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Arista Networks insiders sold $1.44B in the past 12 months. How much of their stake is that?

About 18% overall. As a group they still hold 95% of their starting shares. These figures leave out Andreas Bechtolsheim, the largest holder (most holdings were last confirmed in 2014).

Updated Oct 9, 2026 from SEC filings · covers Oct 10, 2025 to Oct 9, 2026
How this comparesMore of their stake sold than at 351 of the 416 other companies we can measure (#66 of 417)See ranking
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buyers among officers and directors, past 12 months
100%
of sales were under disclosed trading plans, past 12 months
8 of 12
officers and directors sold shares, past 12 months
Recent activity · past 30 days, Sep 10, 2026 to Oct 9, 2026
Oct 6, 20262 executives sold 462K shares ($97.9M) under a disclosed trading plan. That is 1.8% of each person's total stake held that day.
WhoSharesPrice% of total stakeTotal stake afterTrade dateFiled
Jayshree Ullal
CEO and Chairperson, Director
460,374$212.091.8%25.30MOct 6, 2026Oct 8, 2026
Chantelle Breithaupt
Senior Vice President, CFO
1,224$215.001.8%69KOct 6, 2026Oct 8, 2026

"% of total stake" is the shares in this event against all the vested shares the person held that day, across every share class and holding entity, after that day's vesting. "n/a" means the person's holdings don't reconcile, or the row is a purchase. "Holdings record incomplete" means more shares were sold than the filings show the person held that day, so a percentage would be wrong.

Oct 1, 2026Mark Templeton sold 5K shares ($1.0M) under a disclosed trading plan. That is 3.9% of the total stake held that day.
WhoSharesPrice% of total stakeTotal stake afterTrade dateFiled
Mark Templeton
Director
5,000$204.373.9%124KOct 1, 2026Oct 5, 2026

"% of total stake" is the shares in this event against all the vested shares the person held that day, across every share class and holding entity, after that day's vesting. "n/a" means the person's holdings don't reconcile, or the row is a purchase. "Holdings record incomplete" means more shares were sold than the filings show the person held that day, so a percentage would be wrong.

Sep 25, 2026Jayshree Ullal sold 63K shares ($13.2M) under a disclosed trading plan. That is 0.2% of the total stake held that day.
WhoSharesPrice% of total stakeTotal stake afterTrade dateFiled
Jayshree Ullal
CEO and Chairperson, Director
62,622$211.400.2%25.76MSep 25, 2026Sep 29, 2026

"% of total stake" is the shares in this event against all the vested shares the person held that day, across every share class and holding entity, after that day's vesting. "n/a" means the person's holdings don't reconcile, or the row is a purchase. "Holdings record incomplete" means more shares were sold than the filings show the person held that day, so a percentage would be wrong.

Sep 21, 2026Kenneth Duda sold 33K shares ($6.8M) under a disclosed trading plan. That is 1.2% of the total stake held that day. 17K shares came in from vesting or option exercises the same day, so the holding fell by 16K net.
WhoSharesPrice% of total stakeTotal stake afterTrade dateFiled
Kenneth Duda
President and CTO, Director
33,333$203.501.2%2.65MSep 21, 2026Sep 23, 2026

"% of total stake" is the shares in this event against all the vested shares the person held that day, across every share class and holding entity, after that day's vesting. "n/a" means the person's holdings don't reconcile, or the row is a purchase. "Holdings record incomplete" means more shares were sold than the filings show the person held that day, so a percentage would be wrong.

Sep 17, 2026Andreas Bechtolsheim sold 300K shares ($59.7M) under a disclosed trading plan. That is 0.2% of the total stake held that day.
WhoSharesPrice% of total stakeTotal stake afterTrade dateFiled
Andreas Bechtolsheim
10% owner
300,000$198.950.2%180.54MSep 17, 2026Sep 21, 2026

"% of total stake" is the shares in this event against all the vested shares the person held that day, across every share class and holding entity, after that day's vesting. "n/a" means the person's holdings don't reconcile, or the row is a purchase. "Holdings record incomplete" means more shares were sold than the filings show the person held that day, so a percentage would be wrong.

Is this normal? Less than usual: about half of the 5-year average. 8 insiders sold; the average is 9 a year. Year by year
Latest filing: Filed Oct 8 for a sale on Oct 6. Jayshree Ullal sold 460K shares ($97.6M) under a disclosed plan. Filing
123 SEC ownership filings in the period · See the evidence

What stands out

Charles Giancarlo sold 30% of vested holdings: 80K shares for $12.1M, all under a disclosed plan.Largest sale, Nov 3, 2025
Kelly Battles sold 1.7K shares (20% of starting holdings), but 3.5K more vested, so the stake grew (from 8.4K to 10K).Largest sale, Aug 21, 2026
Selling rose in the last 90 days but the year remains well below the 5-year average: officers and directors sold 3.94M shares, against an average of 1.29M per 90 days earlier in the period. Most of it was Jayshree Ullal (2.21M shares in the last 90 days) and Andreas Bechtolsheim (1.61M shares in the last 90 days); 100% of these sales were under disclosed plans.Jayshree Ullal: largest recent sale, Aug 5, 2026 · Andreas Bechtolsheim: largest recent sale, Aug 6, 2026

Percentages cover 8 of 12 officers and directors. 4 are left out

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Left out: Andreas Bechtolsheim (most holdings were last confirmed in 2014); Jayshree Ullal (most holdings were last confirmed in 2015); Chantelle Breithaupt (most of their shares vested during the period, so a percentage would mislead); Todd Nightingale (held no vested shares at the start).
Disclosed company stock is not an insider's whole wealth.

Who sold, and how much of their stake

Officers and directors, past 12 months. Each bar is 100% of that person's own stake; not comparable between people. The stake is the vested shares held at the start of the period (Oct 9, 2025); the gold part is what they sold.

SoldRest of starting stake
Jayshree Ullal
CEO and Chairperson, Director
Sold $764M (plan status beside the amount). Share of stake not shown: most holdings were last confirmed in 2015. Why
$764MDisclosed plan
Andreas Bechtolsheim
10% owner
Sold $579M (plan status beside the amount). Share of stake not shown: most holdings were last confirmed in 2014. Why
$579MDisclosed plan
Kenneth Duda
President and CTO, Director
19% · $76.3MDisclosed plan
Charles Giancarlo
Director
30% · $12.1MDisclosed plan
Chantelle Breithaupt
Senior Vice President, CFO
Sold $2.1M (plan status beside the amount). That is 16% of the shares held or received (after tax withholding) during the period†. A share of the starting stake is not shown: most of these shares arrived during the period. Why
$2.1MDisclosed plan
All 8 sellers

Selling by month

Officers and directors, Oct 2025 to Oct 2026. Each sale is counted once: under a disclosed plan, else to cover taxes, else no plan disclosed.

Disclosed planOne dollar scale for every month; the tallest bar is labeled
Oct 2025: $6.6M under a disclosed planOctNov 2025: $10.2M under a disclosed planNovDec 2025: $6.7M under a disclosed planDecJan 2026: $7.0M under a disclosed planJanFeb 2026: $8.3M under a disclosed planFebMar 2026: $7.7M under a disclosed planMarApr 2026: $226M under a disclosed planAprMay 2026: $76.5M under a disclosed planMayJun 2026: $124M under a disclosed planJunJul 2026: $233M under a disclosed planJulAug 2026: $552M under a disclosed plan$552MAugSep 2026: $80.8M under a disclosed planSepOct 2026: $98.9M under a disclosed planOct

Outside holders, reported separately

Kenneth Duda sold $18.3M in the past 12 months. Large shareholders and the funds or companies that board members represent are not part of management, so they are left out of the figures above.

Details

Common questions

Is the Arista Networks CEO selling stock?

Yes. Jayshree Ullal sold 4.02M shares ($764M) in the past 12 months, all of it under a trading plan disclosed in the filings.

Why are Arista Networks insiders selling?

Filings rarely give a reason, and we don't guess at one. What they show is how the sales were made: 100% of sales by value ran under 10b5-1 trading plans disclosed in the filings. A trading plan schedules sales in advance.

Are any Arista Networks insiders buying?

No. Officers and directors reported no purchases in the past 12 months.

How much of their stake did Arista Networks insiders sell?

About 18% overall. As a group they still hold 95% of their starting shares. These figures leave out Andreas Bechtolsheim, the largest holder (most holdings were last confirmed in 2014). That covers the 12 months to Oct 9, 2026 and counts vested shares reported on SEC Forms 3, 4 and 5, which is not an insider's whole wealth.

The evidence

Who sold8 officers and directors: amount, % of holdings, trading plan
Who soldAmount% of holdingsTrading plan
Jayshree Ullal
CEO and Chairperson, Director
$764M
4.02M shares
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No percentage: most holdings were last confirmed in 2015.
Disclosed plan
Andreas Bechtolsheim
10% owner
$579M
3.26M shares
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No percentage: most holdings were last confirmed in 2014.
Disclosed plan
Kenneth Duda
President and CTO, Director
$76.3M
509K shares
19%Disclosed plan
Charles Giancarlo
Director
$12.1M
80K shares
30%Disclosed plan
Chantelle Breithaupt
Senior Vice President, CFO
$2.1M
13K shares
16%†
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† Most of the shares Chantelle Breithaupt sold arrived during the period, so this is shares sold as a share of the 42K held at the start plus the 78K received, less 38K withheld by the company for taxes.
Disclosed plan
Mark Templeton
Director
$2.0M
10K shares
7.7%Disclosed plan
Yvonne Wassenaar
Director
$778K
5.6K shares
45%Disclosed plan
Kelly Battles
Director
$244K
1.7K shares
20%Disclosed plan

Sold by a charitable foundation the insider reports: Foundation, reported by Kenneth Duda (sold $18.3M); Foundation, reported by Jayshree Ullal. A foundation's shares are not the insider's own stake, so they are left out of the figures above.

The full ownership picture12 of 12 insiders fully reconciled · 12 officers and directors

Vested shares across all share classes, held directly and through trusts, LLCs and family members, as reported on SEC Forms 3, 4 and 5. Unvested awards and options are never counted as owned shares.

InsiderHeld Oct 9, 2025SoldHeld Oct 9, 2026Still held
Andreas Bechtolsheim
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Most of this insider's holdings were last confirmed in 2014. Confirmed in the last three years: 180,543,048 shares. Not confirmed since: 192,000,000 shares, left out of this row. "Still held" is not shown because it would cover only the smaller, confirmed part.
10% owner
183.64M−3.26M180.54Msee note
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Andreas Bechtolsheim
+158Kshares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
none reportedunvested awards, start → end
  • Starting holdings restated for a probable stock split.
  • Additional holdings last reported more than 3 years ago are shown separately and excluded from totals.
Held throughShare classOct 9, 2025Oct 9, 2026
DirectCommon Stock413,8480
TrustCommon Stock183,228,048180,543,048

Additional holdings last reported Jun 5, 2014, not confirmed since: 192,000,000 shares. Not included in any total or percentage on this page.

Jayshree Ullal
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Most of this insider's holdings were last confirmed in 2015. Confirmed in the last three years: 25,297,341 shares. Not confirmed since: 46,828,800 shares, left out of this row. "Still held" is not shown because it would cover only the smaller, confirmed part.
CEO and Chairperson, Director
30.08M−4.02M25.30Msee note
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Jayshree Ullal
+328Kshares vested or exercised
−935Kgifted (net of own trusts)
−163Kwithheld by the company for taxes
342K → 55Kunvested awards, start → end
  • Additional holdings last reported more than 3 years ago are shown separately and excluded from totals.
  • Shares owned by Foundation are a charitable foundation's, listed separately and not counted here.
Held throughShare classOct 9, 2025Oct 9, 2026
DirectCommon Stock9,9179,917
TrustCommon Stock19,247,01015,615,010
Trust for Child 1Common Stock5,383,2074,811,207
Trust for Child 2Common Stock5,383,2074,811,207
Trust for NieceCommon Stock30,00025,000
Trust for NephewCommon Stock30,00025,000

Additional holdings last reported May 14, 2015, not confirmed since: 46,828,800 shares. Not included in any total or percentage on this page.

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options heldStrike priceExpiresIntrinsic value (estimate)
5,328$15.26Apr 12, 2028$1.1M
6,672$14.15Feb 7, 2029$1.3M

Estimate: options held × ($213.06 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Oct 6, 2026), not a market close.

Kenneth Duda
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Shares owned by Foundation are a charitable foundation's, listed separately and not counted here.
President and CTO, Director
2.74M−509K2.65M97%
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Kenneth Duda
+524Kshares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
−104Kwithheld by the company for taxes
504K → 372Kunvested awards, start → end
  • Shares owned by Foundation are a charitable foundation's, listed separately and not counted here.
Held throughShare classOct 9, 2025Oct 9, 2026
DirectCommon Stock12,97612,976
Childrens' TrustCommon Stock1,191,1681,170,918
GRAT JDCommon Stock762,035692,104
GRAT KDCommon Stock762,035690,621
TrustCommon Stock9,30381,927

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options heldStrike priceExpiresIntrinsic value (estimate)
138,668$14.15Feb 7, 2029$27.6M

Estimate: options held × ($213.06 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Oct 6, 2026), not a market close.

Charles Giancarlo
Director
262K−80K186K71%
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Charles Giancarlo
+3.5Kshares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
2.9K → 1.6Kunvested awards, start → end
Held throughShare classOct 9, 2025Oct 9, 2026
DirectCommon Stock220,6071,509
TrustCommon Stock41,784184,333
Daniel Scheinman
Director
155K0159Kno sales
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Daniel Scheinman
+3.5Kshares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
2.9K → 1.6Kunvested awards, start → end
Held throughShare classOct 9, 2025Oct 9, 2026
DirectCommon Stock155,279158,730
Mark Templeton
Director
130K−10K124K95%
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Mark Templeton
+3.5Kshares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
2.9K → 1.6Kunvested awards, start → end
Held throughShare classOct 9, 2025Oct 9, 2026
DirectCommon Stock54,95948,410
SpouseCommon Stock75,20075,200
Chantelle Breithaupt
Senior Vice President, CFO
42K−13K69Knot meaningful
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Chantelle Breithaupt
+78Kshares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
−38Kwithheld by the company for taxes
162K → 133Kunvested awards, start → end
Held throughShare classOct 9, 2025Oct 9, 2026
DirectCommon Stock41,93668,697
Lewis Chew
Director
28K032Kno sales
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Lewis Chew
+3.5Kshares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
2.9K → 1.6Kunvested awards, start → end
Held throughShare classOct 9, 2025Oct 9, 2026
DirectCommon Stock28,31931,770
Yvonne Wassenaar
Director
12K−5.6K10K83%
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Yvonne Wassenaar
+3.5Kshares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
2.9K → 1.6Kunvested awards, start → end
Held throughShare classOct 9, 2025Oct 9, 2026
DirectCommon Stock12,44710,322
Kelly Battles
Director
8.4K−1.7K10K+21%
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Kelly Battles
+3.5Kshares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
3.8K → 2.5Kunvested awards, start → end
Held throughShare classOct 9, 2025Oct 9, 2026
DirectCommon Stock8,43110,194
Robert Lavender
Director
1.6K04.6Kno sales
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Robert Lavender
+3Kshares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
5.7K → 4.8Kunvested awards, start → end
Held throughShare classOct 9, 2025Oct 9, 2026
DirectCommon Stock1,6474,607
Todd Nightingale
President and COO
0069Kno sales
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Todd Nightingale
+137Kshares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
−68Kwithheld by the company for taxes
466K → 350Kunvested awards, start → end
Held throughShare classOct 9, 2025Oct 9, 2026
DirectCommon Stock069,463

12 of 12 insiders fully reconciled: starting holdings plus reported transactions match ending holdings (12 exactly, 0 with a minor or footnoted difference). Percentages cover 8 of 12 officers and directors. Left out: Andreas Bechtolsheim (most holdings were last confirmed in 2014); Jayshree Ullal (most holdings were last confirmed in 2015); Chantelle Breithaupt (most of their shares vested during the period, so a percentage would mislead); Todd Nightingale (held no vested shares at the start). "Still held" compares ending with starting vested shares; a plus sign means the holding grew.

What explains the selling$1.44B of sales by plan status, purpose, seller and month

Officer and director open-market sales: $1.44B across 7,892,090 shares. Plan status and stated purpose are separate questions, and a sale can have both.

By plan status

Taxes

372,968 shares ($55.6M) were withheld by the company for taxes, which isn't a market sale.

SellerShares soldProceedsUnder a disclosed planShare of totalSales dates
Jayshree Ullal
CEO and Chairperson, Director
4.02M$764M100%53%Nov 25, 2025 to Oct 6, 2026
Andreas Bechtolsheim
10% owner
3.26M$579M100%40%May 22, 2026 to Sep 17, 2026
Kenneth Duda
President and CTO, Director
509K$76.3M100%5%Oct 17, 2025 to Sep 21, 2026
Charles Giancarlo
Director
80K$12.1M100%0.8%Nov 3, 2025 to Aug 3, 2026
Chantelle Breithaupt
Senior Vice President, CFO
13K$2.1M100%0.1%Apr 14, 2026 to Oct 6, 2026
Mark Templeton
Director
10K$2.0M100%0.1%Sep 8, 2026 to Oct 1, 2026
Yvonne Wassenaar
Director
5.6K$778K100%0.1%Feb 25, 2026 to May 20, 2026
Kelly Battles
Director
1.7K$244K100%0.0%Nov 21, 2025 to Aug 21, 2026

Sales by month

MonthSale proceedsDisclosed planTo cover taxesNo plan disclosed
Oct 2025$6.6M$6.6M$0$0
Nov 2025$10.2M$10.2M$0$0
Dec 2025$6.7M$6.7M$0$0
Jan 2026$7.0M$7.0M$0$0
Feb 2026$8.3M$8.3M$0$0
Mar 2026$7.7M$7.7M$0$0
Apr 2026$226M$226M$0$0
May 2026$76.5M$76.5M$0$0
Jun 2026$124M$124M$0$0
Jul 2026$233M$233M$0$0
Aug 2026$552M$552M$0$0
Sep 2026$80.8M$80.8M$0$0
Oct 2026$98.9M$98.9M$0$0
Is this normal? Selling year by year5 earlier years to compare with

Less than usual: about half of the 5-year average. 8 insiders sold; the average is 9 a year.

12 months endingShares soldInsiders who soldProceeds
Oct 9, 2026
Latest 12 months
7.89M8$1.44B
Oct 9, 2025
1 year earlier
9.06M7$1.13B
Oct 9, 2024
2 years earlier
5.66M9$404M
Oct 10, 2023
3 years earlier
3.93M9$154M
Oct 10, 2022
4 years earlier
25.17M10$739M
Oct 10, 2021
5 years earlier
30.52M12$568M

Open-market sales (Form 4 code S) by people who were officers or directors, in split-adjusted shares. Earlier years include people who have since left. A sale that an outside holder also reports (a family trust, a fund) is counted with outside holders in every year. Shares, not dollars, are compared, so a change in the stock price doesn't look like a change in selling. Years the filings don't fully cover are shown but left out of the average.

Known gaps and uncertaintyEvery officer and director reconciles

Every officer and director reconciles for this period.

Inferred rename: "Family Trust" is treated as the same holder as "Trust", because the old name was never reported again and the new one opened with the same balance (64,283,520 shares). Old name, new name

Inferred rename: "Family Trust" is treated as the same holder as "Trust", because the old name was never reported again and the new one opened with the same balance (1,173,344 shares). Old name, new name

Inferred rename: "childrens' Trust" is treated as the same holder as "Trust", because the old name was never reported again and the new one opened with the same balance (1,440,000 shares). Old name, new name

Inferred rename: "Family Trust" is treated as the same holder as "Trust", because the old name was never reported again and the new one opened with the same balance (202,609,936 shares). Old name, new name

External context: we only cite outside events when a documented connection exists. None is shown for this period.

Sources and methodology1,586 filings from SEC EDGAR, and how we read them

All 1,586 Forms 3, 4 and 5 filed for Arista Networks (SEC CIK 1596532) from Jun 5, 2014 to Oct 8, 2026, retrieved from SEC EDGAR on Oct 9, 2026. Prices are the ones reported in each filing, often weighted averages.

Probable 4-for-1 stock split on or before Nov 18, 2021 (split date stated in a footnote). Splits aren't reported as transactions; 24 holding lines changed by exactly this ratio, so earlier share counts are restated.

Probable 4-for-1 stock split on or before Dec 4, 2024 (split date stated in a footnote). Splits aren't reported as transactions; 22 holding lines changed by exactly this ratio, so earlier share counts are restated.

Holdings. Each holding line (a share class plus an owner, such as a trust or LLC) carries its last reported balance forward. Entities first reported during the period start at zero, so transfers between an insider's own trusts don't count as selling. Lines not reported for three years or more are listed separately and left out of totals.

Sales. A sale counts as under a 10b5-1 plan if its footnote cites one or the filing's Rule 10b5-1 box is checked, and as tax-related if its footnote cites tax obligations or sell-to-cover. Shares withheld by the company for taxes are listed separately. Sales with neither attribute are labeled "no plan disclosed".

Full methodology

Former or inactive filers (11)No filing in 18 months; last reported balances, not in any total
NameLast filedLast reported balance
Marc TaxayMar 5, 2025No balance on record
John McCoolFeb 28, 2025No balance on record
Anshul SadanaMay 22, 2024288,796 shares, last reported balance as of May 20, 2024
Ita BrennanDec 5, 202384,280 shares, last reported balance as of Dec 1, 2023
Nikos TheodosopoulosMay 24, 2023104,008 shares, last reported balance as of May 22, 2023
Ann MatherMay 24, 202216,400 shares, last reported balance as of May 20, 2022
Manuel RiveloNov 22, 201926,144 shares, last reported balance as of Nov 20, 2019
Marc StollMay 15, 2017No balance on record
Mark SmithFeb 17, 20173,449,776 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 15, 2017
2010 David R Cheriton Irrevocable Trust dtd July 28, 2010May 27, 2016108,207,696 shares, last reported balance as of May 27, 2016
Kelyn BrannonApr 10, 20157,728 shares, last reported balance as of Apr 8, 2015

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