Yeomans Consulting Group Inc. Has $424,000 Stock Position in Cisco Systems, Inc. $CSCO

Yeomans Consulting Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) by 7.4% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 6,130 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock after buying an additional 423 shares during the quarter. Yeomans Consulting Group Inc.’s holdings in Cisco Systems were worth $424,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in CSCO. Pandora Wealth Inc. bought a new stake in Cisco Systems in the 1st quarter valued at $31,000. Nova Wealth Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Cisco Systems in the first quarter valued at $31,000. Brown Shipley& Co Ltd bought a new position in shares of Cisco Systems in the second quarter valued at about $32,000. Fairway Wealth LLC lifted its stake in shares of Cisco Systems by 224.7% during the 1st quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC now owns 578 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $36,000 after buying an additional 400 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Accent Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Cisco Systems during the 1st quarter worth about $36,000. 73.33% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have weighed in on the stock. HSBC reissued a “hold” rating and issued a $69.00 price target on shares of Cisco Systems in a report on Friday, August 15th. UBS Group increased their target price on Cisco Systems from $70.00 to $74.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 5th. William Blair upgraded Cisco Systems to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 14th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised Cisco Systems from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $65.00 to $73.00 in a report on Monday, June 16th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on Cisco Systems from $67.00 to $70.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, July 18th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have given a Buy rating and ten have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Cisco Systems currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $74.53.

Cisco Systems Trading Down 0.6%

Shares of Cisco Systems stock opened at $68.31 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.91, a current ratio of 1.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49. Cisco Systems, Inc. has a 12-month low of $52.11 and a 12-month high of $72.55. The company has a market capitalization of $270.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.07, a PEG ratio of 2.89 and a beta of 0.97. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $68.12 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $64.51.

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 13th. The network equipment provider reported $0.99 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.98 by $0.01. The company had revenue of $14.67 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $14.63 billion. Cisco Systems had a net margin of 18.45% and a return on equity of 27.06%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 7.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.87 EPS. Cisco Systems has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.970-0.990 EPS. FY 2026 guidance at 4.000-4.060 EPS. On average, analysts forecast that Cisco Systems, Inc. will post 3.04 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Cisco Systems Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 22nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 3rd will be paid a $0.41 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 3rd. This represents a $1.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.4%. Cisco Systems’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 62.60%.

Insider Activity at Cisco Systems

In related news, EVP Oliver Tuszik sold 17,526 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, September 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $67.95, for a total transaction of $1,190,891.70. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 198,855 shares in the company, valued at $13,512,197.25. This represents a 8.10% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Charles Robbins sold 30,557 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $66.63, for a total value of $2,036,012.91. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 639,000 shares in the company, valued at $42,576,570. This trade represents a 4.56% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 82,965 shares of company stock worth $5,559,996 in the last three months. Insiders own 0.01% of the company’s stock.

About Cisco Systems

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.