Arista Networks, Inc. Q3 FY2022 Earnings Call

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Quarter Overview

  • Record quarterly revenue of $1.177 billion, up 57% year-over-year and above guidance of $1.025–$1.075 billion.
  • Non-GAAP EPS of $1.25, up ~69% from the prior year.
  • Cloud Titan customers (primarily Microsoft and Meta) drove significant upside; expected to represent ~45% of 2022 revenue (versus ~30% in 2021).
  • Services and subscription software contributed 16.3% of revenue (down from 17.6% in Q2 due to faster product revenue growth).
  • International revenue was 17% of total, down from 20% in Q2, reflecting stronger U.S. cloud Titan activity.

Margins and Profitability

  • Gross margin was 61.2%, slightly above midpoint of 60–62% guidance but below historical levels due to:
    • Higher cloud Titan mix (lower margin profile).
    • Elevated broker component sourcing and expedite fees.
  • Operating margin was 41.8% of revenue, supported by scale despite supply chain costs.
  • Management reiterated gross margin pressure will persist into 2023.

Operational Highlights

  • Strong progress and wider deployments among cloud Titans across:
    • AI clusters, backbone, WAN, DCI, and edge use cases.
    • Expanded adoption of 400Gb networking, with 400Gb customers projected to double again in 2022.

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Operator: Welcome to the Third Quarter 2022 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 third quarter ending September 30, 2022. If you would like a copy of the 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 fourth quarter of the 2022 fiscal year, longer term financial outlook for 2022 and beyond, our total addressable market and strategy for addressing these market opportunities, supply chain constraints, component costs, manufacturing capacity, inventory purchases and inflationary pressures on our business, the potential impact of COVID-19, extended lead times, product innovations and the benefits of acquisitions, which are subject to the risks and uncertainties that we discuss in detail in our documents filed with th

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