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

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

Cisco Systems declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.33 per share on Wednesday, July 25th. This represents a $1.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.88%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 5th. View Cisco Systems' Dividend History.

Cisco Systems announced that its board has approved a share buyback program on Thursday, February 15th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $25,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 15th. The network equipment provider reported $0.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.01. The network equipment provider earned $12.84 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $12.76 billion. Cisco Systems had a return on equity of 22.12% and a net margin of 0.22%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.61 EPS. View Cisco Systems' Earnings History.

Cisco Systems is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November, 21st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Cisco Systems.

Cisco Systems issued an update on its first quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 15th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.70-0.72 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.69. The company issued revenue guidance of +5-7% to ~$12.74-13.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $12.58 billion.

29 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Cisco Systems' shares. Their forecasts range from $33.00 to $59.00. On average, they anticipate Cisco Systems' share price to reach $47.7308 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Cisco Systems.

29 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cisco Systems in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 22 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Cisco Systems.

Cisco Systems saw a decline in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 40,119,782 shares, a decline of 4.7% from the July 13th total of 42,120,412 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 20,519,112 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.0 days. Currently, 0.9% of the shares of the company are sold short. 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), Arista Networks (ANET), Toshiba (TOSYY), F5 Networks (FFIV), Juniper Networks (JNPR), Electronics For Imaging (EFII), Extreme Networks (EXTR), A10 Networks (ATEN), Digi International (DGII), Silicom (SILC), Allot Communications (ALLT), Lantronix (LTRX) and Xplore Technologies (XPLR).

Media headlines about CSCO stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Cisco Systems earned a news impact score of 0.10 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the network equipment provider an impact score of 46.56 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View Recent Headlines for Cisco Systems.

Cisco Systems' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.98%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.22%), FMR LLC (1.19%), Morgan Stanley (1.06%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.75%) and Boston Partners (0.72%). 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 FMR LLC, Yacktman Asset Management LP, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, BlackRock Inc., Jupiter Asset Management Ltd., Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc., Putnam Investments LLC, Alps Advisors Inc., Alps Advisors Inc., Alps Advisors Inc., KBC Group NV and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.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 $45.78.

Cisco Systems has a market capitalization of $220.98 billion and generates $49.33 billion in revenue each year. The network equipment provider earns $110 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.34 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]