Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO)

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Key Metrics & Ratings

  • symbol CSCO
  • Rev/Share 13.9721
  • Book/Share 11.5386
  • PB 5.9193
  • Debt/Equity 0.6374
  • CurrentRatio 0.9513
  • ROIC 0.1148

 

  • MktCap 270468000000.0
  • FreeCF/Share 3.216
  • PFCF 21.1254
  • PE 27.7678
  • Debt/Assets 0.2444
  • DivYield 0.0296
  • 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
Initiation CSCO Wolfe Research -- Peer Perform -- -- July 8, 2025
Initiation CSCO KeyBanc Capital Markets -- Overweight -- $77 June 26, 2025
Upgrade CSCO Deutsche Bank Hold Buy -- $73 June 16, 2025
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

News

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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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.
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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?
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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?
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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
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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?
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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
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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?
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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?
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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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Cisco To Participate in Upcoming Events with the Financial Community
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Published: February 27, 2025 by: PRNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

SAN JOSE, Calif. , Feb 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced that it will participate in the following events with the financial community: No new financial information will be discussed at these events Mobile World Congress, Barcelona Monday, March 3, and Tuesday, March 4, 2025 Financial Analyst / Investor Meetings Cisco Representatives: Kevin Wollenweber, SVP/GM, Cisco Networking – Data Center and Provider Connectivity Gordon Thomson, VP, Service Provider, EMEA Morgan Stanley TMT Conference, San Francisco Tuesday, March 4, 2025 Investor Meetings Cisco Representative: Martin Lund, EVP, Common Hardware Group 1st Annual BNP Paribas Exane TMT Conference, London …

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Cisco Expands Partnership with NVIDIA to Accelerate AI Adoption in the Enterprise
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Published: February 25, 2025 by: PRNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

Bringing together two of the most utilized networking portfolios, Cisco Silicon One and NVIDIA Spectrum-X, will offer enterprises unmatched flexibility and choice in AI data center investments News Summary: Today, Cisco and NVIDIA announced the intent to create a cross-portfolio unified architecture to simplify building AI-ready data center networks. NVIDIA will enable Cisco Silicon One coupled with NVIDIA SuperNICs to become part of the NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet networking platform.

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Cisco Achieves Milestone FedRAMP Authorization for Meraki Cloud Networking Platform
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Published: February 25, 2025 by: PRNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

News Summary Cisco Meraki has received FedRAMP authorization at the Moderate Impact Level. Cisco Meraki for Government empowers public sector customers with a cloud-managed networking platform that meets their needs.

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Woods: Old tech stocks like IBM, Cisco, and AT&T are making a comeback
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Published: February 21, 2025 by: CNBC Television
Sentiment: Positive

Jay Woods, Chief Global Strategist at Freedom Capital Markets, highlights market volatility and the comeback of old tech stocks like IBM, Cisco, and AT&T.

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About Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO)

  • IPO Date 1990-02-16
  • Website https://www.cisco.com
  • Industry Communication Equipment
  • CEO 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.