NASDAQ:CSCO - Cisco Systems Stock Price, Price Target & More

Cisco Systems trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CSCO."

Cisco Systems announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 6th will be given a dividend of $0.33 per share on Wednesday, July 25th. This represents a $1.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.14%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 5th. View Cisco Systems' Dividend History.

Cisco Systems declared that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan on Thursday, February 15th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $25,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 16th. The network equipment provider reported $0.66 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.01. The network equipment provider had revenue of $12.46 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $12.42 billion. Cisco Systems had a negative net margin of 2.61% and a positive return on equity of 19.48%. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.60 earnings per share. View Cisco Systems' Earnings History.

Cisco Systems is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August, 15th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Cisco Systems.

Cisco Systems issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 16th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.68-0.70 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.69. The company issued revenue guidance of +4-6% to ~$12.62-12.86 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $12.72 billion.

31 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Cisco Systems' stock. Their predictions range from $33.00 to $58.00. On average, they anticipate Cisco Systems' stock price to reach $46.4074 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Cisco Systems.

31 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cisco Systems in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings, 22 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Cisco Systems saw a drop in short interest in June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 40,144,702 shares, a drop of 21.9% from the June 15th total of 51,399,602 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 22,244,836 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.8 days. Currently, 0.9% of the company's stock are short sold. View Cisco Systems' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Cisco Systems include IBM Common Stock (IBM), HP (HPQ), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Toshiba (TOSYY), Arista Networks (ANET), F5 Networks (FFIV), Juniper Networks (JNPR), Electronics For Imaging (EFII), Extreme Networks (EXTR), A10 Networks (ATEN), Digi International (DGII), Silicom (SILC), Allot Communications (ALLT), Xplore Technologies (XPLR) and Lantronix (LTRX).

Media coverage about CSCO stock has trended somewhat positive on Monday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Cisco Systems earned a news impact score of 0.17 on Accern's scale. They also gave media headlines about the network equipment provider an impact score of 45.04 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

Cisco Systems' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.37%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.27%), Swedbank (0.24%), Hexavest Inc. (0.09%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.09%) and NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V. (0.08%). Company insiders that own Cisco Systems stock include Arun Sarin, Carol Bartz, Charles Robbins, Chris Dedicoat, David Goeckeler, John L Hennessy, John T Chambers, Karen Walker, M Michele Burns, Mark D Chandler, Prat Bhatt, Rebecca Jacoby, Roderick C Mcgeary and Steven M West. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Cisco Systems.

CSCO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DnB Asset Management AS, KAMES CAPITAL plc, Swedbank, Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, Bank of Montreal Can, Hartford Investment Management Co., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH and Hamlin Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Cisco Systems company stock in the last year include Arun Sarin, Charles Robbins, David Goeckeler, John T Chambers, Karen Walker, M Michele Burns, Mark D Chandler, Prat Bhatt, Rebecca Jacoby and Roderick C Mcgeary. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cisco Systems.

CSCO stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Pendal Group Ltd, RNC Capital Management LLC, Nikko Asset Management Americas Inc., Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Calamos Advisors LLC and Cobiz Wealth LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cisco Systems.

Shares of CSCO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CSCO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $42.01.

Cisco Systems has a market capitalization of $202.38 billion and generates $48.01 billion in revenue each year. The network equipment provider earns $9.61 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.15 on an earnings per share basis. Cisco Systems employs 72,900 workers across the globe.

Cisco Systems' mailing address is 170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA, 95134. The network equipment provider can be reached via phone at 408-526-4000 or via email at [email protected]