We're taking a closer look at Arista Networks today, as the chatter surrounding the stock has increased notably in the last few weeks. Today, its shares moved -2.1% compared to -1.0% for the S&P 500. Increased investor interest and volatility surrounding the stock are not reason enough to buy in -- you should first perform your own due diligence. Here are some figures that can get you started:
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Arista Networks, Inc. develops, markets, and sells cloud networking solutions in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific.
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Arista Networks has moved 71.0% over the last year compared to 10.0% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of 61.0%
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ANET has an average analyst rating of buy and is -7.05% away from its mean target price of $200.56 per share
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Its trailing 12 month earnings per share (EPS) is $5.41
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Arista Networks has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 34.5 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
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Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $6.8 and its forward P/E ratio is 27.4
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ANET has a Price to Earnings Growth (PEG) ratio of 3.02, which shows the company is potentially overvalued when we factor growth into the price to earnings calculus.
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The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 9.85 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
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Arista Networks is part of the Telecommunications sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 18.85 and an average P/B of 3.12
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Arista Networks has on average reported free cash flows of $747.35 Million over the last four years, during which time they have grown by an an average of 11.9%
