Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET) Shares Acquired Sen. John Boozman

Senator John Boozman (R-Arkansas) recently bought shares of Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE:ANET). In a filing disclosed on January 13th, the Senator disclosed that they had bought between $1,001 and $15,000 in Arista Networks stock on December 11th.

Senator John Boozman also recently made the following trade(s):

• Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:IVW) on 12/31/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI) on 12/31/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (NYSEARCA:KRE) on 12/26/2025.
• Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR) on 12/26/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of iShares Silver Trust (NYSEARCA:SLV) on 12/24/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of abrdn Physical Platinum Shares ETF (NYSEARCA:PPLT) on 12/24/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of abrdn Physical Palladium Shares ETF (NYSEARCA:PALL) on 12/24/2025.
• Purchased $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of Tradr 2X Long SPY Monthly ETF (NASDAQ:SPYM) on 12/24/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) on 12/17/2025.
• Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) on 12/17/2025.

Arista Networks Price Performance

Shares of Arista Networks stock traded up $5.47 on Thursday, hitting $130.56. 8,557,460 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 8,128,700. The company has a fifty day moving average of $128.96 and a two-hundred day moving average of $132.47. Arista Networks, Inc. has a one year low of $59.43 and a one year high of $164.94. The company has a market capitalization of $164.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 49.64, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.19 and a beta of 1.41.

Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November 4th. The technology company reported $0.75 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.72 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $2.31 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.26 billion. Arista Networks had a net margin of 39.73% and a return on equity of 30.28%. Arista Networks’s revenue for the quarter was up 27.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $2.40 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Arista Networks, Inc. will post 2.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on ANET shares. BNP Paribas Exane raised Arista Networks from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $172.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Thursday, September 25th. Zacks Research lowered Arista Networks from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, October 6th. Morgan Stanley decreased their price target on Arista Networks from $171.00 to $159.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, December 17th. BNP Paribas raised Arista Networks from a “hold” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 25th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $140.00 price objective on shares of Arista Networks in a report on Monday, November 24th. Eighteen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $164.44.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Arista Networks

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Bare Financial Services Inc increased its stake in shares of Arista Networks by 2,118.2% in the second quarter. Bare Financial Services Inc now owns 244 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 233 shares during the period. Board of the Pension Protection Fund acquired a new position in Arista Networks in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. AdvisorNet Financial Inc lifted its holdings in Arista Networks by 56.7% in the third quarter. AdvisorNet Financial Inc now owns 199 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $29,000 after acquiring an additional 72 shares during the period. Knuff & Co LLC purchased a new stake in Arista Networks in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $29,000. Finally, Richardson Financial Services Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Arista Networks by 141.3% in the third quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. now owns 222 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 130 shares during the last quarter. 82.47% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Arista Networks

In related news, Director Charles H. Giancarlo sold 8,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $133.79, for a total transaction of $1,070,320.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 17,784 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,379,321.36. This trade represents a 31.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Kenneth Duda sold 26,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $123.16, for a total transaction of $3,202,160.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 532,400 shares in the company, valued at $65,570,384. This trade represents a 4.66% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 216,464 shares of company stock worth $28,488,988 in the last 90 days. 3.39% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

About Senator Boozman

John Boozman (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from Arkansas. He assumed office on January 3, 2011. His current term ends on January 3, 2029. Boozman (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Arkansas. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022. Boozman won re-election in 2016. He faced Democrat Conner Eldridge, Libertarian Frank Gilbert, and write-in candidate Jason Tate in the general election. Arkansas’ U.S. Senate race was rated as safely Republican in 2016. Boozman began his political career in the U.S. House. He won a special election in 2001 and served in that position until his election to the Senate in 2010. Prior to his political career, Boozman worked as an optometrist. As of a 2014 analysis of multiple outside rankings, Boozman is an average Republican member of Congress, meaning he will vote with the Republican Party on the majority of bills. Below is an abbreviated outline of Boozman’s academic, professional, and political career: 2011-Present: U.S. Senator from Arkansas 2001-2011: U.S. Representative from Arkansas 1977: Graduated from Southern College of Optometry

About Arista Networks

Arista Networks, Inc is a technology company that designs and sells cloud networking solutions for large-scale data centers and enterprise environments. The company is best known for its high-performance switching and routing platforms, which are used to build scalable, low-latency networks for cloud service providers, internet companies, financial services, telecommunications, and enterprise IT. Arista’s offerings emphasize programmability, automation and telemetry to support modern, software-driven network architectures.

Central to Arista’s product portfolio is its Extensible Operating System (EOS), a modular network operating system that provides consistent programmability, stateful control and advanced visibility across the company’s hardware platforms.