Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO)

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Key Metrics & Ratings

  • symbol CSCO
  • Rev/Share 14.3066
  • Book/Share 11.829
  • PB 6.0943
  • Debt/Equity 0.6328
  • CurrentRatio 0.9978
  • ROIC 0.1196

 

  • MktCap 284958890977.0
  • FreeCF/Share 3.3556
  • PFCF 21.4448
  • PE 27.3105
  • Debt/Assets 0.2424
  • DivYield 0.0226
  • ROE 0.2278

 

  • 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

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
APD, CMCSA, CPT, CSCO, CTRE, CUBE, EQR, ESS, FR, FSV, GL, GNTY, INDB, JPM, MPWR, NTR, NYT, OFG, REXR, RNP, SCHD, STLD, VNQ, WTW
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?
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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?
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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Cisco To Participate in Upcoming Events with the Financial Community
CSCO
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 Achieves Milestone FedRAMP Authorization for Meraki Cloud Networking Platform
CSCO
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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Cisco Expands Partnership with NVIDIA to Accelerate AI Adoption in the Enterprise
CSCO
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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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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These 2 Tech Giants Just Declared Dividend Raises
CSCO, META
Published: February 20, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Positive

We're in the throes of 2025's first earnings season, and like any earnings season, a host of companies declared dividend increases alongside their quarterly fundamentals. While the growth-focused tech sector has never exactly been a hotbed of dividend stocks, there are some attractive payouts from cash-rich companies.

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CSCO's Prospects Ride on Strong AI Push: Should You Buy the Stock?
CSCO
Published: February 19, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Cisco Systems' is benefiting from an expanding security and AI portfolio that is driving order growth.

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

Recently, Zacks.com users have been paying close attention to Cisco (CSCO). This makes it worthwhile to examine what the stock has in store.

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Stock Market This Week: META's 20-Day Win Streak, INTC & APP Soar, CSCO Earnings
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Published: February 14, 2025 by: Schwab Network
Sentiment: Positive

Wall Street ultimately closed on a green week with the exception of the RUT ending unchanged. Meta Platforms (META) shined as it continues a 20-session winning streak that's unlike any the NDX has seen.

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Cisco Roars Back: Is the Tech Giant Reborn?
CSCO
Published: February 14, 2025 by: MarketBeat
Sentiment: Positive

Cisco Systems NASDAQ: CSCO latest earnings report exceeded analyst expectations, indicating a potential resurgence for the technology company. As a result, Cisco's stock price rose to new yearly highs, and investor confidence was seemingly renewed.

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Buy, Sell, Or Hold Cisco Stock?
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Published: February 14, 2025 by: Forbes
Sentiment: Neutral

Note: Cisco's fiscal year 2024 ended on July 27, 2024.

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Cisco: A New Chapter
CSCO
Published: February 13, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Cisco Systems, Inc.'s stock has surged 20% post-earnings, driven by the Splunk acquisition and a bullish chart, signaling a new growth chapter. Revenues rose 9.4% to $14 billion, with product revenue up 11% and services up 6%, largely thanks to Splunk. Margin expansion was a key strength, with gross margins improving across all segments, boosting operating income by 15%.

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Why Cisco Systems Stock Is Gaining Today
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Published: February 13, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Positive

Cisco Systems (CSCO 2.77%) stock is climbing higher in Thursday's trading. The company's share price was up 2% as of 2 p.m.

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Cisco's AI Expansion and Cloud Growth Drive Analyst Upgrades And Price Hikes, Citing Growth Like Extreme & Juniper
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Published: February 13, 2025 by: Benzinga
Sentiment: Positive

Wall Street analysts rerated Cisco Systems, Inc CSCO for its upbeat quarterly report Wednesday amid an exciting earnings season.

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Cisco's Q2 Earnings Beat Estimates, Revenues Up Y/Y, Shares Rise
CSCO
Published: February 13, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

CSCO's second-quarter fiscal 2025 results reflect resilience amid networking sales challenges, with strong growth in security.

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What Makes Cisco Systems (CSCO) a Strong Momentum Stock: Buy Now?
CSCO
Published: February 13, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Does Cisco Systems (CSCO) have what it takes to be a top stock pick for momentum investors? Let's find out.

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Cisco Systems a Must-Buy After Impressive Q2 Fiscal 2025 Earnings
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Published: February 13, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

The launch of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Hypershield, which combines security and networking, strengthened CSCO's security portfolio.

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CSCO Accelerating A.I. Business, DE Signals Pain
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Published: February 13, 2025 by: Schwab Network
Sentiment: Positive

Cisco (CSCO) jumps higher after a strong 2Q earnings report, its 11th straight earnings beat. The company points to accelerating demand for the Cisco's A.I.

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Cisco shares rise on strong demand for AI gear as Trump tariffs weigh
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Published: February 13, 2025 by: Reuters
Sentiment: Positive

Cisco Systems shares rose 6.4% in premarket trading on Thursday after the company raised its annual revenue forecast on robust demand for its cloud networking gear, while addressing any potential impact from the latest U.S. tariffs.

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Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
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Published: February 12, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Neutral

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO ) Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call February 12, 2025 4:30 PM ET Company Participants Sami Badri - Head, Investor Relations Chuck Robbins - Chair and Chief Executive Officer Scott Herren - Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Simon Leopold - Raymond James Meta Marshall - Morgan Stanley Ben Reitzes - Melius Research Matthew Niknam - Deutsche Bank Samik Chatterjee - JPMorgan Tal Liani - BofA Securities Amit Daryanani - Evercore ISI Jim Fish - Piper Sandler David Vogt - UBS Antoine Chkaiban - New Street Research Aaron Rakers - Wells Fargo Karl …

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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.