW) and Extreme Networks (EXTR) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Cisco Systems (CSCO) has been the steadiest (Aviat Networks (AVNW) 62.6%, Cisco Systems (CSCO) 35.5%, Extreme Networks (EXTR) 55.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AVNW, CSCO and EXTR?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Cisco Systems (CSCO) 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.