Analyzing Market Sentiment Towards Arista Networks (ANET) Stocks

Arista Networks shares fell -7.1% this morning to a price of $400.45. The stock is still trading within range of its average target price of $383.0, and over the last 52 weeks, it has recorded a 90.4% performance. Analysts have given the Large-Cap Communication Equipment stock target prices ranging from $265.0 to $480.0 dollars per share, with an average rating of buy.

The stock has an average amount of shares sold short at 4.1%, and a short ratio of 1.73. The company's insiders own 18.2% 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 70.7% of Arista Networks's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Arista Networks

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2024-06-30 Vanguard Group Inc 7% 23,391,956 $9,367,309,065
2024-06-30 Blackrock Inc. 6% 20,089,401 $8,044,800,875
2024-06-30 FMR, LLC 5% 14,232,275 $5,699,314,697
2024-06-30 State Street Corporation 3% 10,826,526 $4,335,482,468
2024-06-30 JP Morgan Chase & Company 3% 8,461,801 $3,388,528,313
2024-06-30 Alliancebernstein L.P. 3% 7,968,298 $3,190,905,031
2024-06-30 Cresset Asset Management, LLC 2% 7,727,207 $3,094,360,137
2024-06-30 Capital World Investors 2% 7,615,179 $3,049,498,523
2024-06-30 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 5,635,330 $2,256,667,967
2024-06-30 Morgan Stanley 2% 4,955,522 $1,984,438,845

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

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