Marshall Financial Group LLC Takes Position in Cisco Systems, Inc. $CSCO

Marshall Financial Group LLC acquired a new stake in Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor acquired 31,867 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock, valued at approximately $2,197,000.

Other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC bought a new stake in shares of Cisco Systems in the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. JDM Financial Group LLC increased its holdings in Cisco Systems by 160.4% during the 4th quarter. JDM Financial Group LLC now owns 487 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $29,000 after purchasing an additional 300 shares in the last quarter. Pandora Wealth Inc. bought a new position in Cisco Systems during the 1st quarter worth about $31,000. Nova Wealth Management Inc. bought a new position in Cisco Systems during the 1st quarter worth about $31,000. Finally, Fairway Wealth LLC increased its holdings in Cisco Systems by 224.7% during the 1st quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC now owns 578 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $36,000 after purchasing an additional 400 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 73.33% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have issued reports on CSCO. HSBC reiterated a “hold” rating and set a $69.00 target price on shares of Cisco Systems in a report on Friday, August 15th. Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on Cisco Systems from $67.00 to $70.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, July 18th. CICC Research started coverage on Cisco Systems in a report on Monday, July 14th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $78.00 price objective for the company. Wolfe Research started coverage on Cisco Systems in a report on Tuesday, July 8th. They issued a “peer perform” rating for the company. Finally, Bank of America raised their price objective on Cisco Systems from $76.00 to $85.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, August 14th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have given a Buy rating and ten have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Cisco Systems has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $74.53.

Insider Buying and Selling at Cisco Systems

In other Cisco Systems news, EVP Thimaya K. Subaiya sold 7,511 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $66.84, for a total transaction of $502,035.24. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 161,467 shares in the company, valued at $10,792,454.28. The trade was a 4.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, SVP Maria Victoria Wong sold 3,162 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $67.28, for a total transaction of $212,739.36. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 31,468 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,117,167.04. The trade was a 9.13% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 65,439 shares of company stock valued at $4,369,104. 0.01% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Cisco Systems Stock Up 1.2%

NASDAQ CSCO opened at $67.72 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 1.00, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49. Cisco Systems, Inc. has a 1-year low of $50.27 and a 1-year high of $72.55. The company has a 50 day moving average of $68.14 and a 200-day moving average of $64.06. The company has a market cap of $267.71 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.85, a PEG ratio of 2.81 and a beta of 0.99.

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 13th. The network equipment provider reported $0.99 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.98 by $0.01. Cisco Systems had a net margin of 18.45% and a return on equity of 27.06%. The company had revenue of $14.67 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $14.63 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.87 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 7.6% on a year-over-year basis. Cisco Systems has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.970-0.990 EPS. FY 2026 guidance at 4.000-4.060 EPS. On average, equities research analysts expect that Cisco Systems, Inc. will post 3.04 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Cisco Systems Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 22nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.41 per share. This represents a $1.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.4%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 3rd. Cisco Systems’s payout ratio is currently 62.60%.

About Cisco Systems

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.