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Arista Networks Gets A Double Downgrade: Buy This AI Stock Instead, Says Analyst

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Arista Networks Gets A Double Downgrade: Buy This AI Stock Instead, Says Analyst

Arista Networks Inc (NYSE: ANET) shares tanked in premarket trading on Friday, amid concerns around AI stocks trading at a premium.

Although ethernet could prevail in the AI era, the company is unlikely to be a big winner of this trend, according to Rosenblatt Securities.

The Arista Networks Analyst: Mike Genovese downgraded the rating for Arista Networks from Buy to Sell while slashing the price target from $330 to $210.

The Arista Networks Thesis: The stock is trading at a significant premium, as investors see the company as a “large AI beneficiary,” Genovese said in the downgrade note.

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“Investors have been debating Infiniband vs. Ethernet and assume ANET will thrive if Ethernet does,” the analyst wrote. “We believe Ethernet is a winning technology, but think most of the spoils will go to Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ: NVDA),” he added.

“While ANET will continue to compete with Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ: CSCO) in Enterprise, the primary Data Center competitor is now Nvidia, which has significant advantages over Arista,” Genovese further wrote.

ANET Price Action: Shares of Arista Networks had declined by 6.48% to $277.35 at the time of publication on Friday.

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Mar 2022Wells FargoUpgradesEqual-WeightOverweight
Feb 2022Morgan StanleyMaintainsEqual-Weight
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