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Arista Networksvs.Coherent

ANET vs COHR · both in Data centers, part of the AI & digital infrastructure value chain: Servers, networking, optics and data center capacity that tie AI infrastructure together.

Arista Networks is about 4.0× larger than Coherent by market cap; Arista Networks trades at the lower P/E (63.5 vs 79.5); year to date, Coherent leads (+49.3% vs +43.6%).

Supply-chain link: Coherent supplies Arista Networks.

Side by side

ANETCOHR
Market cap$257B$64B
Price$190.94$288.14
Today+1.5%+4.6%
Return YTD+43.6%+49.3%
Return 1Y+41.2%+206.4%
P/E63.579.5
P/S24.49.0
P/B17.45.9

Data as of 2026-08-26 · updates daily after U.S. close

The two companies

Arista NetworksANET

NYSE · USA

Arista's 800G switches and the EOS software running them sit inside AI data centres, which makes hyperscaler spending the number to watch.

Data center networkingAI hardware
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CoherentCOHR

NYSE · USA

Makes the transceivers and lasers that turn data into light for the hop between AI servers.

Optical networkingAI hardware
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