Arista Networks, Inc. · ANET · FY2025 Q1 · Calendar Q2 2025

Arista: AI and cloud demand remain strong, risks move to margins

The call supports a constructive operating thesis: strong AI, cloud, and campus demand is sustaining momentum, but the next leg depends on execution through tariff, inventory, and product-mix risks.

Reported After market closeNYSETechnology $271.77B market cap
80quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS — Consensus $0.59
EPS surprise — Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue — Consensus $1.97B
Revenue surprise — Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

event-close to next-session close
Stock move -4.8% Event window
SPY move +0.4% Same window
Abnormal move -5.2% Stock minus SPY
Volume 1.5× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +10.1% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

The current analysis reinforces the prior quarter's AI-led growth view while keeping guidance unchanged. The focus has shifted toward managing tariff exposure, inventory, deferred-revenue timing, and the sustainability of AI revenue mix.

Guidance delta

Maintained: management kept its existing outlook despite macro and tariff uncertainty.

Key takeaways

  • Management described strong demand from AI, cloud, and campus customers.
  • AI networking and Etherlink remain central to the growth narrative.
  • Tariffs, inventory, and product-mix timing are the main execution risks.

Management priorities

  • Scale AI spine and leaf deployments for leading cloud customers.
  • Advance Ethernet-based AI networking and the Etherlink portfolio.
  • Expand campus, federal, and enterprise networking while investing in facilities.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
ANET REVENUE earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 3 future estimate-only quarters. Q1 '24 estimate $2B Q1 '24 actual $2B, beat Q2 '24 estimate $2B Q2 '24 actual $2B, beat Q3 '24 estimate $2B Q3 '24 actual $2B, beat Q2 '25 estimate $2B Q2 '25 actual $2B, beat Q3 '25 estimate $2B Q3 '25 actual $2B, beat Q4 '25 estimate $2B Q4 '25 actual $2B, beat Q1 '26 estimate $3B Q1 '26 actual $3B, beat Q2 '26 estimate $3B Q2 '26 actual $3B, beat Q3 '26 estimate $3B Q4 '26 estimate $3B Q1 '27 estimate $3B
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusBuy52 ratings
Bullish4178.8%
Neutral1121.2%
Bearish00.0%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$210.97Previous close
$87.5Low
$214.12Average
$430High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted previous close from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 9, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Deutsche Bank Buy HoldUpgradeSep 1, 2026
Barclays Overweight OverweightMaintainAug 6, 2026
Wells Fargo Overweight OverweightMaintainAug 5, 2026
UBS Buy BuyMaintainAug 5, 2026
Truist Securities Buy BuyMaintainAug 5, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted previous close $210.97. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
BernsteinAnalyst unavailable$250$202.86 +18.5%Sep 30, 2026
Deutsche BankAnalyst unavailable$220$195.69 +4.3%Aug 31, 2026
Goldman SachsMichael Ng$225$198.82 +6.7%Aug 5, 2026
UBSDavid Vogt$259$200.22 +22.8%Aug 5, 2026
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$220$195.07 +4.3%Aug 5, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Arista Networks, Inc. is a leading global technology firm that designs, promotes, and distributes innovative cloud networking solutions across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific regions. Its comprehensive product portfolio features advanced extensible operating systems, a collection of powerful network applications, and high-performance gigabit Ethernet switching and routing hardware.…

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Methodology

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By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-10-09. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.