Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC Buys 978 Shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. $CSCO

Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC boosted its position in shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) by 18.4% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 6,291 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 978 shares during the period. Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC’s holdings in Cisco Systems were worth $436,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC purchased a new position in Cisco Systems during the second quarter worth about $904,542,000. Franklin Resources Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Cisco Systems by 46.2% during the second quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 40,836,858 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $2,833,261,000 after purchasing an additional 12,904,969 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Cisco Systems by 37.4% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 46,973,293 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $2,898,722,000 after purchasing an additional 12,775,066 shares during the last quarter. Nuveen LLC bought a new position in shares of Cisco Systems in the first quarter worth approximately $750,495,000. Finally, Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in Cisco Systems by 6,778.2% in the second quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 6,810,012 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $472,479,000 after purchasing an additional 6,711,004 shares in the last quarter. 73.33% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Cisco Systems news, EVP Oliver Tuszik sold 17,526 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $67.95, for a total value 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 trade represents a 8.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Charles Robbins sold 281,860 shares of Cisco Systems stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $78.35, for a total transaction of $22,083,731.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 820,887 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $64,316,496.45. This trade represents a 25.56% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 1,024,627 shares of company stock valued at $79,621,482 over the last quarter. 0.01% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Cisco Systems Stock Down 0.3%

NASDAQ CSCO opened at $76.07 on Friday. The business’s 50-day moving average is $71.52 and its 200 day moving average is $68.53. The stock has a market capitalization of $300.56 billion, a PE ratio of 29.03, a PEG ratio of 3.00 and a beta of 0.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49, a current ratio of 1.00 and a quick ratio of 0.91. Cisco Systems, Inc. has a 1 year low of $52.11 and a 1 year high of $80.06.

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 12th. The network equipment provider reported $1.00 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.98 by $0.02. Cisco Systems had a return on equity of 27.06% and a net margin of 18.45%.The firm had revenue of $14.88 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $14.77 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.91 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 7.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Cisco Systems has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.080-4.140 EPS. Q2 2026 guidance at 1.010-1.030 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Cisco Systems, Inc. will post 3.04 earnings per share for the current year.

Cisco Systems Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, January 21st. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.41 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 2nd. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.2%. Cisco Systems’s payout ratio is presently 61.65%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts recently commented on the company. Bank of America increased their target price on Cisco Systems from $85.00 to $95.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 13th. Citic Securities increased their price objective on Cisco Systems from $75.00 to $90.00 in a research report on Monday, November 17th. Erste Group Bank upgraded Cisco Systems from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, November 10th. Piper Sandler upped their target price on Cisco Systems from $70.00 to $86.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 13th. Finally, UBS Group lifted their price target on shares of Cisco Systems from $88.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 13th. Seventeen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and nine have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Cisco Systems currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $84.14.

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.