Sectivia

Arista Networksvs.Super Micro

ANET vs SMCI · 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 10× larger than Super Micro by market cap; Super Micro trades at the lower P/E (20.4 vs 63.5); year to date, Arista Networks leads (+43.6% vs +20.2%).

Side by side

ANETSMCI
Market cap$257B$25.4B
Price$190.94$38.46
Today+1.5%+9.4%
Return YTD+43.6%+20.2%
Return 1Y+41.2%−19.8%
P/E63.520.4
P/S24.40.8
P/B17.43.4

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
Full ANET profile →

Super MicroSMCI

NASDAQ · USA

Racks of GPU servers, liquid-cooled, put together quickly after each new GPU arrives.

AI serversData center exposure
Full SMCI profile →

More ANET & SMCI comparisons

Other head-to-heads in the Data centers segment.

See where ANET and SMCI sit in the full AI & digital infrastructure map: every segment from suppliers to end markets.Open the AI value chain →