Arista Networks, Inc. Q3 FY2023 Earnings Call

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Arista Networks Q3 2023 Earnings Summary

Quarter Highlights
  • Revenue: 1.51 billion dollars, up 28.3% year-over-year and above guidance of 1.45–1.5 billion.
  • Non‑GAAP EPS: 1.83 dollars, up 46.4% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin: 63.1%, improving from 61.3% in Q2 and above 62% guidance.
  • Operating Income: 696.2 million dollars, 46.1% of revenue.
  • Net Income: 581.4 million dollars, 38.5% of revenue.
  • Services and subscription software revenue: 16.8% of total revenue, up from 15.2% in Q2.
  • International revenue: 21.5% of total, up from 20.9% in Q2.
Balance Sheet and Cash Flow
  • Cash, equivalents, and investments: approximately 4.5 billion dollars.
  • Operating cash flow: 699 million dollars, supported by strong earnings and higher deferred revenue.
  • Inventory: flat at 1.9 billion dollars; inventory turns declined slightly from 1.2 to 1.1.
  • Deferred revenue: grew to 1.195 billion dollars from 1.085 billion in Q2.
  • Purchase commitments declined to 2 billion dollars from 2.2 billion in Q2.
  • No share repurchases in Q3; 144.5 million dollars remain authorized.
Customer and Market Dynamics
  • Arista raises full‑year 2023 growth outlook from 25% to 33% year‑over‑year.

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Operator: Welcome to the Third Quarter 2023 Arista Networks Financial Results Earnings Conference Call. During the call, all participants will be in a listen-only mode. After the presentation, we will conduct a question-and-answer session. [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, 2023. 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 2023 fiscal year, longer-term financial outlook for 2024 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 time, product innovation, worki

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