Arista Networks (ANET) Beats On Q1 Earnings, Revenues Up Y/Y

 | May 07, 2018 11:15PM ET

Arista Networks Inc. (NYSE:ANET) delivered first-quarter 2018 non-GAAP earnings of $1.66 per share, comfortably surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.52 per share. The figure also soared 78.5% on a year-over-year basis.

Revenues of $472.5 million surged 40.8% from the year-ago quarter and outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $461 million. Further, the figure came ahead of management’s guidance of $450-$468 million.

Product revenues (86.3% of total revenues) surged 39.9% to $407.6 million. Service revenues (13.7% of total revenues) rose 47.1% to $64.9 million.

Arista is benefiting from strong demand of the ‘Cloud Titans’ vertical which was also the top revenue contributor for the first quarter followed by ‘Enterprises’, ‘Service providers and Cloud specialized providers’ and ‘Financials’ in the second, third and fourth positions, respectively. Its existing products Flexroute and CloudVision have aided revenue growth in the first quarter.

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