Zacks Research Lifts Earnings Estimates for Cisco Systems

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) – Research analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Cisco Systems in a report released on Wednesday, December 4th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the network equipment provider will post earnings of $0.75 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.71. The consensus estimate for Cisco Systems’ current full-year earnings is $2.97 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Cisco Systems’ Q4 2025 earnings at $0.76 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $2.98 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.78 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.77 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.82 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $3.16 EPS and Q1 2027 earnings at $0.85 EPS.

Other analysts also recently issued reports about the company. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on Cisco Systems from $57.00 to $60.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 14th. Hsbc Global Res upgraded Cisco Systems to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, August 16th. New Street Research upgraded Cisco Systems from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $57.00 target price for the company in a research note on Thursday, August 15th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Cisco Systems in a research note on Thursday, August 15th. Finally, Evercore ISI upped their target price on Cisco Systems from $55.00 to $60.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, September 20th. Ten investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eleven have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $59.94.

Cisco Systems Stock Down 0.4 %

CSCO opened at $58.72 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a current ratio of 0.88. Cisco Systems has a one year low of $44.50 and a one year high of $60.23. The business’s fifty day moving average is $56.65 and its two-hundred day moving average is $51.05. The company has a market cap of $233.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.20, a PEG ratio of 4.46 and a beta of 0.85.

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, November 13th. The network equipment provider reported $0.91 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.87 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $13.84 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $13.78 billion. Cisco Systems had a return on equity of 25.70% and a net margin of 17.73%. Cisco Systems’s quarterly revenue was down 5.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.98 earnings per share.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Birmingham Capital Management Co. Inc. AL lifted its holdings in Cisco Systems by 9.7% during the 3rd quarter. Birmingham Capital Management Co. Inc. AL now owns 22,320 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $1,188,000 after buying an additional 1,970 shares during the last quarter. Logan Capital Management Inc. raised its position in shares of Cisco Systems by 10.1% during the 3rd quarter. Logan Capital Management Inc. now owns 295,303 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $15,716,000 after purchasing an additional 27,175 shares during the period. Retirement Systems of Alabama raised its position in shares of Cisco Systems by 3.7% during the 3rd quarter. Retirement Systems of Alabama now owns 3,038,015 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $161,683,000 after purchasing an additional 109,772 shares during the period. Oddo BHF Asset Management Sas acquired a new stake in shares of Cisco Systems during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $502,000. Finally, Inspire Trust Co. N.A. raised its position in shares of Cisco Systems by 4.1% during the 3rd quarter. Inspire Trust Co. N.A. now owns 62,500 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $3,326,000 after purchasing an additional 2,476 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 73.33% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In related news, EVP Thimaya K. Subaiya sold 1,328 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $48.92, for a total value of $64,965.76. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 132,910 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,501,957.20. This represents a 0.99 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director Kristina M. Johnson sold 7,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $59.87, for a total value of $449,025.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 65,915 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,946,331.05. This represents a 10.22 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 351,860 shares of company stock worth $20,231,558. 0.01% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Cisco Systems Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, January 22nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 3rd will be paid a $0.40 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 3rd. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.72%. Cisco Systems’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 68.67%.

Cisco Systems Company 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.