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. Investors 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.16%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 5th. View Cisco Systems' Dividend History.

Cisco Systems announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Thursday, February 15th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $25,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 16th. The network equipment provider reported $0.66 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.01. The network equipment provider earned $12.46 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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 period in the previous year, the business 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 updated 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 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Cisco Systems' stock. Their predictions range from $33.00 to $58.00. On average, they anticipate Cisco Systems' share price to reach $46.4815 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.3% 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 decline in short interest in the month of June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 40,144,702 shares, a decline 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 short-interest ratio is currently 1.8 days. Currently, 0.9% of the company's shares 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).

News stories about CSCO stock have been trending somewhat positive on Monday, according to Accern Sentiment. Accern identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than twenty 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 media sentiment score of 0.21 on Accern's scale. They also gave news coverage about the network equipment provider an impact score of 44.66 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

Cisco Systems' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.37%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.27%), Swedbank (0.24%), Hexavest Inc. (0.09%), NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V. (0.08%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%). 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, Bank of Montreal Can, Hamlin Capital Management LLC, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund and Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt. 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 Fisher Asset Management LLC, Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Cobiz Wealth LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp, Hexavest Inc., IFM Investors Pty Ltd and NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V.. 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 $41.78.

Cisco Systems has a market capitalization of $201.28 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]