Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET) & UTime (NASDAQ:WTO) Financial Comparison

UTime (NASDAQ:WTO) and Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET) are both technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for UTime and Arista Networks, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
UTime	1	0	0	0	1.00
Arista Networks	0	1	22	2	3.04

Arista Networks has a consensus price target of $189.74, suggesting a potential upside of 5.02%. Given Arista Networks’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Arista Networks is more favorable than UTime.

Profitability

This table compares UTime and Arista Networks’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UTime	N/A	N/A	N/A
Arista Networks	38.32%	30.10%	19.35%

Risk & Volatility

UTime has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arista Networks has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares UTime and Arista Networks”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
UTime	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Arista Networks	$9.01 billion	25.26	$3.51 billion	$2.92	61.87

Arista Networks has higher revenue and earnings than UTime.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

1.1% of UTime shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.5% of Arista Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.6% of UTime shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Arista Networks shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Arista Networks beats UTime on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About UTime

UTime Limited, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and operates mobile phones, accessories, and related consumer electronics. The company offers consumer electronics, such as power banks, bluetooth speakers, batteries, chargers, cell phone parts, molds, and shells. It provides electronics manufacturing services, including original equipment manufacturer and original design manufacturer services. It sells its products under the UTime and Do brand names in South America, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa. UTime Limited was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, China.

About Arista Networks

Arista Networks, Inc. engages in the development, marketing, and sale of data-driven, client to cloud networking solutions for data center, campus, and routing environments in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. Its cloud networking solutions consist of Extensible Operating System (EOS), a publish-subscribe state-sharing networking operating system offered in combination with a set of network applications. The company offers data center and cloud networking systems, including newer artificial intelligence (AI) ethernet switching platforms; campus wired and wireless products, and routing systems addressing Core Routing, Edge Routing, Data Center Interconnect (DCI), Multi-cloud and Wide Area Networking (WAN) use cases; and a suite of value-add software solutions that leverage EOS to provide end-to-end orchestration, automation, analytics, network monitoring, and security. It also provides post contract customer support services, such as technical support, hardware repair and replacement parts beyond standard warranty, bug fixes, patches, and upgrade services. The company serves a range of industries comprising internet companies, service providers, financial services organizations, government agencies, media and entertainment companies, telecommunication service providers, and others. It markets and sells its products through distributors, system integrators, value-added resellers, and original equipment manufacturer partners, as well as through its direct sales force. The company was formerly known as Arastra, Inc. and changed its name to Arista Networks, Inc. in October 2008. Arista Networks, Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.