NASDAQ:CSCO - Cisco Systems Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Cisco Systems declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 12th. Stockholders of record on Friday, April 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.36 per share on Wednesday, April 22nd. This represents a $1.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.09%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 2nd. This is a positive change from Cisco Systems's previous quarterly dividend of $0.35. View Cisco Systems' Dividend History.

Cisco Systems announced that its board has initiated a share buyback plan on Wednesday, February 13th 2019, which permits the company to buyback $15,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy up to 6.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 12th. The network equipment provider reported $0.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.76 by $0.01. The network equipment provider earned $12 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $11.98 billion. Cisco Systems had a return on equity of 36.40% and a net margin of 21.44%. Cisco Systems's quarterly revenue was down 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.73 EPS. View Cisco Systems' Earnings History.

Cisco Systems is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 20th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Cisco Systems.

Cisco Systems issued an update on its third quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 12th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.79-0.81 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.80. The company issued revenue guidance of decline 1.5-3.5% to $12.50-12.76 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $12.62 billion.

24 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Cisco Systems' stock. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $62.00. On average, they expect Cisco Systems' share price to reach $54.62 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Cisco Systems.

24 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cisco Systems in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 15 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Cisco Systems.

News headlines about CSCO stock have been trending very positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Cisco Systems earned a media sentiment score of 3.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the network equipment provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Cisco Systems.

Some companies that are related to Cisco Systems include QUALCOMM (QCOM), Motorola Solutions (MSI), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Juniper Networks (JNPR), F5 Networks (FFIV), Ciena (CIEN), Echostar (SATS), ViaSat (VSAT), Finisar (FNSR), InterDigital Wireless (IDCC), Infinera (INFN), Comtech Telecomm. (CMTL), Extreme Networks (EXTR), NetGear (NTGR) and Harmonic (HLIT).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Cisco Systems investors own include Intel (INTC), AT&T (T), NVIDIA (NVDA), Walt Disney (DIS), Pfizer (PFE), Verizon Communications (VZ), Alibaba Group (BABA), General Electric (GE), Micron Technology (MU) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).

Cisco Systems' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (4.42%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.95%), FMR LLC (0.86%), Loomis Sayles & Co. L P (0.55%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.46%) and UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. (0.44%). Company insiders that own Cisco Systems stock include Arun Sarin, Charles Robbins, David Goeckeler, Irving Tan, Kelly A Kramer, M Michele Burns, Mark D Chandler, Prat Bhatt, Roderick C Mcgeary, Steven M West and Wesley G Bush. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Cisco Systems.

CSCO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Partners, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, AQR Capital Management LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., PGGM Investments, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and Prudential Financial Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Cisco Systems company stock in the last year include Charles Robbins, David Goeckeler, Irving Tan, Kelly A Kramer, Mark D Chandler, Prat Bhatt, Roderick C Mcgeary and Steven M West. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cisco Systems.

CSCO stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Franklin Resources Inc., FMR LLC, Parnassus Investments CA, M&G Investment Management Ltd., FIL Ltd, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Eaton Vance Management and Marshall Wace North America L.P.. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CSCO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $46.59.

Cisco Systems has a market capitalization of $197.65 billion and generates $51.90 billion in revenue each year. The network equipment provider earns $11.62 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.85 on an earnings per share basis. Cisco Systems employs 75,900 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Cisco Systems.

The official website for Cisco Systems is http://www.cisco.com/.

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]