Martin Capital Partners LLC lifted its position in Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO - Free Report) by 224.9% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 120,196 shares of the network equipment provider's stock after buying an additional 83,206 shares during the quarter. Cisco Systems comprises 3.3% of Martin Capital Partners LLC's investment portfolio, making the stock its 6th largest holding. Martin Capital Partners LLC's holdings in Cisco Systems were worth $8,339,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC bought a new position in shares of Cisco Systems during the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. JDM Financial Group LLC increased its position in Cisco Systems by 160.4% during the fourth quarter. JDM Financial Group LLC now owns 487 shares of the network equipment provider's stock worth $29,000 after buying an additional 300 shares during the last quarter. Pandora Wealth Inc. bought a new position in Cisco Systems during the first quarter valued at about $31,000. Nova Wealth Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Cisco Systems in the first quarter worth about $31,000. Finally, Fairway Wealth LLC lifted its position in shares of Cisco Systems by 224.7% in the first quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC now owns 578 shares of the network equipment provider's stock worth $36,000 after buying an additional 400 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 73.33% of the company's stock.
Insider Buying and Selling at Cisco Systems
In other Cisco Systems news, EVP Thimaya K. Subaiya sold 7,511 shares of Cisco Systems stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $66.84, for a total transaction of $502,035.24. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 161,467 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $10,792,454.28. The trade was a 4.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, SVP Maria Victoria Wong sold 428 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $68.25, for a total value of $29,211.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 30,619 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,089,746.75. This represents a 1.38% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 88,099 shares of company stock worth $5,851,765 in the last 90 days. 0.01% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
A number of brokerages have recently commented on CSCO. Hsbc Global Res lowered Cisco Systems from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, August 15th. CICC Research began coverage on Cisco Systems in a report on Monday, July 14th. They set an "outperform" rating and a $78.00 price target on the stock. KeyCorp initiated coverage on shares of Cisco Systems in a research note on Thursday, June 26th. They issued an "overweight" rating and a $77.00 price objective for the company. Morgan Stanley raised their target price on shares of Cisco Systems from $67.00 to $70.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Friday, July 18th. Finally, Barclays lifted their target price on shares of Cisco Systems from $66.00 to $71.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a report on Thursday, August 14th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have issued a Buy rating and ten have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $74.53.
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Cisco Systems Trading Down 1.7%
Cisco Systems stock opened at $66.53 on Monday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $68.24 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $64.00. The company has a quick ratio of 0.91, a current ratio of 1.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49. Cisco Systems, Inc. has a 12 month low of $49.67 and a 12 month high of $72.55. The stock has a market cap of $263.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.39, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.80 and a beta of 0.99.
Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 13th. The network equipment provider reported $0.99 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.98 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $14.67 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $14.63 billion. Cisco Systems had a return on equity of 27.06% and a net margin of 18.45%.Cisco Systems's quarterly revenue was up 7.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.87 earnings per share. Cisco Systems has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.970-0.990 EPS. FY 2026 guidance at 4.000-4.060 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Cisco Systems, Inc. will post 3.04 EPS for the current year.
Cisco Systems Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 22nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 3rd will be issued a dividend of $0.41 per share. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 3rd. Cisco Systems's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 62.60%.
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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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