Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO)

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Key Metrics & Ratings

  • symbol CSCO
  • Rev/Share 13.9721
  • Book/Share 11.5386
  • PB 5.5778
  • Debt/Equity 0.6374
  • CurrentRatio 0.9513
  • ROIC 0.1148

 

  • MktCap 254865600000.0
  • FreeCF/Share 3.3888
  • PFCF 18.8915
  • PE 26.166
  • Debt/Assets 0.2444
  • DivYield 0.025
  • ROE 0.215

 

  • Rating B+
  • Score 3
  • Recommendation Neutral
  • P/E Score 2
  • DCF Score 4
  • P/B Score 2
  • D/E Score 1

Recent Analyst Ratings

Type Ticker Analyst Firm Previous Rating Current Rating Previous Price Target Current Price Target Date
Downgrade CSCO New Street Buy Neutral -- $70 May 16, 2025
Upgrade CSCO Wells Fargo Equal Weight Overweight -- $75 May 15, 2025
Upgrade CSCO Cleveland Research Neutral Buy -- -- May 9, 2025
Upgrade CSCO DZ Bank Hold Buy -- -- Feb. 18, 2025
Upgrade CSCO Rosenblatt Neutral Buy $66 $80 Feb. 13, 2025
Upgrade CSCO Exane BNP Paribas Neutral Outperform -- $72 Jan. 28, 2025
Reiterated CSCO Citigroup -- Buy $64 $68 Jan. 17, 2025
Upgrade CSCO Melius Hold Buy $66 $73 Jan. 6, 2025
Upgrade CSCO Citigroup Neutral Buy $52 $62 Oct. 16, 2024
Upgrade CSCO HSBC Securities Hold Buy $46 $58 Aug. 16, 2024

News

Cisco Announces New Strategic AI Initiatives in the Middle East
CSCO
Published: May 13, 2025 by: PRNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

News Summary: Cisco to join HUMAIN's alliance to build Saudi Arabia's future AI Infrastructure. Cisco and G42 extend their strategic partnership to drive AI innovation across the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the United States.

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Buy, Sell or Hold Cisco Systems Stock? Key Tips Ahead of Q3 Earnings
CSCO
Published: May 12, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

CSCO's third-quarter fiscal 2025 performance is likely to reflect improving demand in the networking domain and strong growth in the Security business.

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Earnings Calendar: 7 Market-Moving Stocks Every Investor Should Watch Closely This Week
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Published: May 12, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Neutral

The bulk of earnings season is over, but there are still plenty of stocks to issue their quarterly results.

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Seeking Clues to Cisco (CSCO) Q3 Earnings? A Peek Into Wall Street Projections for Key Metrics
CSCO
Published: May 09, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral

Get a deeper insight into the potential performance of Cisco (CSCO) for the quarter ended April 2025 by going beyond Wall Street's top -and-bottom-line estimates and examining the estimates for some of its key metrics.

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Cisco Systems (CSCO) Earnings Expected to Grow: What to Know Ahead of Next Week's Release
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Published: May 07, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Cisco (CSCO) possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

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Cisco Study Reveals Alarming Deficiencies in Security Readiness
CSCO
Published: May 07, 2025 by: PRNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

News Summary: Cybersecurity readiness remains alarmingly low as only 4% of organizations worldwide have achieved a mature level of readiness. Organizations continue to struggle with the complexities introduced by AI, with 86% having experienced AI-related security incidents in the last year.

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Cisco says it has a new chip that can make quantum computing useful more quickly
CSCO
Published: May 06, 2025 by: Market Watch
Sentiment: Positive

The company announced a new quantum lab and a research prototype chip that it said could make quantum computing possible within the next decade.

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Cisco Systems Introduces New Quantum Chip, Opens Lab Facility
CSCO
Published: May 06, 2025 by: WSJ
Sentiment: Positive

The new quantum network entanglement chip works with existing fiber-optic infrastructure and is ready for scalable system deployment.

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Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) is Attracting Investor Attention: Here is What You Should Know
CSCO
Published: May 05, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Zacks.com users have recently been watching Cisco (CSCO) quite a bit. Thus, it is worth knowing the facts that could determine the stock's prospects.

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Will Cisco (CSCO) Beat Estimates Again in Its Next Earnings Report?
CSCO
Published: May 01, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Cisco (CSCO) has an impressive earnings surprise history and currently possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely beat in its next quarterly report.

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Cisco Schedules Conference Call for Q3 Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Results
CSCO
Published: May 01, 2025 by: PRNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

SAN JOSE, Calif. , May 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) has scheduled a conference call for Wednesday, May 14, 2025, at 1:30 PM (PT); 4:30 PM (ET) to announce its third quarter fiscal year 2025 financial results for the period ending Saturday, April 26, 2025.

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CallTower Enhances Flexibility and Productivity for Modern Workforces with Webex Go by Cisco
CSCO
Published: May 01, 2025 by: GlobeNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

Webex Go with CallTower Will Enable Seamless Enterprise Calling on Mobile Devices Webex Go with CallTower Will Enable Seamless Enterprise Calling on Mobile Devices

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These 2 Computer and Technology Stocks Could Beat Earnings: Why They Should Be on Your Radar
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Published: April 28, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Finding stocks expected to beat quarterly earnings estimates becomes an easier task with our Zacks Earnings ESP.

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Cisco Continues to Drive Innovation to Reimagine Security for the AI Era
CSCO
Published: April 28, 2025 by: PRNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

News Summary: New Cisco innovations address the complexities for security professionals to embrace the AI era in today's dynamic threat landscape Cisco XDR and Splunk Security advancements simplify threat detection and response with cutting edge agentic AI Cisco and ServiceNow deepen partnership to ensure customers can efficiently adopt and scale AI securely Launch of Foundation AI democratizes AI security with novel open-source tools, including the first reasoning model built to enhance security applications SAN FRANCISCO , April 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- RSA CONFERENCE 2025 -- Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today made several transformative innovation and partnership announcements that will help security …

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Cisco and ServiceNow Partner to Simplify and Secure AI Adoption for Businesses at Scale
CSCO, NOW
Published: April 28, 2025 by: PRNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

News Summary: Cisco and ServiceNow deepen partnership to ensure customers can adopt and scale AI securely and efficiently. Companies will bring portfolios closer together to help enterprises evolve their organizations as they embrace AI.

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Why Investors Need to Take Advantage of These 2 Computer and Technology Stocks Now
CSCO, FTNT
Published: April 24, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

The Zacks Earnings ESP is a great way to find potential earnings surprises. Why investors should take advantage now.

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Arista Networks vs. Cisco: Which Networking Stock is a Better Bet?
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Published: April 15, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral

CSCO appears to be a better investment option compared to ANET at the moment.

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Is Cisco (CSCO) a Buy as Wall Street Analysts Look Optimistic?
CSCO
Published: April 15, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Investors often turn to recommendations made by Wall Street analysts before making a Buy, Sell, or Hold decision about a stock. While media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm employed (or sell-side) analysts often affect a stock's price, do they really matter?

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DGII vs. CSCO: Which Stock Is the Better Value Option?
CSCO, DGII
Published: April 09, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Investors looking for stocks in the Computer - Networking sector might want to consider either Digi International (DGII) or Cisco Systems (CSCO). But which of these two companies is the best option for those looking for undervalued stocks?

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Tech Stocks Have Suffered Market Shocks Before. What History Says Is Next.
ANET, CSCO, GOOG, GOOGL, MSFT, NVDA
Published: April 07, 2025 by: Barrons
Sentiment: Negative

Microsoft, Amazon.com and Alphabet are among the technology companies that could face disruption from tariffs, according to Melius Research.

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21 Upcoming Dividend Increases To Finish Q1
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Published: March 26, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

The lists were created using the U.S. Dividend Champions spreadsheet and NASDAQ data, ensuring companies have at least five years of dividend growth. My investment strategy focuses on buying, holding, and adding to companies with consistent dividend growth and outperformance relevant to certain benchmarks. Top-performing stocks include MPWR, STLD, and JPM. Top REITs include CTR, FR, and REXR for their impressive returns and dividend growth rates.

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Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) Is a Trending Stock: Facts to Know Before Betting on It
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Published: March 26, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Zacks.com users have recently been watching Cisco (CSCO) quite a bit. Thus, it is worth knowing the facts that could determine the stock's prospects.

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DGII or CSCO: Which Is the Better Value Stock Right Now?
CSCO, DGII
Published: March 24, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Investors with an interest in Computer - Networking stocks have likely encountered both Digi International (DGII) and Cisco Systems (CSCO). But which of these two stocks is more attractive to value investors?

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Cisco Unveils AI Factory With NVIDIA: Is CSCO Stock a Buy or Hold?
CSCO
Published: March 24, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Cisco Systems is benefiting from an expanding security and AI portfolio despite challenging macroeconomic conditions and stretched valuation.

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Top 3 Unified Communication as a Service Providers to Buy in 2025
CSCO, CXDO, RNG
Published: March 17, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Here are three tech stocks, RNG, CSCO and CXDO, that are poised to benefit from the growing demand for Unified Communication as a Service in 2025.

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Cisco Paves the Way with Agentic AI Collaboration
CSCO
Published: March 17, 2025 by: PRNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

Cisco unveils new Webex AI solutions that predict and automate customer and employee experiences News summary: Furthering Cisco's agentic AI journey, Cisco expands its Collaboration portfolio to include the general availability of Webex AI Agent to improve customer experiences. With new Cisco AI Assistant for Webex Contact Center updates and Webex AI Agent availability, Cisco is transforming contact centers into customer experience centers.

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Why Is Cisco (CSCO) Down 6.5% Since Last Earnings Report?
CSCO
Published: March 14, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Negative

Cisco (CSCO) reported earnings 30 days ago. What's next for the stock?

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Brokers Suggest Investing in Cisco (CSCO): Read This Before Placing a Bet
CSCO
Published: March 10, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral

Investors often turn to recommendations made by Wall Street analysts before making a Buy, Sell, or Hold decision about a stock. While media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm employed (or sell-side) analysts often affect a stock's price, do they really matter?

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Cisco, Nvidia, Arista Tackle Tariff Turmoil: Who's Best Positioned?
ANET, CSCO, NVDA
Published: March 10, 2025 by: Benzinga
Sentiment: Neutral

Tariffs, federal spending cuts and CoWoS (Chip-on-Wafer-on-Substrate) slowdowns are shaking up the hardware and networking sector. JPMorgan analyst Samik Chatterjee weighs in on which stocks are best equipped to weather the storm.

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DGII vs. CSCO: Which Stock Is the Better Value Option?
CSCO, DGII
Published: March 06, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Investors interested in Computer - Networking stocks are likely familiar with Digi International (DGII) and Cisco Systems (CSCO). But which of these two stocks presents investors with the better value opportunity right now?

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About Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO)

  • IPO Date 1990-02-16
  • Website https://www.cisco.com
  • Industry Communication Equipment
  • CEO Mr. Charles H. Robbins
  • Employees 90400

Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells Internet Protocol based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology industry in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, Japan, and China. The company also offers switching portfolio encompasses campus switching as well as data center switching; enterprise routing portfolio interconnects public and private wireline and mobile networks, delivering highly secure, and reliable connectivity to campus, data center and branch networks; and wireless products include indoor and outdoor wireless coverage designed for seamless roaming use of voice, video, and data applications. In addition, it provides security, which comprising network security, identity and access management, secure access service edge, and threat intelligence, detection, and response offerings; collaboration products, such as Webex Suite, collaboration devices, contact center, and communication platform as a service; end-to-end collaboration solutions that can be delivered from the cloud, on-premise or within hybrid cloud environments allowing customers to transition their collaboration solutions from on-premise to the cloud; and observability offers network assurance, monitoring and analytics and observability suite. Further, the company offers a range of service and support options for its customers, including technical support and advanced services and advisory services. It serves businesses of various sizes, public institutions, governments, and service providers. The company sells its products and services directly, as well as through systems integrators, service providers, other resellers, and distributors. Cisco Systems, Inc. has strategic alliances with other companies. Cisco Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.