Arista Networks (ANET) Stock Forecast & Price Target

$206.43 +0.73 (+0.36%)

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Arista Networks - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

Consensus Rating

Buy

Based on 22 Analyst Ratings

Sell
0

Hold
0

Buy
22

Based on 22 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for Arista Networks in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Buy." Out of the 22 analysts, 20 have given a buy rating, and 2 have given a strong buy rating for ANET.

Consensus Price Target

$230.74
11.77% Upside

According to the 22 analysts' twelve-month price targets for Arista Networks, the average price target is $230.74. The highest price target for ANET is $289.00, while the lowest price target for ANET is $164.00. The average price target represents a forecasted upside of 11.77% from the current price of $206.43.

MarketBeat calculates consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0 to .5 = Strong Sell, .5 to 1 = Sell, 1 to 1.5 = Reduce, 1.5 to 2.5 = Hold, 2.5 to 3.0 = Moderate Buy, 3.0 to 3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). MarketBeat's consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.

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ANET Analyst Ratings Over Time

Type	Current Forecast 9/26/25 to 9/26/26	1 Month Ago 8/27/25 to 8/27/26	3 Months Ago 6/28/25 to 6/28/26	1 Year Ago 9/26/24 to 9/26/25
Strong Buy	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	20 Buy rating(s)	22 Buy rating(s)	21 Buy rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)
Hold	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)
Sell	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target	$230.74	$226.05	$187.63	$162.00
Forecasted Upside	11.77% Upside	12.30% Upside	18.91% Upside	13.66% Upside
Consensus Rating	Buy	Buy	Buy	Moderate Buy

ANET Analyst Recommendations By Month

The chart below shows how a company's ratings by analysts have changed over time. Each bar represents the previous year of ratings for that month. Within each bar, the sell ratings are shown in red, the hold ratings are shown in yellow, the buy ratings are shown in green, and the strong buy ratings are shown in dark green.

ANET Price Targets by Month

The chart below shows how a company's share price and consensus price target have changed over time. The dark blue line represents the company's actual price. The lighter blue line represents the stock's consensus price target. The even lighter blue range in the background of the two lines represents the low price target and the high price target for each stock.

Arista Networks Stock vs. The Competition

Type	Arista Networks	Technology Companies	Broader Market
Consensus Rating Score	3.09	2.23	2.53
Consensus Rating	Buy	Hold	Moderate Buy
Predicted Upside	11.77% Upside	370.53% Upside	19.20% Upside
News Sentiment Rating	Positive News See Recent ANET News	Positive News	Positive News

Recent Analyst Forecasts and Stock Ratings

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Date	Brokerage	Analyst	Action	Rating	Price Target	Report Date Upside/Downside
9/18/2026	Weiss Ratings 5 of 5 stars		Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B-)
9/10/2026	Evercore 3 of 5 stars		Reiterated Rating	Outperform
8/31/2026	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft 2 of 5 stars	Gianmarco Conti Not Rated	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$220.00	+12.39%
8/10/2026	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
8/6/2026	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Atif Malik Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy
8/5/2026	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Buy	$225.00	+14.28%
8/5/2026	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	David Vogt Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$187.00 ➝ $259.00	+31.55%
8/5/2026	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Meta Marshall Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight	$190.00 ➝ $220.00	+10.83%
8/5/2026	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Aaron Rakers Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight	$200.00 ➝ $255.00	+33.36%
8/5/2026	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Brandon Nispel Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight	$200.00 ➝ $250.00	+30.74%
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8/5/2026	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Tim Long Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight	$195.00 ➝ $289.00	+51.14%
8/5/2026	Needham & Company LLC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Ryan Koontz Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$200.00 ➝ $260.00	+35.97%
8/5/2026	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Tal Liani Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$200.00 ➝ $240.00	+25.52%
8/5/2026	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Set Target		$250.00	+30.74%
8/5/2026	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Sean O'Loughlin Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$210.00 ➝ $250.00	+26.15%
8/5/2026	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Matthew Niknam Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$175.00 ➝ $234.00	+16.58%
8/5/2026	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	James Fish Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight	$181.00 ➝ $240.00	+22.29%
8/5/2026	Rosenblatt Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Mike Genovese Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$210.00 ➝ $280.00	+46.43%
7/15/2026	Erste Group Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy
6/10/2026	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$175.00	+15.09%
5/15/2026	Raymond James Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform	$164.00	+10.99%
4/16/2026	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Samik Chatterjee Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight	$190.00 ➝ $200.00	+25.17%
4/1/2026	Susquehanna Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Strong-Buy
9/25/2025	BNP Paribas Exane Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Hold ➝ Outperform
9/12/2025	Melius Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Ben Reitzes Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$160.00 ➝ $185.00	+29.64%
9/12/2025	William Blair Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Outperform
5/28/2025	Wedbush Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Initiated Coverage	Outperform
5/28/2025	Rothschild & Co Redburn Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Mike Harrison Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$112.00	+21.08%
5/7/2025	KGI Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	J. Chiang Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Neutral

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Should I Buy Arista Networks Stock? ANET Pros and Cons Explained

These pros and cons were generated based on recent news and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest and most accurate insights. They were last updated on Wednesday, September 23, 2026. Please send any questions or comments about these Arista Networks pros and cons to contact@marketbeat.com.

Arista Networks
Bull Case

Here are some ways that investors could benefit from investing in Arista Networks, Inc.:

Strong earnings momentum is evident as the company reported $1.02 in earnings per share for the most recent quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.89 by $0.13, while revenue of $3.04 billion exceeded expectations of $2.83 billion, demonstrating robust demand for its cloud networking solutions.
Significant institutional accumulation occurred in the second quarter, with major investors like State Street Corp increasing their stake by 159.4% and Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosting holdings by 199.0%, indicating strong confidence from large financial entities in the company's future performance.
The stock currently trades at $203.25, which is well above its 200-day moving average of $165.68 and its 50-day moving average of $188.56, suggesting a sustained upward trend and positive technical momentum for investors.
Wall Street analysts maintain a consensus rating of Buy with a price target of $227.80, reflecting an expected upside of approximately 12% from the current price, driven by recent upgrades from firms like Rosenblatt Securities and Zacks Research.
Revenue growth has accelerated to 37.7% year-over-year in the latest quarter, outpacing the 28.9% growth seen in the previous quarter, highlighting the company's ability to capture expanding market share in data center and AI infrastructure networking.

Arista Networks
Bear Case

Investors should be bearish about investing in Arista Networks, Inc. for these reasons:

The company carries a high valuation with a price-to-earnings ratio of 64.12, which is significantly above the broader market average, meaning investors are paying a premium for growth that may not be sustained if earnings slow down.
Substantial insider selling has been observed, with CEO Jayshree Ullal and major shareholder Andreas Bechtolsheim selling millions of shares in recent months, including a transaction by Ullal worth over $154 million, which can signal reduced internal confidence or profit-taking.
The stock has a beta of 1.62, indicating it is more volatile than the overall market, which means investors should expect larger price swings and higher risk during periods of market uncertainty or economic downturns.
Short interest has increased slightly to 14,510,842 shares as of the latest record date, representing a 12.7% month-over-month rise, suggesting that some market participants are betting against the stock's future performance.
Recent price action shows volatility, with the stock trading down $1.95 to $203.25 on the current day, and experiencing several percent declines in September, indicating potential short-term resistance or profit-taking pressure near recent highs.

ANET Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

According to the research reports of 22 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for Arista Networks is $230.74, with a high forecast of $289.00 and a low forecast of $164.00.

22 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Arista Networks in the last twelve months. There are currently 20 buy ratings and 2 strong buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" ANET shares.

According to analysts, Arista Networks's stock has a predicted upside of 11.77% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.

Over the previous 90 days, Arista Networks's stock had 4 upgrades and 2 downgrades by analysts.

Arista Networks has been rated by research analysts at Bank of America, Barclays, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, Erste Group Bank, Evercore, Jefferies Financial Group, KeyCorp, Morgan Stanley, Needham & Company LLC, Piper Sandler, Rosenblatt Securities, TD Cowen, The Goldman Sachs Group, Truist Financial, UBS Group, Weiss Ratings, Wells Fargo & Company, and Zacks Research in the past 90 days.

Analysts like Arista Networks more than other "technology" companies. The consensus rating for Arista Networks is Buy while the average consensus rating for "technology" companies is Hold. Learn more on how ANET compares to other companies.

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Arista Networks (ANET) Stock Forecast & Price Target