Thinking Through the Introduction of the 7060XE7 Series 1.6T Networking Platform

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Thinking Through the Introduction of the 7060XE7 Series 1.6T Networking Platform

June 9, 2026

VALUATION METHODOLOGY

Our Target Price is based on a price/earnings multiple. We assess future earnings growth, operating margins, free cash flow

generation and returns on capital employed when determining whether a company is deserving of higher or lower multiples.

RISKS

1) Macro: We expect IT vendors to be impacted during periods of economic contraction, 2) Indexed toward cloud capex:

cloud/hyperscale companies account for the vast majority of ANET’s business and the lumpiness in infrastructure investments from

ANET’s customers could create inconsistency, 3) Competition: other networking vendors gaining traction in high speed datacenter

networking.

COMPANIES UNDER COVERAGE BY AUTHOR

Price Evercore ISI

Symbol Company Rating (2026-09-06) Target

AAPL Apple Inc Outperform $301.54 $365.00

ACN Accenture plc Outperform $174.43 $250.00

ANET Arista Networks, Inc. Outperform $156.40 $200.00

APH Amphenol Corporation Outperform $143.60 $180.00

CDW CDW Corporation Outperform $134.81 $160.00

CIEN Ciena Corporation In Line $466.67 $550.00

CRWV CoreWeave, Inc. Outperform $102.37 $150.00

CSCO Cisco Systems, Inc. Outperform $124.15 $150.00

Cognizant Technology Solutions

CTSH Corporation Outperform $52.99 $70.00

DELL Dell Technologies Inc Outperform $400.77 $450.00

FFIV F5, Inc. Outperform $396.19 $475.00

HPE Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. Outperform $49.87 $70.00

HPQ HP Inc In Line $25.38 $25.00

International Business Machines

IBM Corporation Outperform $280.82 $310.00

INGM Ingram Micro Holding Corporation In Line $29.53 $26.00

KRMN Karman Holdings Inc. Outperform $49.64 $100.00

MSI Motorola Solutions, Inc. Outperform $406.80 $525.00

NTAP NetApp, Inc. In Line $170.31 $170.00