Quantitative Investment Management LLC boosted its holdings in Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO - Free Report) by 97.0% during the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 31,418 shares of the network equipment provider's stock after acquiring an additional 15,469 shares during the period. Quantitative Investment Management LLC's holdings in Cisco Systems were worth $1,938,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Navigoe LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Cisco Systems during the 4th quarter worth about $26,000. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC purchased a new position in Cisco Systems during the fourth quarter worth about $26,000. JDM Financial Group LLC increased its position in shares of Cisco Systems by 160.4% during the fourth quarter. JDM Financial Group LLC now owns 487 shares of the network equipment provider's stock valued at $29,000 after acquiring an additional 300 shares during the last quarter. Pandora Wealth Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Cisco Systems during the first quarter valued at about $31,000. Finally, Fairway Wealth LLC raised its stake in shares of Cisco Systems by 224.7% in the 1st quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC now owns 578 shares of the network equipment provider's stock valued at $36,000 after acquiring an additional 400 shares during the period. 73.33% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Cisco Systems Price Performance
Shares of NASDAQ CSCO traded up $1.25 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $68.39. The company had a trading volume of 28,302,545 shares, compared to its average volume of 22,277,354. The stock has a market capitalization of $270.82 billion, a PE ratio of 26.10, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.84 and a beta of 0.91. The company has a current ratio of 1.01, a quick ratio of 0.92 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49. Cisco Systems, Inc. has a twelve month low of $47.85 and a twelve month high of $72.55. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $68.29 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $63.64.
Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 13th. The network equipment provider reported $0.99 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.98 by $0.01. The company had revenue of $14.67 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $14.63 billion. Cisco Systems had a return on equity of 27.02% and a net margin of 18.45%.The business's revenue for the quarter was up 7.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $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. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Cisco Systems, Inc. will post 3.04 earnings per share for the current year.
Cisco Systems Announces Dividend
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 22nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.41 per share. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 3rd. Cisco Systems's payout ratio is 62.60%.
Insider Activity at Cisco Systems
In other news, EVP Deborah L. Stahlkopf sold 9,783 shares of Cisco Systems stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $66.60, for a total value of $651,547.80. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 161,662 shares of the company's stock, valued at $10,766,689.20. The trade was a 5.71% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Charles Robbins sold 30,557 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated 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 sale, the chief executive officer owned 639,000 shares of the company's stock, valued at $42,576,570. The trade was a 4.56% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 135,118 shares of company stock valued at $8,847,167 over the last three months. Insiders own 0.01% of the company's stock.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
A number of research firms recently weighed in on CSCO. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on shares of Cisco Systems from $67.00 to $70.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday, July 18th. HSBC restated a "hold" rating and set a $69.00 price target on shares of Cisco Systems in a research note on Friday, August 15th. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on Cisco Systems from $75.00 to $83.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Thursday, August 14th. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a "buy" rating and issued a $87.00 price objective on shares of Cisco Systems in a report on Thursday, August 14th. Finally, Evercore ISI lifted their price objective on Cisco Systems from $72.00 to $74.00 and gave the company an "in-line" rating in a research note on Thursday, August 14th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have given a Buy rating and ten have given a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $74.53.
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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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