Look Past The Setbacks And Give Arista Networks Inc (NYSE: ANET) Another Chance

Arista Networks Inc (NYSE:ANET) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.83M but it saw 1700879 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 127.57B USD, the company’s current market price of $406.08 came rising about 3.51 while comparing to the previous closing price of $392.31. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $422.73 and as low as $168.25. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $395.26 while lowest mark touched by it was $406.35.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Arista Networks Inc (ANET) gives us an average price of $393.44, while its current price level is -3.94% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 141.36% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $363.75 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $311.45. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 3.51% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 2.73%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 61.72 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Citigroup which reiterated the stock as “Buy” in its note to investors issued on June 27, 2024, recommending a price target of between $330 and $385 for it. Jefferies upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Buy” from “Hold” on May 03, 2024 while assigning a price target range of $240-$320. Rosenblatt issued its recommendations for the stock as it downgraded the price target for the stock is $210.

Over the week, ANET’s stock price is moving -0.21% down while it is 12.50% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 72.43% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 106.30%.

Currently, Arista Networks Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 312.25M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 29.20% and return on equity (ROE) at 34.46%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 52.64 while having a 42.96 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.08. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 15.13 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 20.21. Its return on asset (ROA) is 24.86% on average.