Weekly Research Analysts’ Ratings Updates for Arista Networks (ANET)

Posted by on May 11th, 2026

Arista Networks (NYSE: ANET) recently received a number of ratings updates from brokerages and research firms:

  • 5/7/2026 – Arista Networks had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by Barclays PLC. They now have a $195.00 price target on the stock, up from $184.00.
  • 5/6/2026 – Arista Networks had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by UBS Group AG. They now have a $187.00 price target on the stock, up from $177.00.
  • 5/6/2026 – Arista Networks was given a new $175.00 price target by Truist Financial Corporation.
  • 5/6/2026 – Arista Networks had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by TD Cowen. They now have a $200.00 price target on the stock, up from $170.00.
  • 5/6/2026 – Arista Networks had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by Piper Sandler. They now have a $181.00 price target on the stock, up from $175.00.
  • 5/6/2026 – Arista Networks had its price target lowered by Citigroup Inc. from $176.00 to $173.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
  • 5/6/2026 – Arista Networks had its price target raised by Rosenblatt Securities from $180.00 to $210.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
  • 5/6/2026 – Arista Networks had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by Needham & Company LLC. They now have a $185.00 price target on the stock.
  • 5/1/2026 – Arista Networks was downgraded by Weiss Ratings from “buy (b-)” to “hold (c+)”.
  • 5/1/2026 – Arista Networks had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by Morgan Stanley. They now have a $180.00 price target on the stock.
  • 4/16/2026 – Arista Networks had its price target raised by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $190.00 to $200.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
  • 4/14/2026 – Arista Networks was upgraded by Weiss Ratings from “hold (c+)” to “buy (b-)”.
  • 4/13/2026 – Arista Networks was upgraded by Zacks Research from “hold” to “strong-buy”.
  • 4/7/2026 – Arista Networks was upgraded by Rosenblatt Securities from “neutral” to “buy”. They now have a $180.00 price target on the stock, up from $165.00.
  • 4/1/2026 – Arista Networks was upgraded by Susquehanna to “strong-buy”.
  • 3/31/2026 – Arista Networks is now covered by Truist Financial Corporation. They set a “buy” rating and a $161.00 price target on the stock.
  • 3/30/2026 – Arista Networks was upgraded by Truist Financial Corporation to “strong-buy”.
  • 3/27/2026 – Arista Networks had its “hold (c+)” rating reaffirmed by Weiss Ratings.
  • 3/12/2026 – Arista Networks is now covered by TD Cowen. They set a “buy” rating and a $170.00 price target on the stock.

Insider Activity at Arista Networks

In other news, CEO Jayshree Ullal sold 428,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, April 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.44, for a total value of $75,944,320.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 5,209,207 shares in the company, valued at $924,321,690.08. This represents a 7.59% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Kenneth Duda sold 32,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $134.14, for a total transaction of $4,292,480.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 12,976 shares in the company, valued at $1,740,600.64. This trade represents a 71.15% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 1,502,729 shares of company stock worth $246,707,719 in the last quarter. Company insiders own 3.39% of the company’s stock.

Arista Networks, Inc is a technology company that designs and sells cloud networking solutions for large-scale data centers and enterprise environments. The company is best known for its high-performance switching and routing platforms, which are used to build scalable, low-latency networks for cloud service providers, internet companies, financial services, telecommunications, and enterprise IT. Arista’s offerings emphasize programmability, automation and telemetry to support modern, software-driven network architectures.

Central to Arista’s product portfolio is its Extensible Operating System (EOS), a modular network operating system that provides consistent programmability, stateful control and advanced visibility across the company’s hardware platforms.

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