Cisco Systems Stock Forecast, Price & News

22 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cisco Systems in the last year. There are currently 12 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Cisco Systems stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CSCO, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Cisco Systems is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 19th 2021.
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Cisco Systems will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, May 19th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 9th. The network equipment provider reported $0.79 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.76 by $0.03. The network equipment provider had revenue of $11.96 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $11.92 billion. Cisco Systems had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 32.64% and a net margin of 21.76%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.77 EPS.
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Cisco Systems' stock was trading at $37.05 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CSCO shares have increased by 40.6% and is now trading at $52.09.
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Cisco Systems declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 9th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.37 per share on Wednesday, April 28th. This represents a $1.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.84%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, April 5th. This is a positive change from Cisco Systems's previous quarterly dividend of $0.36.
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Cisco Systems pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.85%. Cisco Systems has been increasing its dividend for 7 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Cisco Systems is 50.68%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Cisco Systems will have a dividend payout ratio of 48.52% next year. This indicates that Cisco Systems will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Cisco Systems updated its third quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 9th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.80-0.82 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.81. The company issued revenue guidance of $12.40-12.64 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $12.32 billion.

22 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Cisco Systems' stock. Their forecasts range from $41.00 to $60.00. On average, they anticipate Cisco Systems' stock price to reach $49.45 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.1%.
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Some companies that are related to Cisco Systems include QUALCOMM (QCOM), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Motorola Solutions (MSI), F5 Networks (FFIV), Ciena (CIEN), Juniper Networks (JNPR), Viasat (VSAT), Calix (CALX), EchoStar (SATS), InterDigital (IDCC), Infinera (INFN), Plantronics (PLT), NETGEAR (NTGR), Ribbon Communications (RBBN) and Extreme Networks (EXTR).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Cisco Systems investors own include Intel (INTC), AT&T (T), NVIDIA (NVDA), Pfizer (PFE), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Verizon Communications (VZ), The Walt Disney (DIS), Micron Technology (MU), QUALCOMM (QCOM) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

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

Cisco Systems' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.04%), Metropolis Capital Ltd (0.04%), Stack Financial Management Inc (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Park National Corp OH (0.01%) and Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.01%). Company insiders that own Cisco Systems stock include Charles Robbins, David Goeckeler, Irving Tan, Kelly A Kramer, M Michele Burns, Maria Martinez, Mark D Chandler, Prat Bhatt, Steven M West and Wesley G Bush.
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CSCO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Metropolis Capital Ltd, Hexavest Inc., Park National Corp OH, LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Pacer Advisors Inc., Pensionfund Sabic, and First Financial Bank Trust Division. Company insiders that have sold Cisco Systems company stock in the last year include Charles Robbins, Irving Tan, Kelly A Kramer, M Michele Burns, Maria Martinez, Mark D Chandler, and Prat Bhatt.
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CSCO stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp, Confluence Investment Management LLC, Everence Capital Management Inc., TrimTabs Asset Management LLC, Parcion Private Wealth LLC, American National Bank, Renaissance Investment Group LLC, and Private Asset Management Inc..
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Shares of CSCO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CSCO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $52.09.

Cisco Systems has a market capitalization of $219.91 billion and generates $49.30 billion in revenue each year. The network equipment provider earns $11.21 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.92 on an earnings per share basis.

Cisco Systems employs 77,500 workers across the globe.

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Cisco Systems was founded in 1969.

The official website for Cisco Systems is www.cisco.com.

Cisco Systems is headquartered at 170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA, 95134.

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]