Arista Networks Inc ($ANET) Possible Buy to $268 Confident Investor Rating: Good

Company name Arista Networks Inc
Stock ticker ANET
Live stock price [stckqut]ANET[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

Employee productivity Good
Sales growth Good
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Good

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $361.63
Target stock price (averages with growth) $532.39
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $361.63
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $178.73

 

The following company description is from Google Finance: https://finance.google.com/finance?q=anet

Arista Networks, Inc. is a supplier of cloud networking solutions that use software innovations to address the needs of Internet companies, cloud service providers and data centers for enterprise support. It develops, markets and sells cloud networking solutions, which consist of its Gigabit Ethernet switches and related software. The Company’s cloud networking solutions consist of its Extensible Operating System (EOS), a set of network applications and its Ethernet switching and routing platforms. The programmability of EOS has allowed it to create a set of software applications that address the requirements of cloud networking, including workflow automation, network visibility and analytics, and has also allowed it to integrate with a range of third-party applications for virtualization, management, automation, orchestration and network services. EOS supports cloud and virtualization solutions, including VMware NSX, Microsoft System Center and other cloud management frameworks.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Arista Networks Inc as long as the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable. I am adding Arista to my Watch List.

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How was this analysis of Arista Networks Inc calculated?

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In order to assist you in using the techniques of this book, the values that I used when calculating the Manual pricing above were:

  • Stock price at the time of the calculation: $233.87
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $4.82
  • P/E: 24
  • Future EPS Calc: $11.99
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $287.84
  • Target stock price: $178.73

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