Cisco Systems, Inc. $CSCO Shares Bought by Investment Advisory Services Inc. TX ADV

Key Points

• Investment Advisory Services Inc. increased its stake in Cisco Systems by 20%, now owning 29,421 shares valued at approximately $2.04 million.
• Insider sales included EVP Deborah L. Stahlkopf selling 9,783 shares and CEO Charles Robbins selling 30,557 shares, both on August 15th.
• Cisco's quarterly earnings topped expectations with $0.99 EPS and $14.67 billion in revenue, marking a 7.6% increase year-over-year.

Investment Advisory Services Inc. TX ADV raised its stake in Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO - Free Report) by 20.0% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 29,421 shares of the network equipment provider's stock after purchasing an additional 4,905 shares during the quarter. Investment Advisory Services Inc. TX ADV's holdings in Cisco Systems were worth $2,041,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Postrock Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Cisco Systems by 4.5% during the 2nd quarter. Postrock Partners LLC now owns 3,480 shares of the network equipment provider's stock valued at $241,000 after acquiring an additional 150 shares in the last quarter. Pacifica Partners Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Cisco Systems by 0.5% during the 2nd quarter. Pacifica Partners Inc. now owns 34,060 shares of the network equipment provider's stock valued at $2,338,000 after acquiring an additional 155 shares in the last quarter. Pacific Sage Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Cisco Systems by 0.9% during the 2nd quarter. Pacific Sage Partners LLC now owns 16,746 shares of the network equipment provider's stock valued at $1,162,000 after acquiring an additional 156 shares in the last quarter. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Cisco Systems by 2.9% during the 1st quarter. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC now owns 5,654 shares of the network equipment provider's stock valued at $349,000 after acquiring an additional 159 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Central Valley Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Cisco Systems by 2.6% during the 2nd quarter. Central Valley Advisors LLC now owns 6,303 shares of the network equipment provider's stock valued at $437,000 after acquiring an additional 159 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 73.33% of the company's stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Deborah L. Stahlkopf sold 9,783 shares of Cisco Systems stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $66.60, for a total value of $651,547.80. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 161,662 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $10,766,689.20. The trade was a 5.71% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Charles Robbins sold 30,557 shares of Cisco Systems stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $66.63, for a total transaction of $2,036,012.91. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 639,000 shares of the company's stock, valued at $42,576,570. This trade represents a 4.56% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders sold 82,965 shares of company stock worth $5,559,996. Corporate insiders own 0.01% of the company's stock.

Cisco Systems Price Performance

CSCO opened at $67.22 on Monday. The company has a 50-day moving average of $68.12 and a 200-day moving average of $64.36. The company has a market capitalization of $265.73 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.66, a PEG ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 0.99. Cisco Systems, Inc. has a 1-year low of $52.11 and a 1-year high of $72.55. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a current ratio of 1.00.

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO - Get Free Report) last released 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. The company had revenue of $14.67 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $14.63 billion. Cisco Systems had a net margin of 18.45% and a return on equity of 27.06%. The company's revenue was up 7.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.87 EPS. Cisco Systems has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.970-0.990 EPS. FY 2026 guidance at 4.000-4.060 EPS. Equities analysts expect that Cisco Systems, Inc. will post 3.04 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Cisco Systems Announces Dividend

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on CSCO shares. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on shares of Cisco Systems from $75.00 to $83.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Thursday, August 14th. Evercore ISI lifted their price target on shares of Cisco Systems from $72.00 to $74.00 and gave the stock an "in-line" rating in a research note on Thursday, August 14th. UBS Group lifted their price target on shares of Cisco Systems from $70.00 to $74.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 5th. Barclays lifted their price target on shares of 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, Hsbc Global Res downgraded shares of Cisco Systems from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Friday, August 15th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have assigned a Buy rating and ten have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $74.53.

Cisco Systems 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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