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Arista Networks (MEX:ANET) Piotroski F-Score : 6 (As of Jul. 14, 2025)


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What is Arista Networks Piotroski F-Score?

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Arista Networks has an F-score of 8. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

The historical rank and industry rank for Arista Networks's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

MEX:ANET' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4   Med: 6   Max: 8
Current: 6

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Arista Networks was 8. The lowest was 4. And the median was 6.


Arista Networks Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Arista Networks's Piotroski F-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Arista Networks Piotroski F-Score Chart

Arista Networks Annual Data
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Piotroski F-Score
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Arista Networks Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Arista Networks's Piotroski F-Score

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, Arista Networks's Piotroski F-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Piotroski F-Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Arista Networks's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Arista Networks's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Arista Networks's Piotroski F-Score falls into.


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How is the Piotroski F-Score calculated?

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

This Year (Mar25) TTM:Last Year (Mar24) TTM:
Net Income was 12190.71 + 14727.124 + 16705.332 + 16648.883 = MXN60,272 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 18118.875 + 23125.391 + 21501.455 + 13128.027 = MXN75,874 Mil.
Revenue was 30968.302 + 35657.873 + 40260.594 + 41014.599 = MXN147,901 Mil.
Gross Profit was 20101.055 + 22874.556 + 25673.242 + 26106.709 = MXN94,756 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar24)
to the end of this year (Mar25) was
(175093.461 + 212938.863 + 252955.83 + 292895.803 + 296942.59) / 5 = MXN246165.3094 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar24) was MXN175,093 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was MXN0 Mil.
Total Current Assets was MXN251,151 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was MXN63,862 Mil.
Net Income was 8432.827 + 9498.995 + 10416.01 + 10583.432 = MXN38,931 Mil.

Revenue was 25011.647 + 26293.059 + 26147.76 + 26079.355 = MXN103,532 Mil.
Gross Profit was 15157.419 + 16415.899 + 16961.11 + 16619.49 = MXN65,154 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar23)
to the end of last year (Mar24) was
(135963.765 + 140340.668 + 157972.587 + 169006.392 + 175093.461) / 5 = MXN155675.3746 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar23) was MXN135,964 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was MXN0 Mil.
Total Current Assets was MXN148,143 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was MXN29,592 Mil.

*Note: If the latest quarterly/semi-annual/annual total assets data is 0, then we will use previous quarterly/semi-annual/annual data for all the items in the balance sheet.

Profitability

Question 1. Return on Assets (ROA)

Net income before extraordinary items for the year divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Arista Networks's current Net Income (TTM) was 60,272. ==> Positive ==> Score 1.

Question 2. Cash Flow Return on Assets (CFROA)

Net cash flow from operating activities (operating cash flow) divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Arista Networks's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 75,874. ==> Positive ==> Score 1.

Question 3. Change in Return on Assets

Compare this year's return on assets (1) to last year's return on assets.

Score 1 if it's higher, 0 if it's lower.

ROA (This Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar24)
=60272.049/175093.461
=0.34422787

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar23)
=38931.264/135963.765
=0.28633558

Arista Networks's return on assets of this year was 0.34422787. Arista Networks's return on assets of last year was 0.28633558. ==> This year is higher. ==> Score 1.

Question 4. Quality of Earnings (Accrual)

Compare Cash flow return on assets (2) to return on assets (1)

Score 1 if CFROA > ROA, 0 if CFROA <= ROA.

Arista Networks's current Net Income (TTM) was 60,272. Arista Networks's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 75,874. ==> 75,874 > 60,272 ==> CFROA > ROA ==> Score 1.

Funding

Question 5. Change in Gearing or Leverage

Compare this year's gearing (long-term debt divided by average total assets) to last year's gearing.

Score 0 if this year's gearing is higher, 1 otherwise.

Gearing (This Year: Mar25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar24 to Mar25
=0/246165.3094
=0

Gearing (Last Year: Mar24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar23 to Mar24
=0/155675.3746
=0

Arista Networks's gearing of this year was 0. Arista Networks's gearing of last year was 0. ==> This year is lower or equal to last year. ==> Score 1.

Question 6. Change in Working Capital (Liquidity)

Compare this year's current ratio (current assets divided by current liabilities) to last year's current ratio.

Score 1 if this year's current ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

Current Ratio (This Year: Mar25)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=251151.001/63862.317
=3.93269478

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=148142.869/29592.185
=5.00614838

Arista Networks's current ratio of this year was 3.93269478. Arista Networks's current ratio of last year was 5.00614838. ==> Last year's current ratio is higher ==> Score 0.

Question 7. Change in Shares in Issue

Compare the number of shares in issue this year, to the number in issue last year.

Score 0 if there is larger number of shares in issue this year, 1 otherwise.

Arista Networks's number of shares in issue this year was 1279.2. Arista Networks's number of shares in issue last year was 1279.4. ==> There is smaller number of shares in issue this year, or the same. ==> Score 1.

Efficiency

Question 8. Change in Gross Margin

Compare this year's gross margin (Gross Profit divided by sales) to last year's.

Score 1 if this year's gross margin is higher, 0 if it's lower.

Gross Margin (This Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=94755.562/147901.368
=0.64066725

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=65153.918/103531.821
=0.62931297

Arista Networks's gross margin of this year was 0.64066725. Arista Networks's gross margin of last year was 0.62931297. ==> This year's gross margin is higher. ==> Score 1.

Question 9. Change in asset turnover

Compare this year's asset turnover (total sales for the year divided by total assets at the beginning of the year) to last year's asset turnover ratio.

Score 1 if this year's asset turnover ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

Asset Turnover (This Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of This Year (Mar24)
=147901.368/175093.461
=0.84469955

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar23)
=103531.821/135963.765
=0.76146627

Arista Networks's asset turnover of this year was 0.84469955. Arista Networks's asset turnover of last year was 0.76146627. ==> This year's asset turnover is higher. ==> Score 1.

Evaluation

Piotroski F-Score= Que. 1+ Que. 2+ Que. 3+Que. 4+Que. 5+Que. 6+Que. 7+Que. 8+Que. 9
=1+1+1+1+1+0+1+1+1
=8

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Arista Networks has an F-score of 8. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

Arista Networks  (MEX:ANET) Piotroski F-Score Explanation

The developer of the system is Joseph D. Piotroski is relatively unknown accounting professor who shuns publicity and rarely gives interviews.

He graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.S. in accounting in 1989, received an M.B.A. from Indiana University in 1994. Five years later, in 1999, after earning a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Michigan, he became an associate professor of accounting at the University of Chicago.

In 2000, he wrote a research paper called "Value Investing: The Use of Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losers" (pdf).

He wanted to see if he can develop a system (using a simple nine-point scoring system) that can increase the returns of a strategy of investing in low price to book (referred to in the paper as high book to market) value companies.

What he found was something that exceeded his most optimistic expectations.

Buying only those companies that scored highest (8 or 9) on his nine-point scale, or F-Score as he called it, over the 20 year period from 1976 to 1996 led to an average out-performance over the market of 13.4%.

Even more impressive were the results of a strategy of investing in the highest F-Score companies (8 or 9) and shorting companies with the lowest F-Score (0 or 1).

Over the same period from 1976 to 1996 (20 years) this strategy led to an average yearly return of 23%, substantially outperforming the average S&P 500 index return of 15.83% over the same period.


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Arista Networks Business Description

Address
5453 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA, USA, 95054
Arista Networks is a networking equipment provider that primarily sells Ethernet switches and software to data centers. Its marquee product is its extensible operating system, or EOS, that runs a single image across every single one of its devices. The firm operates as one reportable segment. It has steadily gained market share since its founding in 2004, with a focus on high-speed applications. Arista counts Microsoft and Meta Platforms as its largest customers and derives roughly three quarters of its sales from North America.