10 Best Low Leverage Stocks to Buy

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6. Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE:ANET)

On May 15, 2026, Raymond James analyst Simon Leopold upgraded Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE:ANET) to Outperform from Market Perform with a $164 price target. The firm said Arista’s revenue growth profile is expected to improve in 2027 and beyond as the company expands into newer applications such as scale-across networking and gains additional share in AI backend and campus networking markets. The firm further added that emerging AI-related growth trends tied to inference and reasoning workloads appear well aligned with Arista’s strengths. The firm believes increasingly distributed AI clusters are driving greater volumes and unpredictability in east-west traffic, increasing the importance of intelligent networking solutions.

Truist analyst Matthew Niknam also raised the firm’s price target on Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE:ANET) to $175 from $161 while maintaining a Buy rating on the shares. The firm said Arista’s Q1 results reflected accelerating revenue growth and viewed the stock’s weakness following earnings as an attractive buying opportunity.

On May 5, 2026, Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE:ANET) reported Q1 adjusted EPS of 87c, versus the consensus estimate of 81c. Revenue totaled $2.71B, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.62B. Chairperson and CEO Jayshree Ullal said the company delivered a strong start to 2026, supported by both financial performance and Arista’s industry-leading net promoter score. Ullal added that the company remains well-positioned to address growing demand for secure networking solutions spanning client, campus, cloud, and AI infrastructure environments.

Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE:ANET) develops and sells cloud and AI-focused networking solutions for data center, campus, and routing applications across global markets.

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