Brokers Offer Predictions for Cisco Systems FY2025 Earnings

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO - Free Report) - Stock analysts at KeyCorp issued their FY2025 earnings estimates for Cisco Systems in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, June 25th. KeyCorp analyst B. Nispel anticipates that the network equipment provider will post earnings of $3.05 per share for the year. KeyCorp has a "Overweight" rating and a $77.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Cisco Systems' current full-year earnings is $3.04 per share. KeyCorp also issued estimates for Cisco Systems' Q4 2025 earnings at $0.79 EPS.

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, May 14th. The network equipment provider reported $0.96 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.92 by $0.04. Cisco Systems had a net margin of 17.60% and a return on equity of 26.48%. The firm had revenue of $14.15 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $14.05 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.88 earnings per share. Cisco Systems's revenue was up 11.4% compared to the same quarter last year.

A number of other equities analysts have also weighed in on the stock. New Street Research reiterated a "neutral" rating and issued a $70.00 price target on shares of Cisco Systems in a report on Friday, May 16th. Piper Sandler raised their target price on shares of Cisco Systems from $60.00 to $64.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 15th. Citigroup raised their target price on shares of Cisco Systems from $68.00 to $71.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 15th. Evercore ISI raised their target price on shares of Cisco Systems from $67.00 to $72.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 15th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised shares of Cisco Systems from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $65.00 to $73.00 in a research note on Monday, June 16th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, fourteen have given a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $69.53.

Cisco Systems Stock Down 0.4%

Shares of CSCO opened at $68.65 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $271.85 billion, a PE ratio of 28.02, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.11 and a beta of 0.88. The company's fifty day moving average is $62.57 and its two-hundred day moving average is $61.12. Cisco Systems has a fifty-two week low of $44.50 and a fifty-two week high of $69.22. The company has a quick ratio of 0.87, a current ratio of 0.95 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50.

Cisco Systems Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 23rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, July 3rd will be issued a $0.41 dividend. This represents a $1.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.39%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 3rd. Cisco Systems's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 66.94%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Cisco Systems

In other Cisco Systems news, EVP Thimaya K. Subaiya sold 8,726 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $65.54, for a total transaction of $571,902.04. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 174,669 shares of the company's stock, valued at $11,447,806.26. The trade was a 4.76% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CFO Richard Scott Herren sold 15,678 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $65.52, for a total transaction of $1,027,222.56. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 309,543 shares in the company, valued at $20,281,257.36. This trade represents a 4.82% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 97,335 shares of company stock valued at $6,271,054 in the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.01% of the company's stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Cisco Systems

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Cisco Systems by 0.5% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 388,949,854 shares of the network equipment provider's stock valued at $24,002,095,000 after acquiring an additional 1,865,648 shares during the period. FMR LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Cisco Systems by 20.8% during the 4th quarter. FMR LLC now owns 77,216,513 shares of the network equipment provider's stock worth $4,571,218,000 after buying an additional 13,285,052 shares during the period. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Cisco Systems during the 4th quarter worth $3,297,905,000. Northern Trust Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Cisco Systems by 11.4% during the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 47,238,258 shares of the network equipment provider's stock worth $2,796,505,000 after buying an additional 4,832,813 shares during the period. Finally, Invesco Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of Cisco Systems by 10.4% during the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 47,117,146 shares of the network equipment provider's stock worth $2,907,599,000 after buying an additional 4,437,450 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 73.33% of the company's stock.

About Cisco Systems

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.

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