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Cisco CSCO

$105.72
−$0.71 (-0.67%)
Market open · Sep 24, 2:00 pm ET
After hours $106.27 -0.15%
Open$105.65
Prev close$106.43
Day range$105.06 – $106.55
Volume6.82M
Market cap$416.80B
P/E (TTM)31.7
Dividend yield1.57%

Price chart

Daily bars for up to one year, weekly bars for the 5-year view. Averages are 50/200 trading days (10/40 weeks on the 5-year view).

CSCO at a glance

Shares of Cisco are down 0.67% at $105.72. The company is worth $416.80B, number 27 out of 300 on our list.

The 52-week range is $65.85 to $129.88. Today's price is about 62% of the way from the low to the high. Holders are ahead 60.3% over twelve months, but down 11.4% across the last three months.

Price is below the 50-day average ($112.60) but above the 200-day ($96.25); RSI is 41, and the last 30 sessions moved at roughly 37% annualized volatility.

Revenue for the quarter ended Jul 2026 was $17.25B, up 17.6% from a year earlier, with $3.86B of net profit (a 21.0% margin).

Valuation works out to 31.7 times trailing earnings, 44% above its five-year average of 22.0. The median for its industry group is 31.7.

16 analysts follow the stock and the average call is "buy". The mean target, $142.07, sits 34.4% over where the stock trades.

This summary is put together from the numbers on the page and updates when they do. It describes the data; it is not a forecast or a recommendation.

Cisco: the business

Cisco makes network switches, routers, security products and collaboration tools, and it owns Splunk.

What tends to move it. Orders from data-center customers, the shift toward software subscriptions and the Splunk integration are the themes.

Written by hand by the BeStock desk and revised when a business changes. See how we work. Spot something out of date? Tell us.

Performance

Price return over each window, from adjusted daily and weekly closes

1 day
-0.7%
1 week
-1.9%
1 month
-4.1%
3 months
-11.4%
6 months
+31.9%
Year to date
+39.2%
1 year
+60.3%
Day range
$105.06$106.55
52-week range
$65.85$129.88

Technical signals

Full technicals →
Trend readLeaning bearish

2 bullish · 4 bearish of 7 signals

IndicatorValueSignal
Price vs 20-day average-3.5%Bearish
Price vs 50-day average-6.1%Bearish
Price vs 200-day average+9.8%Bullish
50-day vs 200-day50d above 200dBullish
RSI (14)40.9Bearish
MACD (12,26,9)-1.33Bearish
Bollinger band position-7%Neutral

Standard indicator readings worked out from daily closes. They describe how the price has behaved, not where it is going.

Key statistics

Bid / Ask$105.71 / $105.72
Average price today$105.64
Volume6.82MAvg (90d) 22.19M
Turnover$720.08M
Turnover rate0.17%of shares outstanding
Volume ratio0.38vs. recent average pace
Day amplitude1.40%
Market cap$416.80B
Float market cap$415.97B
Shares outstanding3.93B
EPS (TTM)$3.33
P/E (TTM)31.75
P/B8.29
Book value / share$12.75
Earnings yield0.26%
Dividend (TTM)$1.66 / shareYield 1.57%
Net profit (TTM)$13.13B
Net assets$50.28B
30-day volatility36.9%annualized
Avg daily range (ATR)2.63%of price, 14 days
Max drawdown (1y)-17.8%-18.4% from 1y peak

Quote as of Sep 24, 2026 2:00 pm ET. Prices can lag the live tape. This is background information, not a recommendation.

How CSCO ranks on BeStock

Market value#27 of 300
P/E (cheapest = 1)#174 of 283
Dividend yield#140 of 244
Closeness to 52-week high#202 of 300
Dollar volume today#57 of 300

Ranks are among the 300 or so U.S.-listed stocks BeStock covers, recalculated whenever prices refresh. A row is left out when the measure does not apply, such as yield for a stock that pays no dividend.

Latest reported quarter: Q4, ended Jul 2026

Revenue$17.25B+17.6% YoY
Operating profit$4.78B+52.9% YoY
Net profit$3.86B+51.3% YoY
Diluted EPS$0.97+36.6% YoY
Free cash flow$5.00B+24.4% YoY
Operating cash flow$5.39B

Revenue, last 8 quarters

$13.8BOct '24$14.0BJan '25$14.1BApr '25$14.7BJul '25$14.9BOct '25$15.3BJan '26$15.8BApr '26$17.3BJul '26

Net profit, last 8 quarters

$2.7BOct '24$2.4BJan '25$2.5BApr '25$2.6BJul '25$2.9BOct '25$3.2BJan '26$3.4BApr '26$3.9BJul '26

Profitability & balance sheet

Gross margin64.5%
Operating margin25.4%
Net margin21.0%
Return on equity27.3%
Return on assets10.5%
Return on invested capital17.8%
Current ratio0.93
Liabilities / assets61.2%
Cash & investments$15.92B
Total debt$29.53B
Net cash (debt)-$13.62B
Free cash flow / sales20.2%

Where the revenue comes from

Quarter 2026/Q3

By business line

  • Networking$8.82B 55.7%
  • Services$3.72B 23.5%
  • Security$2.01B 12.7%
  • Collaboration$1.02B 6.5%
  • Observability$269.00M 1.7%
Average move on report day±5.4%last 16 reports
Closed higher9 of 1656% of the time
Best reaction+13.4%
Worst reaction-12.3%

Stock move on the day after each report

-2.1%2025/Q1+2.1%2025/Q2+4.8%2025/Q3-1.6%2025/Q4+4.6%2026/Q1-12.3%2026/Q2+13.4%2026/Q3-8.4%2026/Q4

"Implied move" is the size of move the options market was pricing ahead of the report. Move is the stock’s change on the first session after the release.

Valuation

Multiples measured against the stock's own five-year history

Valuation detail →
Price / earnings33.7x
CheapRich

Near the top of its 5-year range · 94th percentile, 5-year average 22.0x

#2205 of 2977 stocks by PE (1 = cheapest)

Price / book8.8x
CheapRich

Near the top of its 5-year range · 95th percentile, 5-year average 5.5x

#4768 of 5303 stocks by PB (1 = cheapest)

Price / sales7.0x
CheapRich

Near the top of its 5-year range · 95th percentile, 5-year average 4.4x

#4159 of 5143 stocks by PS (1 = cheapest)

P/E over five years

12x23x34x45xSep '21Mar '24Sep '26

Dashed line is the 5-year average; the shaded band is one standard deviation either side.

Morningstar fair value estimate

Fair value$115.00
Price vs. fair value-8.1%Trading below the estimate
Star rating★★★☆☆
Economic moatWide
UncertaintyHigh

Analyst view

All ratings →
ConsensusBuy
Analysts16
Average target$142.07+34.4% vs. price
  • Buy 75%
  • Hold 25%
Low $120.00Now $105.72Avg $142.07High $165.00

Latest rating actions

  • 31 Aug 2026Deutsche BankBUY · PT $135.00
  • 24 Aug 2026Truist FinancialBUY · PT $140.00
  • 24 Aug 2026Morgan StanleyBUY · PT $135.00
  • 17 Aug 2026EvercoreBUY · PT $150.00
  • 17 Aug 2026J.P. MorganBUY · PT $150.00

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Ownership detail →
Institutional ownership82.4%-0.11 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding4,646-11 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)5 buys / 8 sellsNet selling
Short interest1.41% of floatDays to cover 3.6 · as of 31 Aug 2026
Short-sale volume share19.1%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

11%17%23%29%Aug '26Sep '26Sep '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$214.72M (1 inflow days, 19 outflow days).

Dividends

Dividend yield (TTM)1.57%
Upcoming dividend$0.42Ex-date 2 Oct 2026
Next-to-last$0.42
Payments on file40

Dividends paid per share, by year

1.2820181.3820191.4320201.4720211.5120221.5520231.5920241.632025

Across the full calendar years shown, the annual payout grew by roughly 3.5% a year.

Latest headlines

More news →
  • Cisco | 4: Statement of changes in beneficial ownership of securities-Officer Subaiya Thimaya K.SEC · 15 Sep 2026
  • Deutsche Bank Initiates Cisco(CSCO.US) With Buy Rating, Announces Target Price $135Market news · 1 Sep 2026
  • UBS Maintains Cisco(CSCO.US) With Buy Rating, Maintains Target Price $132Market news · 5 Aug 2026
  • Haisike: Verification Opinion of CITIC Securities Co., Ltd. on Haisike Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.\'s Adjustment of the Internal Investment Structure for Fund-Raising Investment Projects in the 2025 Issuance of A Shares to Specific Investors by CiscoSZSI · 27 Aug 2026
  • Cisco partners with Super Micro Computer to expand the "NVIDIA AI Factory" solution, intensifying its investment in AI computing infrastructure.Zhitong Finance · 25 Aug 2026
  • Morgan Stanley: Cisco (CSCO.US) is entering a "more sustained growth phase," with the hardware upgrade cycle still in its "very early stages."Zhitong Finance · 25 Aug 2026

CSCO stock: common questions

How is Cisco stock doing today?

$105.72 is the latest print for CSCO, a move of -0.67% against yesterday's close of $106.43. Today's low and high so far: $105.06 and $106.55.

How large is Cisco by market value?

Equity value comes to $416.80B at the current price. By that measure it is number 27 of the 300 names in our coverage.

Is CSCO expensive on earnings?

Buyers pay 31.7 times the last twelve months of profit (EPS $3.33). Averaged over five years the multiple has been 22.0, and today's level ranks in the 94th percentile of its own history.

How far is CSCO from its yearly high?

The year's floor is $65.85 and the ceiling $129.88. Shares are 18.6% away from that ceiling.

Are there dividends on Cisco shares?

It does. Payouts over the past twelve months work out to a 1.57% yield; the latest ex-dividend date was July 6, 2026.

Do Wall Street analysts like CSCO?

Of 16 analysts, 75% say buy, 25% hold and 0% sell. Price targets average $142.07, with the most cautious at $120.00 and the most optimistic at $165.00.

How does Cisco make money?

Cisco makes network switches, routers, security products and collaboration tools, and it owns Splunk.

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