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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001596532-21-000253"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ANET"
cik: "0001596532"
company_name: "Arista Networks, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-08-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T23:56:49.052465+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Arista Q2 revenue $707.3M (+30.8% YoY); GAAP EPS $2.47, guides Q3 $725-745M

## Summary
- Revenue $707.3M, up 6% QoQ and 30.8% YoY; GAAP net income $196.9M ($2.47 diluted EPS).
- Non-GAAP net income $216.8M ($2.72 diluted EPS), up from $167.0M in Q2 2020.
- GAAP gross margin 64.2%; non-GAAP gross margin 65.2%; both improved YoY.
- Cumulative cloud ports shipped exceeded 50M; launched SwitchApp ultra-low latency switch and CloudVision 2021.
- Q3 2021 guidance: revenue $725-745M; non-GAAP gross margin 63-65%; non-GAAP op margin ~37%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001596532-21-000253
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ANET
- cik: 0001596532
- company_name: Arista Networks, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-08-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596532/000159653221000253/0001596532-21-000253-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596532/000159653221000253/anet-20210802.htm

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