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Arista Networks (ANET) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$182.88 +5.90 (+3.33%)
Closing price 10/19/2026 03:59 PM Eastern
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$180.55 -2.33 (-1.27%)
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About Arista Networks Stock (NYSE:ANET)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$178.93
▼
$185.91
50-Day Range
$176.84
▼
$216.64
52-Week Range
$114.52
▼
$217.41
Volume
6.30 million shs
Average Volume
5.10 million shs
Market Capitalization
$230.65 billion
P/E Ratio
57.69
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$235.45
Consensus Rating
Buy

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.

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Arista Networks Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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98th Percentile Overall Score

ANET MarketRank™: 
4.89769991976 of 5 stars

Arista Networks scored higher than 98% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 31st out of 588 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • 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 28.7% upside from its current price of $182.88.

  • 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.

  • Read more about Arista Networks' stock forecast and price target.
  • 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 56.01, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 35.22.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Arista Networks is 56.01, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 63.03.

  • 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 18.62. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Arista Networks' valuation and earnings.
  • 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 Yield

    Arista Networks does not currently pay a dividend.

  • Dividend Growth

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

  • News Sentiment

    Arista Networks has a news sentiment score of 1.42. 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 0.52 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 102 news articles for Arista Networks this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    127 people have searched for ANET on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 22% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    96 people have added Arista Networks to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 118% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • 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.

  • Read more about Arista Networks' insider trading history.
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ANET Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Arista Networks' stock was trading at $130.97 on January 1st, 2026. Since then, ANET shares have increased by 39.6% and is now trading at $182.8810.

Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE:ANET) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, August, 4th. The technology company reported $1.02 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.89 by $0.13. Arista Networks's revenue was up 37.7% on a year-over-year basis.
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Shares of Arista Networks split on the morning of Wednesday, December 4th 2024.The 4-1 split was announced on Thursday, November 7th 2024. The newly minted shares were distributed to shareholders after the market closes on Tuesday, December 3rd 2024. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 400 shares after the split.

Arista Networks' Board of Directors authorized a share buyback plan on Tuesday, May 6th 2025, which permits the company to buy back $1,500,000,000 in shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could reacquire up to 1.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

The following companies are subsidiaries of Arista Networks: Awake Security Inc, Big Switch Networks Inc, Metamako Holding Pty Ltd, Mojo Networks Inc, ANET LLC, Arista Acquisition Australia Pty Limited, Arista Networks Australia Pty Ltd, and more.

Arista Networks (ANET) raised $200 million in an IPO on Friday, June 6th 2014. The company issued 5,250,000 shares at a price of $36.00-$40.00 per share.

Top institutional shareholders of Arista Networks include Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.27%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.13%), Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH (0.09%) and Vontobel Holding Ltd. (0.09%). Insiders that own company stock include Andreas Bechtolsheim, Jayshree Ullal, Charles H Giancarlo, Daniel Scheinman, Ita M Brennan, Chantelle Yvette Breithaupt, Mark B Templeton, Kenneth Duda, Kelly Bodnar Battles, Yvonne Wassenaar, John F Mccool and Marc Taxay.
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Shares of ANET stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Arista Networks investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO), Micron Technology (MU), Tesla (TSLA), CrowdStrike (CRWD) and Palantir Technologies (PLTR).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
8/04/2026
Today
10/20/2026
Next Earnings (Estimated)
11/03/2026
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Communications Equipment
Sub-Industry
Communications Equipment
Current Symbol
NYSE:ANET
CIK
1596532
Employees
5,115
Year Founded
2008

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$289.00
Low Price Target
$164.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+28.7%
Consensus Rating
Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
3.00
Research Coverage
24 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$3.17
Trailing P/E Ratio
57.69
Forward P/E Ratio
48.25
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
$9.01 billion
Price / Sales
25.61
Cash Flow
$2.90 per share
Price / Cash Flow
63.11
Book Value
$9.82 per share
Price / Book
18.62

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
1,261,220,000
Free Float
1,227,172,000
Market Cap
$230.65 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.60

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This page (NYSE:ANET) was last updated on 10/19/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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