Market Perception of ANET's Decline – Analyzing Stock Performance

Arista Networks stock is trading -13.69% below its average target price of $175.06 after dropping -6.1% Friday. Analysts are giving the large-cap Computer Equipment company an average rating of buy and target prices ranging from $135.0 to $215.0 per share.

The stock has a very low short interest at 1.7%, and a short ratio of 1.43. The company's insiders own 22.66% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that an average number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 68.0% of Arista Networks's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Arista Networks

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2023-03-31 Vanguard Group Inc 9% 27,226,237 $4,113,612,048
2023-03-31 Blackrock Inc. 6% 18,734,818 $2,830,643,583
2023-03-31 First Republic Investment Management, Inc. 4% 11,392,099 $1,721,232,196
2023-03-31 State Street Corporation 3% 9,991,923 $1,509,679,609
2023-03-31 Alliancebernstein L.p. 3% 9,551,774 $1,443,177,498
2023-03-31 Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc 3% 8,234,874 $1,244,207,082
2023-03-31 FMR, LLC 2% 6,815,983 $1,029,826,846
2023-03-31 Capital World Investors 2% 5,816,968 $878,885,673
2023-03-31 Morgan Stanley 2% 5,755,415 $869,585,631
2023-03-31 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 5,112,297 $772,416,935

Besides an analyst consensus of some upside potential, other market factors point to there being positive market sentiment on Arista Networks.

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