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Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO)

Technology | Communication Equipment | San Jose, United States | NasdaqGS
115.07 USD -0.27 (-0.234%) ⇩ (Oct. 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★★⯪Long-term:★★★★⯪Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 4:19 a.m. EDT

Cisco presents a compelling case for capital allocation, anchored by robust fundamentals and accelerating growth. Revenue expansion of 17.6 percent paired with earnings growth exceeding 50 percent signals a business in a high-quality expansion phase, supported by a 27 percent return on equity. The balance sheet remains manageable despite a current ratio slightly below parity, while the dividend yield offers a steady 1.46 percent with a sustainable payout ratio near half. Technically, the stock has surged approximately 11 percent over the past fortnight, breaking key moving averages and attracting significant call option volume near the money, indicating speculative enthusiasm for further upside. While a short-term statistical model forecasts a minor dip, the overwhelming momentum and options flow suggest this may be noise against the backdrop of a broader trend. Investors should view this as a high-conviction momentum play with a solid long-term foundation, though the valuation premium warrants monitoring.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.028347
AutoETS0.028782
MSTL0.028790
AutoARIMA0.028929

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 49%
H-stat 0.06
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.001
Excess Kurtosis 0.72
Attribute Value
Sector Technology
Ex Dividend Date 2026-10-01
Last Dividend Date 2026-10-01
Debt to Equity Ratio 62.017
Revenue per Share 16.019
Market Cap 453,673,484,288
Trailing P/E 34.56
Forward P/E 20.47
Beta 0.98
Profit Margins 20.95%
Website https://www.cisco.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 4:19 a.m. EDT: Call volume significantly exceeds put volume, with a notable spike in activity at the $118 strike price where volume far exceeded open interest. Open interest walls are concentrated between $115 and $120, suggesting a price target range for near-term bulls. Implied volatility is compressed at the money but elevated at deep strikes, indicating speculators are positioning for continued upside momentum rather than protection against a crash.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.37% 1.81% 2.54% 2.75%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-10-02 0.42 0.374332
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
dividendYield 1.46
exDividendDate 2026-10-02
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.66
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.014392232
lastDividendValue 0.42
lastDividendDate 2026-10-02
dividendDate 2026-10-21

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.65520716
Address1 170 West Tasman Drive
All Time High 130.37
All Time Low 0.068576
Ask 120.5
Ask Size 1
Audit Risk 6
Average Analyst Rating 1.9 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 15,530,440
Average Daily Volume3 Month 19,006,848
Average Volume 19,006,848
Average Volume10Days 15,530,440
Beta 0.979
Bid 113.92
Bid Size 1
Board Risk 6
Book Value 12.743
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 115.07
Current Ratio 0.931
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 115.37
Day Low 112.76
Debt To Equity 62.017
Display Name Cisco Systems
Dividend Date 1,792,540,800
Dividend Yield 1.46
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,794,513,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,794,513,600
Earnings Growth 0.521
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 18,641,999,872
Ebitda Margins 0.29439
Enterprise To Ebitda 25.155
Enterprise To Revenue 7.405
Enterprise Value 468,940,455,936
Eps Current Year 5.14597
Eps Forward 5.62203
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 3.33
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,790,899,200
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 112.289
Fifty Day Average Change 2.7809982
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.024766434
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 65.52071
Fifty Two Week High 130.37
Fifty Two Week High Change -15.299995
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.11735826
Fifty Two Week Low 68.57
Fifty Two Week Low Change 46.5
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.67813915
Fifty Two Week Range 68.57 - 130.37
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 635,178,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.57
Float Shares 3,935,963,327
Forward Eps 5.62203
Forward P E 20.467697
Free Cashflow 11,182,624,768
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 82,400
Fullday Change 0.1800003
Fullday Change Percent 0.15642679
Fullday Price 115.25
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.64524
Gross Profits 40,860,000,256
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00063
Held Percent Institutions 0.83349997
Implied Shares Outstanding 3,942,586,873
Industry Communication Equipment
Industry Disp Communication Equipment
Industry Key communication-equipment
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,790,899,200
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 to power, help, secure, and draw insights from the internet in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, Japan, and China. The company provides data center switching; network security, identity and access management, and secure access service edge; identity and agentic security 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 and observability suite; accelerated 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 provides wireless products, including indoor and outdoor 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. In addition, it offers technical support services. The company serves businesses, public institutions, governments, and service providers. It sells its products and services directly, through systems integrators, service providers, and resellers, and distributors. It has a collaboration with NVIDIA Corporation to develop Ultra-Dense Small Form Factor Pluggable (USFP), a high-density optical module pluggable transceiver. Cisco Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Long Name Cisco Systems, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 453,673,484,288
Market State PRE
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 419,609,520,893
Number Of Analyst Opinions 25
Open 114.28
Operating Cashflow 14,177,000,448
Operating Margins 0.27719
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.4985
Peg Ratio 1.06
Phone 408-526-4000
Pre Market Change 0.1800003
Pre Market Change Percent 0.15642679
Pre Market Price 115.25
Pre Market Time 1,791,980,234
Previous Close 115.34
Price Eps Current Year 22.361189
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 9.030056
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 7.1642084
Profit Margins 0.20951
Quick Ratio 0.691
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.86207
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.269997
Regular Market Change Percent -0.234088
Regular Market Day High 115.37
Regular Market Day Low 112.76
Regular Market Day Range 112.76 - 115.37
Regular Market Open 114.28
Regular Market Previous Close 115.34
Regular Market Price 115.07
Regular Market Time 1,791,921,601
Regular Market Volume 12,314,895
Return On Assets 0.079780005
Return On Equity 0.27319
Revenue Growth 0.176
Revenue Per Share 16.019
Sand P52 Week Change 0.17004645
Sector Technology
Sector Disp Technology
Sector Key technology
Share Holder Rights Risk 1
Shares Outstanding 3,942,586,873
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.012999999
Shares Short 51,066,484
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 55,543,993
Short Name Cisco Systems, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.012999999
Short Ratio 2.82
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol CSCO
Target High Price 170.0
Target Low Price 110.0
Target Mean Price 136.16
Target Median Price 135.0
Total Cash 15,918,000,128
Total Cash Per Share 4.037
Total Debt 31,185,000,448
Total Revenue 63,324,999,680
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.66
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.014392232
Trailing Eps 3.33
Trailing P E 34.555557
Trailing Peg Ratio 0.9812
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 99.0628
Two Hundred Day Average Change 16.007202
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.16158642
Type Disp Equity
Volume 12,314,895
Website https://www.cisco.com
Zip 95,134-1706