Analysts’ Recent Ratings Changes for Cisco Systems (CSCO)

Several analysts have recently updated their ratings and price targets for Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO):

• 2/27/2025 – Cisco Systems had its price target raised by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $71.00 to $73.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 2/22/2025 – Cisco Systems was downgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating.
• 2/18/2025 – Cisco Systems was upgraded by analysts at DZ Bank AG from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating.
• 2/14/2025 – Cisco Systems was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating.
• 2/13/2025 – Cisco Systems had its price target raised by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $69.00 to $73.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 2/13/2025 – Cisco Systems had its price target raised by analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from $56.00 to $63.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 2/13/2025 – Cisco Systems had its price target raised by analysts at Piper Sandler from $57.00 to $72.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 2/13/2025 – Cisco Systems had its price target raised by analysts at UBS Group AG from $62.00 to $70.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 2/13/2025 – Cisco Systems had its price target raised by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $60.00 to $72.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 2/13/2025 – Cisco Systems had its price target raised by analysts at Barclays PLC from $56.00 to $61.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 2/13/2025 – Cisco Systems had its price target raised by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $68.00 to $71.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 2/13/2025 – Cisco Systems was upgraded by analysts at Rosenblatt Securities from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating. They now have a $80.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $66.00.
• 1/28/2025 – Cisco Systems was upgraded by analysts at BNP Paribas from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating. They now have a $72.00 price target on the stock.
• 1/17/2025 – Cisco Systems had its price target raised by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $64.00 to $68.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/6/2025 – Cisco Systems was upgraded by analysts at Melius Research from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating.
• 1/6/2025 – Cisco Systems was upgraded by analysts at Melius from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating. They now have a $73.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $66.00.

Cisco Systems Stock Down 0.4 %

NASDAQ:CSCO opened at $63.81 on Friday. Cisco Systems, Inc. has a twelve month low of $44.50 and a twelve month high of $66.50. The firm has a market capitalization of $253.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.16 and a beta of 0.84. The company has a quick ratio of 0.79, a current ratio of 0.87 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $61.12 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $56.66.

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The network equipment provider reported $0.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.91 by ($0.14). Cisco Systems had a return on equity of 26.08% and a net margin of 16.96%. Equities research analysts expect that Cisco Systems, Inc. will post 3.04 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Cisco Systems Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 23rd. Investors of record on Thursday, April 3rd will be issued a dividend of $0.41 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 3rd. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.57%. This is a boost from Cisco Systems’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. Cisco Systems’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 71.62%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Kristina M. Johnson sold 7,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $59.87, for a total transaction of $449,025.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 65,915 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,946,331.05. The trade was a 10.22 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, SVP Maria Victoria Wong sold 586 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $58.69, for a total value of $34,392.34. Following the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 50,767 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,979,515.23. This represents a 1.14 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 74,848 shares of company stock valued at $4,767,206 over the last 90 days. 0.01% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Brucke Financial Inc. bought a new stake in Cisco Systems in the 4th quarter valued at $300,000. Azzad Asset Management Inc. ADV boosted its position in shares of Cisco Systems by 4.0% in the fourth quarter. Azzad Asset Management Inc. ADV now owns 41,100 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $2,433,000 after acquiring an additional 1,584 shares during the period. Omnia Family Wealth LLC acquired a new position in shares of Cisco Systems in the fourth quarter valued at about $209,000. REAP Financial Group LLC increased its position in Cisco Systems by 36.1% during the fourth quarter. REAP Financial Group LLC now owns 1,093 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $65,000 after acquiring an additional 290 shares during the period. Finally, Landaas & Co. WI ADV acquired a new stake in Cisco Systems in the 4th quarter worth about $203,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 73.33% of the company’s 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 and controllers; and compute portfolio including the cisco unified computing system, hyperflex, and software management capabilities, which combine computing, networking, and storage infrastructure management and virtualization.