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

Arista Networks (NYSE: ANET) has recently received a number of price target changes and ratings updates:

• 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.
• 2/24/2026 – Arista Networks was given a new $200.00 price target by UBS Group AG.

Insider Buying and Selling at Arista Networks

In other news, insider Kenneth Duda sold 32,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $142.44, for a total transaction of $4,558,080.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 12,976 shares in the company, valued at $1,848,301.44. The trade was a 71.15% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Jayshree Ullal sold 350,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $159.32, for a total transaction of $55,762,000.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 5,333,207 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $849,686,539.24. This trade represents a 6.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 616,729 shares of company stock valued at $93,969,394 over the last 90 days. 3.54% of the stock is currently owned by corporate 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.