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Arista Networksvs.HPE

ANET vs HPE · 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 3.2× larger than HPE by market cap; HPE trades at the lower P/E (51.3 vs 63.5); year to date, HPE leads (+118.3% vs +43.6%).

Side by side

ANETHPE
Market cap$257B$79.8B
Price$190.94$53.44
Today+1.5%+1.9%
Return YTD+43.6%+118.3%
Return 1Y+41.2%+133.5%
P/E63.551.3
P/S24.42.1
P/B17.43.2

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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HPEHPE

NYSE · USA

Cray supercomputers and ProLiant AI servers on one side; on the other, a networking business that grew considerably with the Juniper acquisition.

AI serversNetworking
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