Compare Stocks: CSCO, EXTR, XLK, and PANW

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CSCO Cisco Systems	$109.85 -3.3%	$111.88	$68.57 ▼ $130.37	$433.09B	0.99	22.27 million shs	20.80 million shs
EXTR Extreme Networks	$22.40 -0.3%	$22.71	$13.48 ▼ $33.73	$2.96B	1.76	1.93 million shs	925,213 shs
PANW Palo Alto Networks	$370.27 -1.3%	$372.88	$139.57 ▼ $432.33	$302.88B	0.93	8.18 million shs	5.31 million shs
XLK Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund	$189.19 -0.7%	$189.93	$126.68 ▼ $203.25	$124.73B	1.34	13.05 million shs	13.57 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CSCO Cisco Systems	-1.24%	-3.19%	+3.25%	+3.63%	+65.51%
EXTR Extreme Networks	-4.38%	-8.70%	+3.84%	-24.53%	+12.75%
PANW Palo Alto Networks	-5.54%	-7.53%	+0.29%	+5.95%	+80.69%
XLK Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund	-2.98%	-5.44%	+3.34%	+7.27%	+35.29%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CSCO Cisco Systems	$109.85 -3.3%	$111.88	$68.57 ▼ $130.37	$433.09B	0.99	22.27 million shs	20.80 million shs
EXTR Extreme Networks	$22.40 -0.3%	$22.71	$13.48 ▼ $33.73	$2.96B	1.76	1.93 million shs	925,213 shs
PANW Palo Alto Networks	$370.27 -1.3%	$372.88	$139.57 ▼ $432.33	$302.88B	0.93	8.18 million shs	5.31 million shs
XLK Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund	$189.19 -0.7%	$189.93	$126.68 ▼ $203.25	$124.73B	1.34	13.05 million shs	13.57 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CSCO Cisco Systems	-1.24%	-3.19%	+3.25%	+3.63%	+65.51%
EXTR Extreme Networks	-4.38%	-8.70%	+3.84%	-24.53%	+12.75%
PANW Palo Alto Networks	-5.54%	-7.53%	+0.29%	+5.95%	+80.69%
XLK Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund	-2.98%	-5.44%	+3.34%	+7.27%	+35.29%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
CSCO Cisco Systems	2.85	Moderate Buy	$128.52	17.00% Upside
EXTR Extreme Networks	2.67	Moderate Buy	$32.25	43.97% Upside
PANW Palo Alto Networks	2.78	Moderate Buy	$393.02	6.14% Upside
XLK Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund	2.81	Moderate Buy	$189.28	0.05% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest CSCO, EXTR, XLK, and PANW Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
10/15/2026	PANW Palo Alto Networks	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$410.00 ➝ $440.00
10/12/2026	PANW Palo Alto Networks	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Overweight	$475.00 ➝ $525.00
10/8/2026	PANW Palo Alto Networks	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Hold (C-) ➝ Hold (C)
10/2/2026	EXTR Extreme Networks	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Hold (C-) ➝ Sell (D+)
10/2/2026	PANW Palo Alto Networks	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$400.00 ➝ $440.00
9/30/2026	CSCO Cisco Systems	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
9/30/2026	CSCO Cisco Systems	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Initiated Coverage	Market Perform	$110.00
9/28/2026	PANW Palo Alto Networks	BTIG Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Buy	$404.00 ➝ $425.00
9/22/2026	CSCO Cisco Systems	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$132.00 ➝ $125.00
9/21/2026	PANW Palo Alto Networks	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Set Price Target	Overweight	$394.00 ➝ $410.00
9/17/2026	PANW Palo Alto Networks	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform	$253.00 ➝ $351.00

(Data available from 10/15/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
CSCO Cisco Systems	$63.33B	6.84	$4.14 per share	26.56	$12.75 per share	8.62
EXTR Extreme Networks	$1.28B	2.31	$0.79 per share	28.43	$0.68 per share	32.94
PANW Palo Alto Networks	$11.48B	26.38	$3.44 per share	107.75	$33.73 per share	10.98
XLK Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
CSCO Cisco Systems	$13.27B	$3.34	32.89	22.89	2.40	20.95%	30.16%	11.69%	11/11/2026 (Estimated)
EXTR Extreme Networks	$42.12M	$0.31	72.26	21.96	1.55	3.28%	88.88%	6.32%	12/31/2026 (Confirmed)
PANW Palo Alto Networks	$307M	$0.51	726.03	133.67	11.43	2.67%	8.50%	4.35%	11/18/2026 (Estimated)
XLK Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	35.59	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest CSCO, EXTR, XLK, and PANW Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
11/11/2026	Q1 2027	CSCO Cisco Systems	$1.33	N/A	N/A	N/A	$18.11 billion	N/A
10/28/2026	Q1 2027	EXTR Extreme Networks	$0.2784	N/A	N/A	N/A	$336.76 million	N/A
9/1/2026	Q4 2026	PANW Palo Alto Networks	$0.9780	$1.02	+$0.0420	-$0.35	$3.35 billion	$3.41 billion
8/12/2026	Q4 2026	CSCO Cisco Systems	$1.17	$1.22	+$0.05	$0.97	$16.84 billion	$17.25 billion
8/5/2026	Q4 2026	EXTR Extreme Networks	$0.29	$0.32	+$0.03	$0.13	$332.49 million	$338.55 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
CSCO Cisco Systems	$1.68	1.53%	+2.60%	50.30%	13 Years
EXTR Extreme Networks	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
PANW Palo Alto Networks	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
XLK Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund	$0.83	0.44%	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest CSCO, EXTR, XLK, and PANW Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/12/2026	CSCO Cisco Systems	quarterly	$0.42	1.5%	10/2/2026	10/2/2026	10/21/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
CSCO Cisco Systems	0.39	0.93	0.79
EXTR Extreme Networks	1.63	0.93	0.81
PANW Palo Alto Networks	0.06	0.87	0.87
XLK Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CSCO Cisco Systems	73.33%
EXTR Extreme Networks	91.05%
PANW Palo Alto Networks	79.82%
XLK Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CSCO Cisco Systems	0.01%
EXTR Extreme Networks	3.20%
PANW Palo Alto Networks	1.40%
XLK Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
CSCO Cisco Systems	82,400	3.94 billion	3.94 billion	Optionable
EXTR Extreme Networks	2,894	132.17 million	127.94 million	Optionable
PANW Palo Alto Networks	21,921	818.00 million	806.55 million	Optionable
XLK Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	659.26 million	N/A	Not Optionable

CSCO, EXTR, XLK, and PANW Headlines

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October 7, 2026 | etftrends.comE

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October 7, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

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XLK Hits New All-Time High as Tech Triumphs

October 6, 2026 | etftrends.comE

Sector Update: Tech Stocks Lean Lower Premarket Monday

October 5, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Notable tech headlines for the week: Micron, Nvidia, Accenture in focus

October 3, 2026 | msn.com

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September 18, 2026 | zacks.com

Sector Update: Tech Stocks Mixed Premarket Friday

September 18, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Why XLK’s next rebalance won’t fix its massive concentration problem

September 18, 2026 | msn.com

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CSCO, EXTR, XLK, and PANW Company Descriptions

Cisco Systems NASDAQ:CSCO

$109.85 -3.79 (-3.34%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

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$109.60 -0.25 (-0.23%)

As of 04:24 PM Eastern

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; wireless products include wireless access points and controllers; and compute portfolio including the cisco unified computing system, hyperflex, and software management capabilities, which combine computing, networking, and storage infrastructure management and virtualization. In addition, it provides Internet for the future product consists of routed optical networking, 5G, silicon, and optics solutions; collaboration products, such as meetings, collaboration devices, calling, contact center, and communication platform as a service; end-to-end security product consists of network security, cloud security, security endpoints, unified threat management, and zero trust; and optimized application experiences products including full stack observability and network assurance. 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.

Extreme Networks NASDAQ:EXTR

$22.40 -0.06 (-0.27%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

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$22.41 +0.01 (+0.04%)

As of 04:10 PM Eastern

Extreme Networks, Inc. delivers cloud-driven networking solutions that leverage the powers of machine learning, artificial intelligence, analytics, and automation. The company designs, develops, and manufactures wired and wireless network infrastructure equipment and develops the software for network management, policy, analytics, security, and access controls. Over 50,000 customers globally trust their end-to-end, cloud-driven networking solutions and rely on our top-rated services and support to accelerate their digital transformation efforts.

Palo Alto Networks NASDAQ:PANW

$370.27 -4.77 (-1.27%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

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$370.57 +0.30 (+0.08%)

As of 04:25 PM Eastern

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. provides cybersecurity solutions worldwide. The company offers firewall appliances and software; and Panorama, a security management solution for the global control of network security platform as a virtual or a physical appliance. It also provides subscription services covering the areas of threat prevention, malware and persistent threat, URL filtering, laptop and mobile device protection, DNS security, Internet of Things security, SaaS security API, and SaaS security inline, as well as threat intelligence, and data loss prevention. In addition, the company offers cloud security, secure access, security operations, and threat intelligence and security consulting; professional services, including architecture design and planning, implementation, configuration, and firewall migration; education services, such as certifications, as well as online and in-classroom training; and support services. It sells its products and services through its channel partners, as well as directly to medium to large enterprises, service providers, and government entities operating in various industries, including education, energy, financial services, government entities, healthcare, Internet and media, manufacturing, public sector, and telecommunications. Palo Alto Networks, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund NYSEARCA:XLK

$189.19 -1.24 (-0.65%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$189.00 -0.19 (-0.10%)

As of 04:24 PM Eastern

The Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund is an exchange-traded fund that aims to track, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Technology Select Sector Index. The index is designed to represent the technology companies within the S&P 500 and provides concentrated exposure to industries such as software, semiconductors, IT services, communications equipment, and technology hardware.

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