#2 - Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO)
Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) has unfortunately fallen into a period of very slow growth with net income stalling during the last couple of years. However, CSCO generates about $13 billion annually in free cash flow which is impressive for any publicly traded company.
Cisco expects to save $350 million annually in taxes, which could be funneled toward its dividend to keep its shares attractive to stock investors. Cisco also has a massive amount of cash sitting overseas -- $68 billion at lat count. If Cisco were to put all of its tax savings towards its dividend, it would increase its dividend by $0.07 per share, resulting in a new $1.23 annual dividend. This would raise its dividend from 3.03% to 3.14%.
About Cisco Systems
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.
Read More - Current Price
- $48.14
- Consensus Rating
- Hold
- Ratings Breakdown
- 6 Buy Ratings, 13 Hold Ratings, 2 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $55.53 (15.3% Upside)
