U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors LLC Cuts Position in Cisco Systems, Inc. $CSCO

U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors LLC lessened its holdings in Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) by 39.8% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 224,078 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock after selling 147,951 shares during the quarter. U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Cisco Systems were worth $15,331,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its holdings in Cisco Systems by 49.5% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 74,187 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $4,392,000 after purchasing an additional 24,562 shares in the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC grew its position in shares of Cisco Systems by 37.0% in the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 9,156 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $542,000 after purchasing an additional 2,474 shares during the last quarter. Capital Analysts LLC raised its holdings in shares of Cisco Systems by 0.7% in the first quarter. Capital Analysts LLC now owns 60,444 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $3,730,000 after acquiring an additional 410 shares during the last quarter. Accredited Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in Cisco Systems by 173.9% in the 1st quarter. Accredited Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,693 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $104,000 after purchasing an additional 1,075 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Tiemann Investment Advisors LLC boosted its position in Cisco Systems by 3.6% during the first quarter. Tiemann Investment Advisors LLC now owns 18,477 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $1,140,000 after acquiring an additional 650 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 73.33% of the company’s stock.

Cisco Systems Stock Performance

Shares of CSCO opened at $76.95 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $74.38 and its 200 day moving average price is $70.07. The company has a market capitalization of $304.04 billion, a PE ratio of 28.93, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 0.87. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46, a current ratio of 0.93 and a quick ratio of 0.83. Cisco Systems, Inc. has a one year low of $52.11 and a one year high of $80.82.

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 12th. The network equipment provider reported $1.00 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.02. Cisco Systems had a return on equity of 27.29% and a net margin of 18.38%.The firm had revenue of $14.88 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $14.77 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.91 earnings per share. The company’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 and its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.010-1.030 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that Cisco Systems, Inc. will post 3.04 earnings per share for the current year.

Cisco Systems Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, January 21st. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.41 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 2nd. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.1%. Cisco Systems’s payout ratio is presently 61.65%.

Insider Activity at Cisco Systems

In other news, SVP Maria Victoria Wong sold 428 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $80.33, for a total value of $34,381.24. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 32,176 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,584,698.08. This represents a 1.31% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Kristina M. Johnson sold 13,481 shares of Cisco Systems stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $77.13, for a total transaction of $1,039,789.53. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 61,630 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,753,521.90. This represents a 17.95% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 1,017,865 shares of company stock worth $79,312,702 over the last 90 days. Insiders own 0.01% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on CSCO shares. Rosenblatt Securities lifted their price target on shares of Cisco Systems from $87.00 to $100.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, November 13th. Bank of America lifted their price target on shares of Cisco Systems from $85.00 to $95.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 13th. Piper Sandler lifted their price target on shares of Cisco Systems from $70.00 to $86.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 13th. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on Cisco Systems from $83.00 to $95.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, November 13th. Finally, Barclays upped their price objective on Cisco Systems from $71.00 to $76.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 13th. Seventeen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and nine have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $84.55.

Cisco Systems Profile

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.