Here's What You May Have Missed About Arista Networks (ANET)

Now trading at a price of $148.4, Arista Networks has moved 3.87% so far today. In contrast, the S&P 500 index moved 0.16%. Read below for a basic value analysis of Arista Networks.

Arista Networks shares moved 29.49% over the last 52 weeks, with a high of $145.17 and a low of $89.11. During this time, the stock outperformed the S&P 500 index by 36.3%. As of January 2022, the company's 50-day average price is $127.0. Arista Networks (formerly Arastra) is an American computer networking company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. The company designs and sells multilayer network switches to deliver software-defined networking (SDN) solutions for large datacenter, cloud computing, high-performance computing, and high-frequency trading environments. The large-cap Technology company is based in Santa Clara, CA. Arista Networks has returned a 0.0% dividend yield over the last 12 months.

Snapshot of the Company's Higher Operating Margins Than the 21.41% Industry Average:

2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31 2022-12-31
Revenue (MM) $2,415 $2,322 $2,948 $4,381
Revenue Growth n/a -3.86% 26.97% 48.62%
Gross Margins 63.95% 63.82% 63.8% 61.07%
Gross Margins Growth n/a -0.2% -0.03% -4.28%
Operating Margins 33.37% 30.14% 31.37% 34.86%
Operating Margins Growth n/a -9.68% 4.08% 11.13%
Earnings Per Share $11.26 $8.33 $2.73 $4.41
EPS Growth n/a -26.02% -67.23% 61.54%
Diluted Shares (MM) 76 76 308 307
Free Cash Flow (MM) $947 $720 $951 $448
FCF Growth n/a -24.02% 32.15% -52.88%
Capital Expenditures (MM) $16 $15 $65 $45

Arista Networks Is Overpriced:

Compared to the Technology sector's average of 27.16, Arista Networks has a trailing twelve month P/E ratio of 50.99 and, according to its EPS guidance of 6.45, an expected P/E ratio of 23.01. Arista Networks's PEG ratio is 1.47 based on its 34.8% annual average growth rate of historical and projected earnings per share. However, we believe that it is more prudent to calculate the PEG ratio using the broader market's 5-year expected EPS growth rate of 13.05%, because the growth rate implied by Arista Networks's past and expected EPS is probably not sustainable. This more prudent approach shows a PEG ratio of 3.91, which suggests that the company's shares are actually overvalued.

Arista Networks's P/B ratio is 9.13 compared to its sector average of 6.23. The company is likely overvalued in terms of its net asset value. The company's shares are currently trading 214.66% above their fair value as expressed by Benjamin Graham's formula:

√(22.5 * 5-year average EPS * book value per share) = √(22.5 * 6.21 * 15.92) = $47.16

20 analysts are following Arista Networks and have set target prices ranging from $140.0 to $225.0 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At the current price of $148.4, ANET is trading -11.47% away from its average analyst target price of $167.62 per share, implying an analyst consensus of some upside potential for the stock.

The company has no information on the number of shares sold short since 1% of the company's shares are tied to short positions. Institutions own 72% of Arista Networks's shares, while the insider ownership rate stands at 23%.

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