ANET vs JNJ: Which Is the Better Buy?

Side-by-side comparison of Arista Networks, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson β€” fair value, conviction, valuation metrics, and QuantHub research signals. Updated 2026-09-25.
Arista Networks, Inc. Β· Technology
$203.47
+15.4% upside to fair value
Med Conviction Grade C High Quality
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Johnson & Johnson Β· Healthcare
$270.68
+5.7% upside to fair value
Med Conviction Grade C High Quality
QuantHub Verdict
ANET has more upside to fair value (+15.4%). These are model outputs β€” not personalized investment advice. See all research β†’
Valuation & Fundamentals
Metric ANET JNJ
Current Price $203.47 $270.68
Fair Value Estimate $234.80 $286.05
Upside to Fair Value +15.4% +5.7%
Market Cap $256.2B $652.3B
Forward P/E β€” β€”
EV / EBITDA 49.7x 20.2x
Price / Sales 24.3x 6.7x
Price / FCF 49.7x 35.3x
Revenue Growth YoY +37.7% +6.6%
Gross Margin 63.0% 67.9%
Operating Margin 43.1% 26.8%
Return on Equity 30.8% 25.7%
Dividend Yield 0% 1.95%
FCF Yield 2.01% 2.83%
Analyst Consensus Strong Buy Buy
Investment Thesis
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…
JNJ β€” Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson is a 141,700-employee healthcare holding company operating two segments, Innovative Medicine (immunology, oncology, neuroscience, infectious disease, cardiovascular and metabolism, pulmonary hypertension) and MedTech (interventional solutions, orthopaedics, surgery, vision), founded in 1887 and headquartered in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Business quality is high on fundamentals:…
Accumulation Zones
Metric ANET JNJ
Zone Low $176.10 $214.54
Zone High $199.58 $243.14
In Buy Zone? No No
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