NASDAQ:CSCO - Cisco Systems Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

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

Cisco Systems announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 30th. Shareholders 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 yield of 2.92%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 5th. View Cisco Systems' Dividend History.

Cisco Systems announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback plan on Thursday, February 15th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $25,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 15th. The network equipment provider reported $0.70 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.69 by $0.01. The network equipment provider earned $12.84 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $12.76 billion. Cisco Systems had a positive return on equity of 19.48% and a negative net margin of 2.61%. The business's revenue was up 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business 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 (EPS) guidance of $0.70-0.72 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share 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.

30 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Cisco Systems' stock. Their predictions range from $33.00 to $59.00. On average, they expect Cisco Systems' share price to reach $47.6538 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Cisco Systems.

30 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cisco Systems in the last year. There are currently 8 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 drop in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 40,119,782 shares, a drop of 4.7% from the July 13th total of 42,120,412 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 20,519,112 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.0 days. Approximately 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), 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), Xplore Technologies (XPLR) and Lantronix (LTRX).

Headlines about CSCO stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Cisco Systems earned a news and rumor sentiment score of 0.07 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the network equipment provider an impact score of 44.81 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for Cisco Systems.

Cisco Systems' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional 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 bought 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 $45.16.

Cisco Systems has a market capitalization of $210.91 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]