Rothschild Wealth LLC Acquires 2,965 Shares of Arista Networks, Inc. $ANET

Rothschild Wealth LLC increased its position in shares of Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE:ANET) by 212.1% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 4,363 shares of the technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,965 shares during the period. Rothschild Wealth LLC’s holdings in Arista Networks were worth $572,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. boosted its position in shares of Arista Networks by 0.4% during the 4th quarter. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. now owns 16,085 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $2,133,000 after acquiring an additional 70 shares in the last quarter. United Asset Strategies Inc. boosted its position in shares of Arista Networks by 1.2% during the 4th quarter. United Asset Strategies Inc. now owns 6,311 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $827,000 after acquiring an additional 72 shares in the last quarter. West Family Investments Inc. boosted its position in shares of Arista Networks by 0.9% during the 3rd quarter. West Family Investments Inc. now owns 8,364 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,219,000 after acquiring an additional 76 shares in the last quarter. Personal CFO Solutions LLC boosted its position in shares of Arista Networks by 3.2% during the 4th quarter. Personal CFO Solutions LLC now owns 2,429 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $318,000 after acquiring an additional 76 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Clark Financial Services Group Inc. BD boosted its position in shares of Arista Networks by 2.2% during the 4th quarter. Clark Financial Services Group Inc. BD now owns 3,776 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $518,000 after acquiring an additional 80 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.47% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Jayshree Ullal sold 428,000 shares of Arista Networks stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.44, for a total transaction of $75,944,320.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 5,209,207 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $924,321,690.08. This trade represents a 7.59% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Kenneth Duda sold 32,000 shares of Arista Networks stock in a transaction 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 transaction, the insider directly owned 12,976 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,740,600.64. This represents a 71.15% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 1,935,142 shares of company stock valued at $313,589,223 over the last quarter. Insiders own 2.70% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts recently issued reports on ANET shares. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Arista Networks from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a research report on Friday, May 15th. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $188.00 target price (up from $165.00) on shares of Arista Networks in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Truist Financial set a $175.00 target price on shares of Arista Networks in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Citigroup decreased their target price on shares of Arista Networks from $176.00 to $173.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities boosted their target price on shares of Arista Networks from $180.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have assigned a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Arista Networks currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $185.72.

Arista Networks Trading Up 7.2%

Shares of ANET stock opened at $170.91 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $215.20 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 58.53, a PEG ratio of 2.46 and a beta of 1.67. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $148.22 and a 200-day moving average of $137.86. Arista Networks, Inc. has a 1-year low of $85.58 and a 1-year high of $179.80.

Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The technology company reported $0.87 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.81 by $0.06. The company had revenue of $2.71 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.62 billion. Arista Networks had a return on equity of 30.10% and a net margin of 38.32%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 35.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.65 earnings per share. Arista Networks has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.880-0.880 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Arista Networks, Inc. will post 3.27 earnings per share for the current year.

Arista Networks Company Profile

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.