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Brian Colello

Arista Still Grows Among Cloud Titans, but Foresees Modest Margin Deterioration; Maintain $207 FVE

Arista Networks reported impressive first-quarter results that were slightly better than our expectations, but its second-quarter forecast points to modest gross margin and operating margin deleverage. Management had expected the quarter’s growth to not be quite up to par with its recent 50% year-over-year growth streak, but the firm’s 41% growth in the March quarter was quite impressive. Arista still appears to be the preferred networking vendor for hyperscale cloud titans. We will maintain our...
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Arista Networks Inc.

Arista Networks is engaged in providing cloud networking solutions, which consist of its Extensible Operating System (EOS), a set of network applications and its Ethernet switching and routing platforms. The programmability of EOS enable the company to create a set of software applications that address the requirements of cloud networking, including workflow automation, network visibility and analytics, and enable the company to integrate with third-party applications for virtualization, management, automation, orchestration and network services. EOS supports cloud and virtualization solutions, including VMware NSX, Microsoft System Center, OpenStack and other cloud management frameworks.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Brian Colello

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