Is Arista Networks Stock As Expensive As It Looks?

Arista Networks (ANET) stock trades at 58.3 times its last twelve months of adjusted earnings, which add back stock-based pay after tax. That is a high price for one year of profit, and it is why the stock looks expensive. The picture changes against the profit forecast for this year and next. Here is that same share price, set against the profit Arista is forecast to earn in fiscal 2026 and fiscal 2027.