NASDAQ:CSCO

Cisco Systems - CSCO Stock Forecast, Price & News

$48.40

-0.17 (-0.35%)

(As of 11/25/2022 08:57 PM ET)

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Today's Range: $48.35
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$49.05
50-Day Range: $39.27
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$48.57
52-Week Range: $38.60
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$64.29

Volume: 8.49 million shs
Average Volume: 21.62 million shs
Market Capitalization: $198.87 billion

P/E Ratio: 17.47
Dividend Yield: 3.14%
Price Target: $53.63

Cisco Systems MarketRank™ Forecast

Analyst Rating: Hold
2.45 Rating Score
Upside/Downside: 10.8% Upside
$53.63 Price Target
Short Interest: Healthy
0.92% of Float Sold Short
Dividend Strength: Strong
Based on Four Factors
Sustainability: -0.85
Upright™ Environmental Score
News Sentiment: 0.46
Based on 47 Articles This Week
Insider Trading: Selling Shares
$2.42 M Sold Last Quarter
Proj. Earnings Growth: 8.20%
From $3.17 to $3.43 Per Share

Overall MarketRank^™

MarketRank is calculated as an average of available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

3.20 out of 5 stars

Computer And Technology Sector

13th out of 633 stocks

Computer & Office Equipment Industry

1st out of 13 stocks

3.2

Analyst's Opinion

Consensus Rating
Cisco Systems has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.45, and is based on 10 buy ratings, 9 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.
Price Target Upside/Downside
According to analysts' consensus price target of $53.63, Cisco Systems has a forecasted upside of 10.8% from its current price of $48.40.
Amount of Analyst Coverage
Cisco Systems has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

4.0

Short Interest

Percentage of Shares Shorted
0.92% of the float of Cisco Systems has been sold short.
Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover
Cisco Systems has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
Change versus previous month
Short interest in Cisco Systems has recently decreased by 1.43%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

4.2

Dividend Strength

Dividend Yield
Cisco Systems pays a meaningful dividend of 3.14%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.
Dividend Growth
Cisco Systems has been increasing its dividend for 11 years.
Dividend Coverage
The dividend payout ratio of Cisco Systems is 54.87%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
Dividend Sustainability
Based on earnings estimates, Cisco Systems will have a dividend payout ratio of 44.31% next year. This indicates that Cisco Systems will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

3.6

Sustainability and ESG

Overall ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Score
Cisco Systems has received a 44.20% net impact score from Upright. The largest positive contribution comes from its "Knowledge infrastructure" impact, which is mostly driven by its "Routers", "Network switches", "Collaboration software", "Network interface controllers", "IoT software", and "Internet service provision" products. See details.
Environmental Sustainability
The Environmental Impact score for Cisco Systems is -0.85.

3.0

News and Social Media Coverage

News Sentiment
Cisco Systems has a news sentiment score of 0.46. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.59 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.
News Coverage This Week
MarketBeat has tracked 47 news articles for Cisco Systems this week, compared to 13 articles on an average week.
Social Mentions This Week
MarketBeat has tracked 4 reddit mentions for Cisco Systems this week, compared to 7 mentions on an average week.
Search Interest
151 people have searched for CSCO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 9% compared to the previous 30 days.
MarketBeat Follows
61 people have added Cisco Systems to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 13% compared to the previous 30 days.

2.5

Company Ownership

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling
In the past three months, Cisco Systems insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $2,422,160.00 in company stock.
Percentage Held by Insiders
Only 0.02% of the stock of Cisco Systems is held by insiders.
Percentage Held by Institutions
71.71% of the stock of Cisco Systems is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

2.5

Earnings and Valuation

Earnings Growth
Earnings for Cisco Systems are expected to grow by 8.20% in the coming year, from $3.17 to $3.43 per share.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market
The P/E ratio of Cisco Systems is 17.47, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 126.36.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector
The P/E ratio of Cisco Systems is 17.47, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 362.24.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
Cisco Systems has a PEG Ratio of 2.35. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.
Price to Book Value per Share Ratio
Cisco Systems has a P/B Ratio of 4.94. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

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About Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) Stock

Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells Internet Protocol based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology industry in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, Japan, and China. The company also offers switching portfolio encompasses campus switching as well as data center switching; enterprise routing portfolio interconnects public and private wireline and mobile networks, delivering highly secure, and reliable connectivity to campus, data center and branch networks; wireless products include wireless access points that are standalone, controller appliance-based, switch-converged, and Meraki cloud-managed offerings; and compute portfolio including the cisco unified computing system, hyperflex, and software management capabilities, which combine computing, networking, and storage infrastructure management and virtualization. In addition, it provides Internet for the future product consists of routed optical networking, 5G, silicon, and optics solutions; collaboration products, such as meetings, collaboration devices, calling, contact center, and communication platform as a service; end-to-end security product consists of network security, cloud security, security endpoints, unified threat management, and zero trust; and optimized application experiences products including full stack observability and cloud-native platform. Further, the company offers a range of service and support options for its customers, including technical support and advanced services and advisory services. It serves businesses of various sizes, public institutions, governments, and service providers. The company sells its products and services directly, as well as through systems integrators, service providers, other resellers, and distributors. Cisco Systems, Inc. has strategic alliances with other companies. Cisco Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

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November 22, 2022 | marketbeat.com

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