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Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO)

Technology | Communication Equipment | San Jose, United States | NasdaqGS
109.93 USD -2.22 (-1.979%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 109.95 +0.02 (0.018%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★☆☆Long-term:★★★★☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 1:55 a.m. EDT

Cisco presents a compelling long-term opportunity where the business fundamentals are firing on all cylinders, even as the stock price takes a breather. The company is delivering robust growth with revenue expanding at 17.6% and earnings surging 52%, backed by a stellar 27% return on equity. Over the last nine years, the stock has climbed nearly 120%, and the most recent annual performance shows a strong 34% gain, confirming the market is rewarding the turnaround. However, the short-term chart tells a different story; the price has slipped nearly 9% over the last two weeks and is trading below its 50-day average, creating a temporary headwind for traders. Despite this, the 200-day moving average sits well below the current price, acting as a sturdy foundation. Options activity reinforces a bullish bias, with heavy call positioning at the 120 strike level suggesting traders see a ceiling there rather than a floor. The dividend yield is modest at 1.5%, but it is reliable and sustainable with a payout ratio under 50%. For investors willing to ride out the technical correction, the valuation—anchored by a forward P/E of 20x—offers a solid entry point into a high-quality compounder.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.044847
AutoETS0.046595
AutoTheta0.144089
AutoARIMA0.191700

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 44%
H-stat 1.87
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.159
Excess Kurtosis -0.91
Attribute Value
Sector Technology
Ex Dividend Date 2026-10-01
Last Dividend Date 2026-07-05
Debt to Equity Ratio 58.731
Revenue per Share 16.019
Market Cap 433,281,925,120
Trailing P/E 33.01
Forward P/E 19.64
Beta 1.00
Profit Margins 20.95%
Website https://www.cisco.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 1:55 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for upside with a distinct call skew. Open interest walls are concentrated at the 120 and 130 strikes for near-term expirations, while volume spikes indicate active buying at the 115-120 range. Put open interest is heavier at the 100-110 support zone, creating a defined floor, but overall call positioning dominates the immediate outlook. Implied volatility is low for near-term expiration but rises significantly for October dates, suggesting hedging against potential volatility further out.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.37% 2.04% 2.66% 2.81%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-07-06 0.42 0.368486
2026-04-02 0.42 0.531511
2026-01-02 0.41 0.539190
2025-10-03 0.41 0.603651
2025-07-03 0.41 0.591034
2025-04-03 0.41 0.715407
2025-01-03 0.40 0.679579
2024-10-02 0.40 0.760167
2024-07-05 0.40 0.857449
2024-04-03 0.40 0.820681
2024-01-03 0.39 0.772124
2023-10-03 0.39 0.726934
2023-07-05 0.39 0.757135
2023-04-04 0.39 0.752605
2023-01-04 0.38 0.799159
2022-10-04 0.38 0.908656
2022-07-05 0.38 0.905624
2022-04-05 0.38 0.691916
2022-01-04 0.37 0.604082
2021-10-04 0.37 0.682279
2021-07-02 0.37 0.691072
2021-04-05 0.37 0.705972
2021-01-04 0.36 0.818926
2020-10-01 0.36 0.927835
2020-07-02 0.36 0.788955
2020-04-02 0.36 0.904523
2020-01-02 0.35 0.722842
2019-10-03 0.35 0.743731
2019-07-03 0.35 0.619688
2019-04-04 0.35 0.634748
2019-01-03 0.33 0.803506
2018-10-04 0.33 0.682100
2018-07-05 0.33 0.775376
2018-04-04 0.33 0.800971
2018-01-04 0.29 0.743780
2017-10-04 0.29 0.867225
2017-07-05 0.29 0.932176
2017-04-04 0.29 0.868004
2017-01-04 0.26 0.863787
2016-10-03 0.26 0.825397
2016-07-05 0.26 0.917755
2016-04-04 0.26 0.923952
2016-01-04 0.21 0.795153
2015-10-01 0.21 0.816168
2015-07-01 0.21 0.767824
2015-03-31 0.21 0.762804
2015-01-02 0.19 0.688156
2014-09-30 0.19 0.754867
2014-07-02 0.19 0.759089
2014-04-01 0.19 0.822511
2014-01-02 0.17 0.772727
2013-10-01 0.17 0.731497
2013-07-01 0.17 0.698439
2013-04-04 0.17 0.807985
2012-11-27 0.14 0.738397
2012-10-02 0.14 0.741918
2012-07-02 0.08 0.468384
2012-04-03 0.08 0.384246
2012-01-03 0.06 0.322061
2011-10-04 0.06 0.385109
2011-07-05 0.06 0.382897
2011-03-29 0.06 0.344037
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.68
dividendYield 1.5
exDividendDate 2026-10-02
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.66
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.014801605
lastDividendValue 0.42
lastDividendDate 2026-07-06
dividendDate 2026-10-21

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.65412974
Address1 170 West Tasman Drive
All Time High 130.37
All Time Low 0.068576
Ask 115.0
Ask Size 1
Audit Risk 6
Average Analyst Rating 1.9 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 16,964,300
Average Daily Volume3 Month 22,959,832
Average Volume 22,959,832
Average Volume10Days 16,964,300
Beta 1.002
Bid 109.6
Bid Size 1
Board Risk 6
Book Value 12.734
City San Jose
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 8
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 109.93
Current Ratio 0.931
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 112.5
Day Low 109.71
Debt To Equity 58.731
Display Name Cisco Systems
Dividend Date 1,792,540,800
Dividend Rate 1.68
Dividend Yield 1.5
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,794,513,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,794,513,600
Earnings Growth 0.52
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.513
Earnings Timestamp 1,794,513,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,794,513,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,794,513,600
Ebitda 18,626,000,896
Ebitda Margins 0.29413
Enterprise To Ebitda 24.038
Enterprise To Revenue 7.07
Enterprise Value 447,728,582,656
Eps Current Year 5.1456
Eps Forward 5.5977
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 3.33
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,790,899,200
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 115.4996
Fifty Day Average Change -5.569603
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.048221838
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 65.41297
Fifty Two Week High 130.37
Fifty Two Week High Change -20.439995
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.1567845
Fifty Two Week Low 66.13
Fifty Two Week Low Change 43.800003
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.6623318
Fifty Two Week Range 66.13 - 130.37
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 635,178,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.79
Float Shares 3,942,642,110
Forward Eps 5.5977
Forward P E 19.638422
Free Cashflow 11,568,000,000
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Fullday Change -2.22
Fullday Change Percent -1.97949
Fullday Price 109.95
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.64564
Gross Profits 40,884,998,144
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.0005
Held Percent Institutions 0.83544
Implied Shares Outstanding 3,941,434,665
Industry Communication Equipment
Industry Disp Communication Equipment
Industry Key communication-equipment
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,783,296,000
Last Dividend Value 0.42
Last Fiscal Year End 1,784,937,600
Last Split Date 953,769,600
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, develops, and sells technologies that help to power, secure, and draw insights from the internet in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, Japan, and China. The company offers data center switching; network security, identity and access management, and secure access service edge; threat intelligence, detection, and response solutions; interconnects public and private wireline and mobile networks, delivering connectivity to campus, data center, and branch networks; WEBEX suite, collaboration devices, and contact center; communication platform as a service software, including perpetual licenses, subscription arrangements, and hardware solutions; network assurance, monitoring and analytics, and observability suite; issue resolution, software support, and hardware replacement; professional services, such as planning, design, implementation, and high-value consulting; service and support packages, financing, and managed network services; and regional, national, and international wireline carriers, webscale products, internet, and cable. It also delivers connectivity to campus, data center, and branch networks; wireless products, including indoor and outdoor wireless coverage designed for seamless roaming use of voice, video, and data applications; end-to-end collaboration solutions through cloud, on-premise, or within hybrid cloud environments, transition collaboration solutions from on-premise to the cloud; and network assurance, monitoring and analytics, and observability suite. In addition, it offers technical support and advisory services. The company serves businesses, public institutions, governments, and service providers. It sells its products and services directly, through systems integrators, service providers, resellers, and distributors. Cisco Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Long Name Cisco Systems, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 433,281,925,120
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_19691
Most Recent Quarter 1,784,937,600
Net Income To Common 13,267,000,320
Next Fiscal Year End 1,816,473,600
Non Diluted Market Cap 442,031,897,679
Number Of Analyst Opinions 23
Open 112.31
Operating Cashflow 14,177,000,448
Operating Margins 0.27701
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.4985
Peg Ratio 1.02
Phone 408-526-4000
Post Market Change 0.019996643
Post Market Change Percent 0.018190343
Post Market Price 109.95
Post Market Time 1,787,961,553
Previous Close 112.15
Price Eps Current Year 21.363884
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 8.632794
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 6.842194
Profit Margins 0.20951
Quick Ratio 0.645
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.85185
Region US
Regular Market Change -2.22
Regular Market Change Percent -1.97949
Regular Market Day High 112.5
Regular Market Day Low 109.71
Regular Market Day Range 109.71 - 112.5
Regular Market Open 112.31
Regular Market Previous Close 112.15
Regular Market Price 109.93
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,201
Regular Market Volume 13,033,724
Return On Assets 0.07981
Return On Equity 0.27319
Revenue Growth 0.176
Revenue Per Share 16.019
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Technology
Sector Disp Technology
Sector Key technology
Share Holder Rights Risk 1
Shares Outstanding 3,941,434,665
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.015
Shares Short 58,942,738
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 64,824,369
Short Name Cisco Systems, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.015
Short Ratio 2.58
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol CSCO
Target High Price 170.0
Target Low Price 115.0
Target Mean Price 137.73914
Target Median Price 135.0
Total Cash 15,918,000,128
Total Cash Per Share 4.031
Total Debt 29,532,999,680
Total Revenue 63,324,999,680
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.66
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.014801605
Trailing Eps 3.33
Trailing P E 33.012012
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.0339
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 93.7221
Two Hundred Day Average Change 16.207901
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.17293574
Type Disp Equity
Volume 13,033,724
Website https://www.cisco.com
Zip 95,134-1706