Capital Advisors Inc. OK Boosts Holdings in Cisco Systems, Inc. $CSCO

Key Points

• Capital Advisors Inc. OK increased its holdings in Cisco Systems by 2.2%, owning 774,928 shares worth approximately $53.76 million after purchasing an additional 16,955 shares in Q2.
• Cisco reported a 7.6% revenue increase year-over-year, achieving $14.67 billion with earnings per share at $0.99, slightly surpassing the expected $0.98.
• The company announced a quarterly dividend of $0.41 per share, with a dividend yield of 2.4%, payable on October 22nd to shareholders on record by October 3rd.

Capital Advisors Inc. OK increased its holdings in Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO - Free Report) by 2.2% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 774,928 shares of the network equipment provider's stock after purchasing an additional 16,955 shares during the period. Capital Advisors Inc. OK's holdings in Cisco Systems were worth $53,765,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Comprehensive Financial Consultants Institutional Inc. lifted its holdings in Cisco Systems by 1.9% in the 2nd quarter. Comprehensive Financial Consultants Institutional Inc. now owns 28,146 shares of the network equipment provider's stock worth $1,953,000 after purchasing an additional 535 shares in the last quarter. Relyea Zuckerberg Hanson LLC increased its stake in Cisco Systems by 6.6% in the 2nd quarter. Relyea Zuckerberg Hanson LLC now owns 31,697 shares of the network equipment provider's stock worth $2,199,000 after acquiring an additional 1,968 shares during the last quarter. Belpointe Asset Management LLC increased its stake in Cisco Systems by 5.8% in the 2nd quarter. Belpointe Asset Management LLC now owns 60,090 shares of the network equipment provider's stock worth $4,169,000 after acquiring an additional 3,311 shares during the last quarter. Berkshire Money Management Inc. bought a new stake in Cisco Systems in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $200,000. Finally, Valley National Advisers Inc. increased its stake in Cisco Systems by 1.3% in the 2nd quarter. Valley National Advisers Inc. now owns 13,456 shares of the network equipment provider's stock worth $933,000 after acquiring an additional 176 shares during the last quarter. 73.33% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Cisco Systems Price Performance

Shares of CSCO stock opened at $67.92 on Monday. Cisco Systems, Inc. has a twelve month low of $52.11 and a twelve month high of $72.55. The stock has a market capitalization of $268.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.92, a P/E/G ratio of 2.85 and a beta of 0.97. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $68.10 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $64.62. The company has a current ratio of 1.00, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49.

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, August 13th. The network equipment provider reported $0.99 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.01. Cisco Systems had a return on equity of 27.06% and a net margin of 18.45%.The business had revenue of $14.67 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $14.63 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.87 EPS. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 7.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Cisco Systems has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.970-0.990 EPS. FY 2026 guidance at 4.000-4.060 EPS. On average, analysts predict that Cisco Systems, Inc. will post 3.04 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Cisco Systems Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 22nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 3rd will be issued a $0.41 dividend. This represents a $1.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.4%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 3rd. Cisco Systems's dividend payout ratio is currently 62.60%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

CSCO has been the topic of a number of research reports. Wolfe Research initiated coverage on Cisco Systems in a research note on Tuesday, July 8th. They issued a "peer perform" rating on the stock. Evercore ISI lifted their price objective on Cisco Systems from $72.00 to $74.00 and gave the stock an "in-line" rating in a research note on Thursday, August 14th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on Cisco Systems from $73.00 to $78.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. Barclays lifted their price objective on Cisco Systems from $66.00 to $71.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Thursday, August 14th. Finally, Morgan Stanley boosted their target price on Cisco Systems from $67.00 to $70.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday, July 18th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have given a Buy rating and ten have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $74.53.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Cisco Systems news, EVP Oliver Tuszik sold 17,526 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Friday, September 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $67.95, for a total value of $1,190,891.70. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 198,855 shares in the company, valued at approximately $13,512,197.25. This represents a 8.10% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Charles Robbins sold 30,557 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Friday, August 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $66.63, for a total value of $2,036,012.91. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 639,000 shares of the company's stock, valued at $42,576,570. This represents a 4.56% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 82,965 shares of company stock worth $5,559,996. 0.01% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Cisco Systems Company Profile

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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