Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Updates for Arista Networks (ANET)

Several analysts have recently updated their ratings and price targets for Arista Networks (NYSE: ANET):

• 5/15/2026 – Arista Networks was upgraded by Weiss Ratings from “hold (c+)” to “buy (b)”.
• 5/15/2026 – Arista Networks was upgraded by Raymond James Financial, Inc. from “market perform” to “outperform”. They now have a $164.00 price target on the stock.
• 5/14/2026 – Arista Networks was downgraded by Zacks Research from “strong-buy” to “hold”.
• 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”.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Kenneth Duda sold 32,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, April 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $163.31, for a total value of $5,225,920.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 12,976 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,119,110.56. The trade was a 71.15% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, major shareholder Andreas Bechtolsheim sold 205,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $151.74, for a total transaction of $31,106,700.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 183,023,048 shares in the company, valued at $27,771,917,303.52. This trade represents a 0.11% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 1,706,885 shares of company stock valued at $277,584,100. 2.70% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.