ANET vs TSM: Which Is the Better Buy?

Side-by-side comparison of Arista Networks, Inc. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited β€” fair value, conviction, valuation metrics, and QuantHub research signals. Updated 2026-09-24.
Arista Networks, Inc. Β· Technology
$203.47
+15.4% upside to fair value
Med Conviction Grade C High Quality
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited Β· Technology
$452.00
+13.9% upside to fair value
Med Conviction Grade B 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 TSM
Current Price $203.47 $452.00
Fair Value Estimate $234.80 $515.00
Upside to Fair Value +15.4% +13.9%
Market Cap $256.2B $2,344.3B
Forward P/E β€” β€”
EV / EBITDA 49.7x 19.2x
Price / Sales 24.3x 0.5x
Price / FCF 49.7x 2.1x
Revenue Growth YoY +37.7% +36.0%
Gross Margin 63.0% 64.2%
Operating Margin 43.1% 56.0%
Return on Equity 30.8% 39.3%
Dividend Yield 0% 0.96%
FCF Yield 2.01% 47.62%
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…
TSM β€” Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is the world's largest contract chipmaker, manufacturing advanced logic, mixed-signal, RF, and embedded memory wafers for high-performance computing, smartphones, IoT, and automotive customers from a base of 65,152 employees headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan. The business quality is exceptionally high: TTM gross margin is 64.2%, TTM operating margin is 56…
Accumulation Zones
Metric ANET TSM
Zone Low $176.10 $386.25
Zone High $199.58 $437.75
In Buy Zone? No No
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