Arista Networks Inc (NYSE: ANET) is -18.23% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $59.43 and a high of $133.57 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The ANET stock was last observed hovering at around $91.02 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.64%.
Currently trading at $90.38, the stock is 18.94% and 12.46% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 7.36 million and changing -0.70% at the moment leaves the stock -4.73% off its SMA200. ANET registered 41.66% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -8.71%.
The stock witnessed a 26.81% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -18.94%, and is 15.41% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.64% over the week and 5.83% over the month.
Arista Networks Inc (ANET) has around 4412 employees, a market worth around $113.48B and $7.00B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 40.60 and Fwd P/E is 30.71. Profit margin for the company is 40.73%. Distance from 52-week low is 52.08% and -32.34% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (28.43%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 9.57% this year.
Arista Networks Inc (ANET) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 1.26B, and float is at 1.03B with Short Float at 2.01%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 23.39 million shares valued at $8.2 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 7.4565% of the ANET Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 20.09 million shares valued at $7.04 billion to account for 6.4038 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are FMR LLC which holds 14.23 million shares representing 4.5367% and valued at over $4.99 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 3.4511 of the shares totaling 10.83 million with a market value of $3.79 billion.
Arista Networks Inc (ANET) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Giancarlo Charles H, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Giancarlo Charles H sold 8,000 shares of the company’s common stock on May 01 ’25 at a price of $88.58 per share for a total of $0.71 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.13 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Apr 22 ’25, Battles Kelly Bodnar (Director) disposed off 1,492 shares at an average price of $68.49 for $0.1 million. The insider now directly holds 7,480 shares of Arista Networks Inc (ANET).
