Arista Networks, Inc. Q1 FY2023 Earnings Call

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Quarter Overview

  • Q1 2023 revenue: $1.351 billion, up 54% year-over-year and above guidance of $1.275–$1.325 billion.
  • Non-GAAP EPS: $1.43, up 70% from the prior year.
  • Non-GAAP gross margin: 60.3%, influenced by supply-chain overhead and cloud titan mix.
  • Services and subscription software: 13.5% of revenue (down from 15.8% in Q4 2022 due to faster product revenue growth).
  • International revenue: 17.5% vs. 23.5% in Q4 due to unusually strong EMEA results in the prior quarter.

Business Trends and Commentary

  • Lead times have improved significantly; customer visibility now below six months vs. up to one year during supply-chain disruption.
  • Enterprise demand holding steady; cloud titan demand expected to moderate after massive 2022 growth.
  • Arista reiterates confidence in 2023 consensus revenue growth of about 26% (up from 25% expected previously).
  • Q1 saw strong customer wins across government, education, financial services, healthcare, and media sectors.

AI and Data Center Networking

  • Arista is seeing early trials of AI networking convert to production in 2023.
  • AI workloads require lossless, predictable, high-throughput Ethernet, playing to Arista’s strengths.

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Operator: Welcome to the First Quarter 2023 Arista Networks Financial Results Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded and will be available for replay from the Investor Relations section at the Arista website following this call. Ms. Liz Stine, Arista’s Director of Investor Relations, you may begin. Liz Stine: Thank you, operator. Good afternoon, everyone and thank you for joining us. With me on today’s call are Jayshree Ullal, Arista Networks’ President and Chief Executive Officer; and Ita Brennan, Arista’s Chief Financial Officer. This afternoon, Arista Networks issued a press release announcing the results for its fiscal first quarter ending March 31, 2023. If you would like a copy of this release, you can access it online at our website. During the course of this conference call, Arista Networks management will make forward-looking statements, including those relating to our financial outlook for the second quarter of the 2023 fiscal year, longer-term financial outlook for 2023 and beyond, our total addressable market and strategy for addressing these market opportunities, including AI, customer demand trends, supply chain constraints, component costs, manufacturing output, inventory management and inflationary pressures on our business, lead times, product innovation, working capital optimization, and the benefits of acquisitions, which are subject to the risks and uncertainties that we discussed in detail in our

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