Arista Networks soars as it beats on Q4 EPS and revenue, gives upbeat sales guidance
Arista Networks, which sells equipment and software used to run and monitor data center networks, reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings and sales after the close of trading on Thursday.
Arista shares were up about 9% in the after-hours session.
Here’s what the switch and router maker reported:
Adjusted earnings per share of $0.82 vs. Wall Street expectations for $0.76, according to FactSet.
Sales of $2.49 billion vs. an expected $2.38 billion, per FactSet data.
A non-GAAP Q4 gross margin, a measure of how profitable a company’s core products are to produce, of 63.4% vs. previous guidance of 62% to 63%.
Guidance for Q1 sales of approximately $2.6 billion vs. the $2.46 billion expected on Wall Street.
Guidance for a Q1 non-GAAP gross margin of between 62% and 63% vs. the 63% FactSet forecast.