Cisco Systems Stock Forecast, Price & News

24 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cisco Systems in the last year. There are currently 15 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities 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 12th 2021.
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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, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.76 by $0.03. Cisco Systems had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 32.64% and a net margin of 21.76%. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.77 earnings per share.
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Cisco Systems' stock was trading at $37.05 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CSCO stock has increased by 21.1% and is now trading at $44.87.
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Cisco Systems announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 9th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 6th will be given 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 3.30%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, April 5th. This is a boost from Cisco Systems's previous quarterly dividend of $0.36.
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Cisco Systems pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.16%. 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 49.32%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Cisco Systems will have a dividend payout ratio of 47.21% next year. This indicates that Cisco Systems will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Cisco Systems issued an update on its third quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 9th. The company provided earnings per share 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.

24 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Cisco Systems' stock. Their forecasts range from $41.00 to $60.00. On average, they expect Cisco Systems' share price to reach $48.57 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.2% from the stock's current price.
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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), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), NETGEAR (NTGR) 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 a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.76%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.83%), Northern Trust Corp (1.29%), Morgan Stanley (0.92%), Dodge & Cox (0.91%) and Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (0.91%). Company insiders that own Cisco Systems stock include Charles Robbins, David Goeckeler, Irving Tan, Kelly A Kramer, 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 Parnassus Investments CA, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Flossbach Von Storch AG, First Trust Advisors LP, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Northern Trust Corp, Bahl & Gaynor Inc., and PGGM Investments. Company insiders that have sold Cisco Systems company stock in the last year include Charles Robbins, Irving Tan, Kelly A Kramer, 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 Dodge & Cox, BlackRock Inc., Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, Morgan Stanley, FIL Ltd, Lazard Asset Management LLC, and Stifel Financial Corp.
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One share of CSCO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $44.87.

Cisco Systems has a market capitalization of $189.43 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]