Arista Networks Inc’s recently made public that its CEO and Chairperson Ullal Jayshree unloaded Company’s shares for reported $185.32 million on Sep 10 ’25. In the deal valued at $148.53 per share,1,247,688 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Ullal Jayshree now holds 5,383,207 shares worth roughly $765.28 million.
Then, Ullal Jayshree sold 56,548 shares, generating $8,117,895 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $143.56, the CEO and Chairperson now owns 5,555,373 shares.
Before that, Ullal Jayshree sold 438,764 shares. Arista Networks Inc shares valued at $63,113,566 were divested by the CEO and Chairperson at a price of $143.84 per share. As a result of the transaction, Ullal Jayshree now holds 5,563,176 shares, worth roughly $790.86 million.
Erste Group upgraded its Arista Networks Inc [ANET] rating to a Buy from a a Hold in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Citigroup’s analysts, who remained covering the stock and in mid July has reiterated a ‘”a Buy”‘ rating for it. Wolfe Research began covering ANET with “an Outperform” recommendation on July 08, 2025. KeyBanc Capital Markets started covering the stock on June 26, 2025. It rated ANET as “an Overweight”.
Price Performance Review of ANET
On Tuesday, Arista Networks Inc [NYSE:ANET] saw its stock fall -2.25% to $142.16. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 0.18%. Arista Networks Inc shares have risen nearly 60.02% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 28.62% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Arista Networks Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Arista Networks Inc stocks on 2025-08-29, dropping by -5.44 million shares to a total of 12.52 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-07-31 was 17.96 million shares. There was a decline of -43.43%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on June 23, 2025 when Evercore ISI resumed its ‘”an Outperform”‘ rating for the stock and retained the price target to $110.