** Shares of networking equipment provider Arista Networks ANET.N rise 2.7% to $137.18 premarket
** Piper Sandler upgrades ANET to "overweight" from "neutral"; raises PT to $159 from $145, a 19% upside to stock's last close
** While concerns remain around share shifts toward whitebox/NVIDIA and the AI-driven capex cycle, ANET continues to hold its position with key customers, expand in large enterprise accounts across datacenters and campuses, and typically experiences delayed capex compared to peers - Piper Sandler
** 26 analysts rate stock "buy" on average; median PT is $164 - data compiled by LSEG
** As of last close, ANET up ~2% in the past 12 months
(Reporting by Akriti Shah in Bengaluru)
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