Sen. John Boozman Buys Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE:ANET) Stock

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):

• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI) on 12/31/2025.
• Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:IVW) on 12/31/2025.
• 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 SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (NYSEARCA:KRE) on 12/26/2025.
• 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 abrdn Physical Palladium Shares ETF (NYSEARCA:PALL) 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 iShares Silver Trust (NYSEARCA:SLV) on 12/24/2025.
• Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) on 12/17/2025.
• Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) on 12/17/2025.

Arista Networks Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:ANET opened at $130.56 on Friday. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $128.89 and its 200 day simple moving average is $132.46. Arista Networks, Inc. has a 1 year low of $59.43 and a 1 year high of $164.94. The company has a market capitalization of $164.41 billion, a P/E ratio of 49.64, a P/E/G ratio of 2.10 and a beta of 1.41.

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

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Arista Networks

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Arista Networks during the second quarter valued at about $1,228,177,000. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA raised its holdings in Arista Networks by 2,829.0% in the 3rd quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 5,721,156 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $833,630,000 after buying an additional 5,525,828 shares during the last quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB boosted its position in Arista Networks by 193.3% during the 2nd quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 7,065,054 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $721,342,000 after buying an additional 4,656,021 shares during the period. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership boosted its position in Arista Networks by 82.5% during the 3rd quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 9,587,115 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,396,939,000 after buying an additional 4,332,659 shares during the period. Finally, Holocene Advisors LP bought a new stake in Arista Networks during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $247,451,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.47% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have commented on the stock. Barclays reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $183.00 target price (up from $179.00) on shares of Arista Networks in a report on Wednesday, November 5th. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $140.00 price objective on shares of Arista Networks in a research note on Monday, November 24th. Erste Group Bank downgraded shares of Arista Networks from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, November 10th. Piper Sandler raised Arista Networks from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their target price for the company from $145.00 to $159.00 in a report on Monday, January 5th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Arista Networks in a report on Monday, December 29th. Eighteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $164.44.

Insider Buying and Selling at Arista Networks

In other news, Director Charles H. Giancarlo sold 8,000 shares of Arista Networks stock in a transaction on 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 transaction, the director owned 17,784 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,379,321.36. The trade was a 31.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Kelly Bodnar Battles sold 422 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, November 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $117.15, for a total transaction of $49,437.30. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 8,980 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,052,007. This represents a 4.49% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 160,464 shares of company stock worth $20,494,988 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 3.39% of the company’s stock.

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

Arista Networks Company Profile

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.