Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO)

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Key Metrics & Ratings

  • symbol CSCO
  • Rev/Share 14.5844
  • Book/Share 11.8486
  • PB 6.2353
  • Debt/Equity 0.5993
  • CurrentRatio 0.9274
  • ROIC 0.1168

 

  • MktCap 291906866314.0
  • FreeCF/Share 3.3003
  • PFCF 22.3581
  • PE 28.296
  • Debt/Assets 0.2319
  • DivYield 0.0222
  • ROE 0.2231

 

  • 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
Upgrade CSCO Erste Group Hold Buy -- -- Nov. 10, 2025
Upgrade CSCO UBS Neutral Buy -- $88 Nov. 3, 2025
Downgrade CSCO HSBC Securities Buy Hold -- $69 Aug. 15, 2025
Downgrade CSCO Evercore ISI Outperform In-line -- $72 July 28, 2025
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

News

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Cisco Delivers AI Innovations across Neocloud, Enterprise and Telecom with NVIDIA
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Published: October 28, 2025 by: PRNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

Cisco offers a NVIDIA Cloud Partner-compliant reference architecture based on new data center switching solutions, providing customers ultimate flexibility as they build critical AI infrastructure. News Summary: With the new Cisco N9100 series switch, Cisco now offers neocloud and sovereign cloud customers a NVIDIA Cloud Partner-compliant reference architecture, delivering a unified operating model with the flexibility of NX-OS or SONiC.

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Pure Storage and Cisco Deliver AI Factories for the Enterprise with NVIDIA
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Published: October 28, 2025 by: PRNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

Unifying compute, storage and networking to take generative AI from pilot to production SANTA CLARA, Calif. , Oct. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Pure Storage® (NYSE: PSTG) and Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced a new FlashStack® Cisco Validated Design (CVD), adding to the collection of AI PODs, a key module within the Cisco Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA.

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AVGO vs. CSCO: Which AI Infrastructure Stock is a Buy Right Now?
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Published: October 28, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Broadcom AVGO and Cisco Systems CSCO are benefiting from strong demand for AI infrastructure, data center build-outs and an increasing cybersecurity threat landscape. Both offer high-performance networking hardware essential for connecting AI accelerators.

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Cisco Systems: Value Maxed Out, Switch Off
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Published: October 27, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Cisco Systems (CSCO) is repositioning as an AI infrastructure leader, but fundamentals and valuation do not support the current bullish narrative. Despite strong Q4 results and AI-driven order growth, CSCO's long-term operating metrics, cash flow, and margins show little real improvement. The Splunk acquisition appears expensive, with high stock-based compensation and limited bottom-line growth, raising concerns about shareholder value.

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Strong Portfolio Aids Cisco's Security Revenues: More Upside Ahead?
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Published: October 24, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

CSCO's Splunk acquisition, along with Hypershield and XDR solutions, boosts its security revenues.

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Published: October 24, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

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City of Los Angeles, LA Nonprofits Partner with Cisco to Launch New Community Wi-Fi
CSCO
Published: October 23, 2025 by: PRNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

Driven by public-private partnership, the City of Los Angeles, Cisco and a network of LA nonprofits unveil new public Wi-Fi, addressing previous gaps in internet access and equipping LA's public infrastructure ahead of major events. News Summary: Los Angeles residents, businesses and visitors can now access free public Wi-Fi along the Crenshaw Corridor, addressing gaps in internet access and furthering opportunities for employment, education and community engagement.

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Splunk Report Shows Observability is a Business Catalyst for AI Adoption, Customer Experience, and Product Innovation
CSCO
Published: October 21, 2025 by: PRNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

Findings show observability boosts employee productivity for nearly three‑quarters of respondents, and for nearly two‑thirds, it drives revenue growth and helps shape product roadmaps News Summary The global Splunk State of Observability 2025 report reveals observability insights are guiding key business decisions in customer experience, product roadmap forecasting, and brand perception. Nearly half of those surveyed say monitoring AI workloads has made their jobs more challenging, presenting an opportunity to train practitioners on essential expertise.

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Pindrop Brings Advanced AI Fraud Detection Across Communication Channels with Webex by Cisco
CSCO
Published: October 20, 2025 by: Business Wire
Sentiment: Neutral

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pindrop, a global leader in voice authentication, fraud and deepfake detection, today announced a strategic partnership with Webex by Cisco, a leading provider of collaboration technologies powering customer and employee experiences, to bring Pindrop's enterprise-grade solutions to the Webex Suite and Webex Contact Center. Through this partnership, Cisco customers will gain access to Pindrop's full suite of enterprise-grade solutions, including passive voice biometric.

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Is Trending Stock Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) a Buy Now?
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Published: October 17, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

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Cisco Trades Near 52-Week High: Is the CSCO Stock Still a Buy?
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Published: October 16, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

CSCO's AI surge, NVIDIA partnership, and expanding security portfolio fuel optimism for sustained growth despite networking headwinds.

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Cisco rolls out chip designed to connect AI data centers over vast distances
CSCO
Published: October 08, 2025 by: Reuters
Sentiment: Positive

Cisco Systems launched on Wednesday a new networking chip designed to connect artificial intelligence data centers, with the cloud computing units of Microsoft and Alibaba enrolling as the chip's customers.

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DGII or CSCO: Which Is the Better Value Stock Right Now?
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Published: October 07, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral

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Published: October 06, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

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Cisco ‘Strongly Recommends' Software Update to Address High-Risk Vulnerability
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Published: September 25, 2025 by: PYMNTS
Sentiment: Negative

Cisco released software updates Wednesday (Sept. 24) that address a vulnerability that could leave affected devices open to denial of service (DoS) and remote code execution attacks.

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Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) is Attracting Investor Attention: Here is What You Should Know
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Published: September 23, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

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OKTA vs. Cisco Systems: Which Cybersecurity Stock Has an Edge?
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Published: September 18, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

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Federated Wireless and Cisco Validate Standard Power Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7 for Commercial Use in North America
CSCO
Published: September 16, 2025 by: GlobeNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Federated Wireless and Cisco have successfully validated and deployed Standard Power Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7 in enterprise environments across the U.S. and Canada.

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MEDIA ALERT: Cisco's WebexOne Event Spotlights Global AI Brands and Ryan Reynolds, Acclaimed Actor, Film Producer, and Entrepreneur
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Published: September 15, 2025 by: PRNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

Customer speakers include CarShield Founder, President and COO Steve Proetz; Topgolf Director of Global Technology Delivery Doug Klausen; GetixHealth CTO David Stuart; HD Supply Vice President of IT Emil DiMotta III and more, along with Cisco partners and leaders SAN JOSE, Calif. , Sept. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced its luminary customers and partners headlining WebexOne, Cisco's annual AI Collaboration and Customer Experience event, taking place from September 28 – October 1, 2025 in San Diego.

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Published: September 12, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

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Published: September 10, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Negative

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Fortinet vs. Cisco: Which Networking Security Stock Has Better Upside?
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Published: September 04, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

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Published: September 03, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Neutral

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Cisco's Security Portfolio Gains Traction: A Sign of More Upside?
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Published: September 01, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

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Published: September 01, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

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Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) Presents at Deutsche Bank's 2025 Technology Conference Transcript
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Published: August 28, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Neutral

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO ) Deutsche Bank's 2025 Technology Conference August 28, 2025 11:00 AM ET Company Participants Jeetendra I. Patel - President & Chief Product Officer Mark Patterson - Executive VP & CFO Conference Call Participants Tony Kerrison - Unidentified Company Tony Kerrison Well, good morning, everybody.

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Cisco Rides AI Boom With $2B Orders: Can It Sustain the Growth Curve?
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Published: August 26, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

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Published: August 25, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

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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.