AVNW vs CSCO vs UI Stock Comparison

Aviat Networks, Cisco Systems and Ubiquiti Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AVNW Aviat Networks, Inc.
$19.67 -2.1% 1M -21.5% 1Y
Market cap
$261.95M
P/E
103.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$439.68M
Div. yield
–
Networking Equipment Technology
1 win
CSCO Cisco Systems, Inc.
$110.24 +3.3% 1M +56.1% 1Y
Market cap
$440.38B
P/E
33.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$63.33B
Div. yield
–
Networking Equipment Technology
6 wins
UI Ubiquiti Inc.
$585.48 +4.3% 1M -20.4% 1Y
Market cap
$36.33B
P/E
37.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.27B
Div. yield
–
Networking Equipment Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Cisco Systems leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Cisco Systems 6, Ubiquiti 4, Aviat Networks 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAVNWCSCOUILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $261.95M $440.38B $36.33B CSCO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 103.2x 33.2x 37.8x CSCO
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 7.6x 23.3x 31.0x AVNW
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +1.2% +11.8% +27.2% UI
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 0.6% 21.0% 29.3% UI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 1.0% 15.9% 72.8% UI
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.0x 0.8x — CSCO
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -21.5% +56.1% -20.4% CSCO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -7.4%/yr +14.4%/yr +14.4%/yr CSCO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 62.6% 35.6% 53.8% CSCO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 54/100 53/100 68/100 UI

Percentile Scorecard

AVNWCSCOUI

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

AxisAVNWCSCOUI
Valuation 81 #22 of 111 31 #77 of 111 27 #81 of 111
Growth 66 #37 of 108 40 #65 of 108 90 #12 of 108
Profitability 46 #57 of 104 87 #14 of 104 99 #2 of 104
Financial Health 29 #82 of 115 28 #83 of 115 75 #30 of 115
Shareholder Returns 46 #44 of 81 78 #19 of 81 50 #41 of 81
Overall 54 53 68
  • AVNW ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • CSCO ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • UI ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAVNWCSCOUISPY
1 month -2.1%+3.3%+4.3% -0.8%
3 months -3.8%-3.8%+8.4% +3.5%
6 months -13.0%+24.9%-42.0% +7.0%
Year to date -8.0%+43.1%+5.8% +12.2%
1 year -21.5%+56.1%-20.4% +13.0%
3 years -22.7%+113.8%+401.8% +86.3%
3 years, per year -8.2%+28.8%+71.3% +23.1%
5 years -31.8%+96.2%+95.5% +68.6%
5 years, per year -7.4%+14.4%+14.4% +11.0%
10 years +355.3%+260.9%+1,006.8% +258.0%
10 years, per year +16.4%+13.7%+27.2% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAVNWCSCOUISPY
Volatility, 1Y 62.6%35.6%53.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 78.1%37.3%59.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.651.111.64 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.341.58-0.38 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -65.1%-38.6%-70.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -26.4%-15.2%-46.0% -1.8%
52-week high $26.74$130.00$1,084.50 $779.14
52-week low $15.09$71.04$515.44 $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.

MultipleAVNWCSCOUI
P/E now vs peer median 99.5xmedian 32.0x 32.8xmedian 32.0x 36.9xmedian 32.0x
P/S now vs peer median 0.6xmedian 2.8x 6.9xmedian 2.8x 10.8xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 10.9xmedian 19.4x 25.1xmedian 19.4x 28.9xmedian 19.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 41.3xmedian 29.0x 34.1xmedian 29.0x 39.0xmedian 29.0x
P/B now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 2.9x 8.7xmedian 2.9x 24.6xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median -2.55median 1.13 12.20median 1.13 1.12median 1.13

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 monthsAVNWCSCOUI
Revenue $439.68M $63.33B $3.27B
Gross profit $138.29M $40.86B $1.51B
Operating income $19.24M $15.37B $1.19B
Net income $2.54M $13.27B $960.30M
Free cash flow $6.09M $12.77B $908.94M
R&D $28.40M $9.56B $204.17M
EPS (diluted) $0.19 $3.33 $15.85
Cash & equivalents $72.84M $7.22B $522.58M
Total debt $97.00M $29.53B $180.81M
Shares (diluted) 13.03M 3.99B 60.57M
Enterprise value -$40.32M $376.31B $34.87B

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
MetricAVNWCSCOUI
P/E 99.5x 32.8x 36.9x
P/FCF 41.3x 34.1x 39.0x
P/Operating cash flow 18.6x 30.7x 38.2x
P/S 0.6x 6.9x 10.8x
P/B 0.9x 8.7x 24.6x
P/Tangible book 1.0x 10.2x 24.6x
EV/EBITDA 10.9x 25.1x 28.9x
EV/EBIT 14.3x 29.2x 29.4x
EV/Revenue 0.6x 7.1x 10.6x
EV/FCF 45.3x 35.1x 38.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 20.4x 31.6x 37.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -2.55 12.20 1.12

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAVNWCSCOUI
Revenue growth (1Y) 1.2% 11.8% 27.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 8.5% 3.6% 19.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -0.8% 11.1% 35.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 4.2% 4.6% 25.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 81.9% 30.7% 41.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -7.9% 0.7% 29.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 89.3% 30.3% 34.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -37.0% 1.7% 33.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 86.4% 30.7% 34.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -39.0% 2.7% 33.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 137.0% -0.1% 45.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 117.2% -10.7% 103.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 184.0% -3.9% 44.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 42.2% -12.5% 95.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAVNWCSCOUI
Gross margin 31.5% 64.5% 46.2%
EBITDA margin 5.8% 28.3% 36.8%
Operating margin 4.4% 24.3% 36.2%
Pretax margin 3.0% 25.3% 36.1%
Net margin 0.6% 21.0% 29.3%
FCF margin 1.4% 20.2% 27.8%
Operating cash flow margin 3.1% 22.4% 28.4%
Return on equity 0.9% 26.8% 72.7%
Return on assets 0.4% 10.4% 49.1%
Return on invested capital 1.0% 15.9% 72.8%
Return on capital employed 5.0% 17.9% 89.1%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.5x 1.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 5.3x 1.1x 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue 1.4% 6.0% 0.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAVNWCSCOUI
Debt / assets 16.2% 22.8% –
Debt / equity 0.4x 0.6x –
Net debt / EBITDA 1.0x 0.8x –
Debt / FCF 15.9x 2.3x –
Liabilities / assets 55.4% 61.2% 34.5%
Equity / assets 44.6% 38.8% 65.5%
Interest coverage – 10.5x –
Current ratio 2.0x 0.9x 2.9x
Quick ratio 1.6x 0.6x 1.5x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.4x 1.0x
Altman Z-score 0.39 4.16 32.88

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAVNWCSCOUI
Dividend yield – 1.5% 0.6%
Net buyback yield 0.0% 1.3% –
Shareholder yield 0.0% 2.8% 0.6%
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.

ConsensusAVNWCSCOUI
Forward P/E 7.6xFY2027 23.3xFY2027 31.0xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $2.60FY2027 $4.74FY2027 $18.88FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +56.6%FY2027 +9.5%FY2027 +18.4%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +21.9% +20.7% +9.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $436.13MFY2027 $74.93BFY2027 $4.12BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY -0.8%FY2027 +18.3%FY2027 +25.9%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +8.1% +0.6% +5.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAVNWCSCOUI
Held by institutions 81.1% 80.1% 4.9%
Institutions holding 123 4,044 354
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.4% +5.0% +8.0%
Institutions buying 68 1,846 163
Institutions selling 35 1,816 139
Buyers to sellers 1.94 1.02 1.17

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.

AVNWCSCOUI
AVNW 1.00 0.23 0.20
CSCO 0.23 1.00 0.20
UI 0.20 0.20 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AVNW, CSCO and UI?

Cisco Systems (CSCO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Aviat Networks (AVNW) $261.95M, Cisco Systems (CSCO) $440.38B, Ubiquiti (UI) $36.33B.

Which stock is cheaper, AVNW, CSCO and UI?

Cisco Systems (CSCO) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Aviat Networks (AVNW) 103.2x, Cisco Systems (CSCO) 33.2x, Ubiquiti (UI) 37.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Aviat Networks (AVNW) is cheapest (Aviat Networks (AVNW) 7.6x, Cisco Systems (CSCO) 23.3x, Ubiquiti (UI) 31.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Ubiquiti (UI) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Aviat Networks (AVNW) +1.2%, Cisco Systems (CSCO) +11.8%, Ubiquiti (UI) +27.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ubiquiti (UI) has the highest net margin (Aviat Networks (AVNW) 0.6%, Cisco Systems (CSCO) 21.0%, Ubiquiti (UI) 29.3%). On return on invested capital, Ubiquiti (UI) leads (Aviat Networks (AVNW) 1.0%, Cisco Systems (CSCO) 15.9%, Ubiquiti (UI) 72.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Cisco Systems (CSCO) returned the most: Aviat Networks (AVNW) -21.5%, Cisco Systems (CSCO) +56.1%, Ubiquiti (UI) -20.4%. Over five years, Cisco Systems (CSCO) compounded fastest (Aviat Networks (AVNW) -7.4%/yr, Cisco Systems (CSCO) +14.4%/yr, Ubiquiti (UI) +14.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Cisco Systems (CSCO) has been the steadiest (Aviat Networks (AVNW) 62.6%, Cisco Systems (CSCO) 35.6%, Ubiquiti (UI) 53.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 6. 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.