AMZN vs ANET: Which Is the Better Buy?

Side-by-side comparison of Amazon.com, Inc. and Arista Networks, Inc. β€” fair value, conviction, valuation metrics, and QuantHub research signals. Updated 2026-09-24.
Amazon.com, Inc. Β· Consumer Cyclical
$251.19
+18.5% upside to fair value
Med Conviction Grade B High Quality
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Arista Networks, Inc. Β· Technology
$203.47
+15.4% upside to fair value
Med Conviction Grade C High Quality
QuantHub Verdict
AMZN has more upside to fair value (+18.5%). These are model outputs β€” not personalized investment advice. See all research β†’
Valuation & Fundamentals
Metric AMZN ANET
Current Price $251.19 $203.47
Fair Value Estimate $297.67 $234.80
Upside to Fair Value +18.5% +15.4%
Market Cap $2,702.1B $256.2B
Forward P/E β€” β€”
EV / EBITDA 11.2x 49.7x
Price / Sales 3.5x 24.3x
Price / FCF β€” 49.7x
Revenue Growth YoY +19.6% +37.7%
Gross Margin 50.8% 63.0%
Operating Margin 12.1% 43.1%
Return on Equity 30.5% 30.8%
Dividend Yield 0% 0%
FCF Yield β€” 2.01%
Analyst Consensus Strong Buy Strong Buy
Investment Thesis
AMZN β€” Amazon.com, Inc.
Amazon.com operates a vast global retail enterprise spanning online and physical stores, third-party seller services, advertising, subscription offerings, and Amazon Web Services, the world's largest cloud infrastructure provider. The business quality is high: trailing-twelve-month gross margin of 50.8%, operating margin of 12.1%, and net margin of 17.4% reflect a durable mix shift toward high-ma…
ANET β€” Arista Networks, Inc.
Arista Networks designs and sells high-performance Ethernet switching and routing hardware plus its extensible EOS network operating system, and it sits directly in the path of the AI data-center build-out where networking, not compute, is increasingly the bottleneck. The business quality is genuinely high: TTM gross margin of 63.0%, TTM operating margin of 43.1%, TTM net margin of 38.4%, and ROE…
Accumulation Zones
Metric AMZN ANET
Zone Low $223.25 $176.10
Zone High $253.02 $199.58
In Buy Zone? Yes No
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