Arista (ANET) Shares Higher After Jim Cramer Said It Made Sense In January 2025

Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE:ANET) is one of the Jim Cramer’s Biggest Quantum Computing & Data Center Stock Hits.

Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE:ANET) provides routers, switches, and other products and services to data centers. Its shares are up by 32% over the past year and by 12.9% since Cramer’s comments. Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE:ANET) has been one of Cramer’s top stocks when it comes to the data center sector. Throughout 2025, the CNBC TV host repeatedly praised the firm’s CEO and advised viewers against going against the stock. In November, Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE:ANET)’s shares closed 8.6% lower on November 5th following the firm’s third-quarter earnings report. In the quarter, the firm earned $2.31 billion in revenue and $0.75 in earnings per share to beat analyst estimates of $2.27 billion and $0.71. The shares, like other AI and data center stocks, struggled in November during a period characterized by uncertainty about AI stocks, according to media reports. Cramer was optimistic about Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE:ANET) as early as January 2025:

“Then Arista, well you know Arista’s the one a lot of people feel, that’s Jayshree Ullal, Jayshree, that’s the plumbing for data centers. So that makes a lot of sense. Jayshree is a very compelling figure in terms of, even more than Broadcom, in the data center.”

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