Arista Networks (ANET) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Arista Networks, Inc. develops and sells cloud networking solutions for data centers, cloud service providers, enterprises and specialized computing environments. The company’s products are designed to support high-performance, scalable and automated networks used for cloud computing, artificial intelligence, data analytics and other demanding applications.

Arista’s portfolio includes data center and campus switches, routing platforms, wireless networking products, network operating software and network management tools. Its Extensible Operating System (EOS) provides a common software platform across much of its switching and routing portfolio, while CloudVision supports network automation, monitoring, configuration and operations. The company also offers observability and security capabilities intended to improve visibility and control across enterprise and cloud networks.

Founded in 2004, Arista serves customers globally through direct sales, channel partners and strategic relationships with technology providers. Jayshree Ullal has served as the company’s president and chief executive officer since 2008, and David Cheriton is a co-founder and chairman. Arista is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $176.77 to $184.70
• 50-Day Range: $176.84 to $216.64
• 52-Week Range: $114.52 to $217.41
• Volume: 6.84 million shs
• Average Volume: 5.29 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $223.03 billion
• P/E Ratio: 55.78
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $235.45
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Arista Networks Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Arista Networks scored higher than 97% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 39th out of 594 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Arista Networks has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, 20 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Arista Networks has a consensus price target of $235.45, representing about 33.1% upside from its current price of $176.84.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Arista Networks has been the subject of 19 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 23.48%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Arista Networks are expected to grow by 23.48% in the coming year, from $3.79 to $4.68 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Arista Networks is 55.78, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.76.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Arista Networks is 55.78, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 60.01.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Arista Networks has a PEG Ratio of 2.06. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Arista Networks has a P/B Ratio of 18.01. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.97% of the float of Arista Networks has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Arista Networks has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.31, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Arista Networks has recently decreased by 9.90%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Arista Networks does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Arista Networks does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.41

News Sentiment

Arista Networks has a news sentiment score of 1.41. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.53 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 90 news articles for Arista Networks this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 120 people have searched for ANET on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -1% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

94 people have added Arista Networks to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 96% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Arista Networks insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $740,784,723.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.70% of the stock of Arista Networks is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

82.47% of the stock of Arista Networks is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/04/2026
• Today: 10/17/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/03/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Communications Equipment
• Sub-Industry: Communications Equipment
• Current Symbol: NYSE:ANET
• CIK: 1596532
• Web: www.arista.com
• Phone: (408) 547-5500
• Fax: 408-538-8920
• Employees: 5,115
• Year Founded: 2008

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Arista Networks: $235.45
• High Price Target: $289.00
• Low Price Target: $164.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +33.1%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 24 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.17
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 55.78
• Forward P/E Ratio: 46.66
• P/E Growth: 2.06
• Net Income: $3.51 billion
• Net Margins: 38.37%
• Pretax Margin: 47.34%
• Return on Equity: 30.65%
• Return on Assets: 19.44%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 2.96
• Quick Ratio: 2.59

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $10.54 billion
• Price / Sales: 21.16
• Cash Flow: $2.80 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 63.11
• Book Value: $9.82 per share
• Price / Book: 18.01

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,261,225,000
• Free Float: 1,227,172,000
• Market Cap: $223.03 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.60