ANET short interest declines, indicating growing optimism among investors

The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Arista Networks Inc shares valued at $26,953,512 were sold by Ullal Jayshree on Aug 08 ’25. At $139.67 per share, Ullal Jayshree sold 192,979 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 5,623,721 shares worth approximately $767.53 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Ullal Jayshree sold 345,856 shares, netting a total of over 48,395,902 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $139.93 each, the insider now holds 5,650,346 shares.

Before that, Ullal Jayshree had sold 1,785,165 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $243,176,281, the CEO and Chairperson traded Arista Networks Inc shares for $136.22 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 1,785,165 shares, worth approximately $777.67 million.

As published in a research note from Erste Group on July 23, 2025, Arista Networks Inc [ANET] has been rated up from a Hold to a Buy. Analysts at Citigroup resumed the stock at ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in mid July. As of July 08, 2025, Wolfe Research has initiated its “an Outperform” rating for ANET. Earlier on June 26, 2025, KeyBanc Capital Markets initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Overweight” for ANET stock.

Analyzing ANET Stock Performance

On last trading session, Arista Networks Inc [NYSE: ANET] plunged -1.11% to $136.48. The stock’s lowest price that day was $132.49, but it reached a high of $137.67 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -2.01%. Over the course of the year, Arista Networks Inc shares have jumped approximately 61.36%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $141.99 on 08/13/25 and a 52-week low of $59.43 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Arista Networks Inc (ANET)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 133.40, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 130.31. In the upper region, resistance lies at 138.62. The next price resistance is at 140.75. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 68.86 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Arista Networks Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Arista Networks Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-07-31 dropping by -1.81 million shares to 17.96 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-30 was 19.77 million shares. A decline of -10.09% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.07 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.07.

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In terms of Arista Networks Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 115 in the next 12 months, down nearly -16.67% from the previous closing price of $138.01. Analysts anticipate Arista Networks Inc stock to reach 150 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 115. In spite of this, 17 analysts ranked Arista Networks Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On June 23, 2025, Evercore ISI assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and reiterated coverage with a $110.

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