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NYSE · US · Computer Hardware

ANET Arista Networks

Ethernet switching for AI back-end networks

Downtrend Trading below its 50-day average. (automatic: supply-chain trend + price vs 50-day average)
Last close (delayed) · 2026-10-26
$177.7
+3.10% today
1W
−2.9%
1M
−14.0%
3M
+4.7%
YTD
+35.6%
1Y
+15.5%
Off 52w high
−18.0%
Next earnings (est.): 2026-11-03
Market cap$217B
P/E (trailing)58.6Forward 33.0
EV / sales19.2×EV/EBITDA 43.6×
Revenue (TTM)$10.54BGrowth 37.7% y/y
Margins63.0%gross · op 45.4%
Free cash flow$3.89BCash $13.34B · debt $0
Analyst target$243.6+37.1% upside · 29 analysts · strong buy
Riskβ 1.6Short 1.1% of float

Fundamentals from public market data, refreshed daily (2026-10-24 02:59 UTC). Figures in reporting currency.

ANET · price with what management and the data said

Supply tighteningBeat / raiseMiss / cutData releaseEasing Hover a numbered marker for details · dashed lines = 50- and 200-day averages

Timeline: management commentary, data & earnings

8 events
  1. 8
    2026-08-04EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS 1.02 vs 0.89 expected (+15.2% surprise).

  2. 7
    2026-05-05EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS 0.87 vs 0.81 expected (+7.7% surprise).

  3. 6
    2026-02-12EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS 0.82 vs 0.76 expected (+8.2% surprise).

  4. 5
    2025-11-04EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS 0.75 vs 0.71 expected (+5.0% surprise).

  5. 4
    2025-08-05EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS 0.73 vs 0.65 expected (+12.4% surprise).

  6. 3
    2025-05-06EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS 0.65 vs 0.59 expected (+10.0% surprise).

  7. 2
    2025-02-18EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS 0.65 vs 0.57 expected (+14.0% surprise).

  8. 1
    2024-11-07EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS 0.6 vs 0.52 expected (+15.3% surprise).

Predictions involving ANET

Earnings history

EPS vs expectations
DateExpected EPSReported EPSSurprise
2026-08-040.891.02+15.2%
2026-05-050.810.87+7.7%
2026-02-120.760.82+8.2%
2025-11-040.710.75+5.0%
2025-08-050.650.73+12.4%
2025-05-060.590.65+10.0%
2025-02-180.570.65+14.0%
2024-11-070.520.6+15.3%
2024-07-300.480.53+8.4%
2024-05-070.440.5+14.3%
2024-02-120.430.52+21.6%
2023-10-300.390.46+16.1%
2023-07-310.360.4+9.9%
2023-05-010.340.36+6.3%
2023-02-130.30.35+16.2%
2022-10-310.260.31+19.5%
2022-08-010.230.27+17.2%
2022-05-020.20.21+3.9%
2022-02-140.180.21+11.8%
2021-11-010.170.19+9.0%
2021-08-020.160.17+6.8%
2021-05-040.150.16+5.2%
2021-02-180.150.16+4.3%
2020-11-020.140.15+8.9%

About Arista Networks

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Arista Networks, Inc. engages in the development, marketing, and sale of data-driven, client to cloud networking solutions for AI, 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, cloud and AI networking, cognitive adjacencies, and cognitive network software and services. 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, cloud service providers, financial services organizations, govern…

5,115 employees · Santa Clara, United States

Every additional GPU in a training domain multiplies switch ports and retimers. Ethernet vs proprietary fabrics decides who captures it.

SerDes→Switch ASIC→Retimer / AEC→Cluster

What would prove us wrong. Weakens if cluster sizes plateau and network spend per accelerator falls.

Peers at the same bottleneck

Who else supplies this

StockRoleLast1D1MYTDTrend
AVGO
Broadcom
Custom ASICs and Ethernet switch silicon for hyperscaler clusters $329.0+2.29%−6.7%−4.4%
CSCO
Cisco Systems
Switching and silicon for AI networks $109.8+3.11%+3.3%+45.2%
CRDO
Credo Technology
Active electrical cables and SerDes $153.7+4.34%−27.2%+6.8%
ALAB
Astera Labs
PCIe/CXL retimers and scale-up connectivity $263.2+2.35%−27.8%+58.2%
NVDA
NVIDIA
Demand aggregator for HBM, packaging, optics and robotics compute $215.3+2.05%−4.3%+15.7%

Not investment advice. Prices delayed and in local currency. Quotes in "double quotes" are verbatim as reported by the linked source; other commentary is our paraphrase. Earnings dates are estimates.