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Arista Networks (Arista Networks) Graham Number : $51.22 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Arista Networks Graham Number?

Graham Number is a figure that measures a stock's fundamental value by taking into account the company's earnings per share and book value per share. The Graham number is the upper bound of the price range that a defensive investor should pay for the stock. According to the theory, any stock price below the Graham number is considered undervalued, and thus worth investing in.

As of today (2024-04-25), the stock price of Arista Networks is $254.77. Arista Networks's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $51.22. Therefore, Arista Networks's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 4.97.

The historical rank and industry rank for Arista Networks's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

ANET' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.18   Med: 3.6   Max: 5.39
Current: 4.97

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Arista Networks was 5.39. The lowest was 2.18. And the median was 3.60.

ANET's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
92.37% of 1586 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.48 vs ANET: 4.97

Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation. It is a very conservative way of valuing a stock.


Arista Networks Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Arista Networks's Graham Number 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 Graham Number Chart

Arista Networks Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 23.32 21.02 26.66 37.20 58.58

Arista Networks Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Graham Number Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 37.49 42.03 46.90 45.39 51.22

Competitive Comparison of Arista Networks's Graham Number

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, Arista Networks's Price-to-Graham-Number, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Graham-Number 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 Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Arista Networks's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Arista Networks's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Arista Networks Graham Number Calculation

Graham Number is a concept based on Ben Graham's conservative valuation of companies.

Arista Networks's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*21.976*6.94)
=58.58

Arista Networks's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*21.976*5.306)
=51.22

* 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.


Arista Networks  (NYSE:ANET) Graham Number Explanation

Ben Graham actually did not publish a formula like this. But he wrote in The Intelligent Investor (1948 version) regarding to the criteria for purchases:

Current price should not be more than 15 times average earnings of the past three years.

Current price should not be more than 1.5 times the book value last reported. However, a multiplier of earnings below 15 could justify a correspondingly higher multiplier of assets. As a rule of thumb we suggest that the product of the multiplier times the ratio of price to book value should not exceed 22.5. (This figure corresponds to 15 times earnings and 1.5 times book value. It would admit an issue selling at only 9 times earnings and 2.5 times asset value, etc.)

Unlike valuation methods such as DCF or Discounted Earnings, the Graham number does not take growth into the valuation. Unlike the valuation methods based on book value alone, it takes into account the earnings power. Therefore, the Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation.

In general, the Graham number is a very conservative way of valuing a stock. It cannot be applied to companies with negative book values.

Arista Networks's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=254.77/51.22
=4.97

* 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.


Be Aware

Please keep these in mind:

1. Graham Number does not take growth into account. Therefore it underestimates the values of the companies that have good earnings growth. We feel that if the earnings per share grows more than 10% a year, Graham Number underestimates the value.
2. Graham Number punishes the companies that have temporarily low earnings. Therefore, an average of earnings makes more sense in the calculation of Graham Number.
3. Graham Numbers underestimates companies that are light with book.


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Arista Networks (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.
Executives
Yvonne Wassenaar director C/O FORRESTER RESEARCH, INC., 60 ACORN PARK DRIVE, CAMBRIDGE MA 02140
Jayshree Ullal director, officer: President and CEO C/O ARISTA NETWORKS, INC., 5453 GREAT AMERICA PARKWAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Kenneth Duda officer: SVP and CTO C/O ARISTA NETWORKS, INC., 5453 GREAT AMERICA PARKWAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
John F Mccool officer: Chief Platform Officer, C/O ARISTA NETWORKS, 5453 GREAT AMERICA PARKWAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Charles H Giancarlo director 170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE, SAN JOSE X1 95134
Marc Taxay officer: SVP and General Counsel 5453 GREAT AMERICA PARKWAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Ita M Brennan officer: SVP & Chief Financial Officer 5453 GREAT AMERICA PARKWAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Kelly Bodnar Battles director 5453 GREAT AMERICA PARKWAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Anshul Sadana officer: SVP, Customer Engineering C/O ARISTA NETWORKS, INC., 5453 GREAT AMERICA PARKWAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Andreas Bechtolsheim director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Development Officer C/O ARISTA NETWORKS, INC., 5453 GREAT AMERICA PARKWAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Ann Mather director
Lewis Chew director DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC., 1275 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Daniel Scheinman director C/O ARISTA NETWORKS, INC., 5453 GREAT AMERICA PARKWAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Nikos Theodosopoulos director C/O ARISTA NETWORKS, INC., 5453 GREAT AMERICA PARKWAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Manuel Felix Rivelo officer: SVP, Chief Customer Officer 2312 MAGNOLIA BLVD. WEST, SEATTLE WA 98199