Cisco Systems, Inc. $CSCO Holdings Lifted by Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management N.V.

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Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management N.V. grew its stake in shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO - Free Report) by 0.6% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 880,649 shares of the network equipment provider's stock after buying an additional 5,631 shares during the period. Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management N.V.'s holdings in Cisco Systems were worth $54,345,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Navigoe LLC acquired a new position in shares of Cisco Systems during the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC acquired a new position in shares of Cisco Systems during the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. JDM Financial Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Cisco Systems by 160.4% during the 4th 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 in the last quarter. Pandora Wealth Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Cisco Systems during the 1st quarter valued at $31,000. Finally, Fairway Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Cisco Systems by 224.7% during 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 in the last quarter. 73.33% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Cisco Systems Stock Up 0.4%

Shares of Cisco Systems stock traded up $0.30 during trading on Friday, reaching $67.32. The company had a trading volume of 16,826,733 shares, compared to its average volume of 22,457,022. The company has a market cap of $266.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.69, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.85 and a beta of 0.91. The firm's fifty day moving average is $68.20 and its 200-day moving average is $63.55. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49, a quick ratio of 0.92 and a current ratio of 1.01. Cisco Systems, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $47.85 and a fifty-two week high of $72.55.

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 (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 analyst estimates of $14.63 billion. Cisco Systems had a net margin of 18.45% and a return on equity of 27.02%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 7.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business 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. On average, analysts anticipate that Cisco Systems, Inc. will post 3.04 EPS for the current year.

Cisco Systems Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 22nd. Investors 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 dividend yield of 2.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 3rd. Cisco Systems's dividend payout ratio is currently 62.60%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Cisco Systems

In related news, EVP Deborah L. Stahlkopf sold 9,783 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $66.60, for a total transaction of $651,547.80. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 161,662 shares of the company's stock, valued at $10,766,689.20. This represents a 5.71% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, SVP Maria Victoria Wong sold 475 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $68.61, for a total transaction of $32,589.75. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 34,630 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,375,964.30. This represents a 1.35% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 135,118 shares of company stock worth $8,847,167. 0.01% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms recently weighed in on CSCO. CICC Research began coverage on shares of Cisco Systems in a report on Monday, July 14th. They set an "outperform" rating and a $78.00 target price on the stock. Rosenblatt Securities restated a "buy" rating and set a $87.00 target price on shares of Cisco Systems in a report on Thursday, August 14th. William Blair upgraded shares of Cisco Systems to a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, August 14th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Cisco Systems from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Saturday, July 12th. Finally, HSBC reiterated a "hold" rating and issued a $69.00 price objective on shares of Cisco Systems in a report on Friday, August 15th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have assigned a Buy rating and ten have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $74.53.

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.