GHP Investment Advisors Inc. Acquires 1,633 Shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. $CSCO

GHP Investment Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) by 0.8% in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 196,667 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,633 shares during the period. GHP Investment Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Cisco Systems were worth $13,645,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Plato Investment Management Ltd boosted its holdings in shares of Cisco Systems by 0.5% during the second quarter. Plato Investment Management Ltd now owns 101,154 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $6,992,000 after acquiring an additional 512 shares during the period. Beam Wealth Advisors Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Cisco Systems by 2.2% during the second quarter. Beam Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 13,718 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $952,000 after acquiring an additional 301 shares during the period. Atlas Private Wealth Advisors boosted its holdings in shares of Cisco Systems by 6.3% during the second quarter. Atlas Private Wealth Advisors now owns 3,453 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $240,000 after acquiring an additional 206 shares during the period. Kesler Norman & Wride LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Cisco Systems by 0.8% during the second quarter. Kesler Norman & Wride LLC now owns 103,817 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $7,203,000 after acquiring an additional 779 shares during the period. Finally, Hills Bank & Trust Co boosted its holdings in shares of Cisco Systems by 0.7% during the second quarter. Hills Bank & Trust Co now owns 51,272 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $3,557,000 after acquiring an additional 378 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 73.33% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on CSCO shares. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and set a $87.00 price objective on shares of Cisco Systems in a report on Thursday, August 14th. UBS Group boosted their price objective on Cisco Systems from $70.00 to $74.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 5th. HSBC reiterated a “hold” rating and issued a $69.00 price target on shares of Cisco Systems in a research note on Friday, August 15th. Wall Street Zen cut Cisco Systems from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, July 12th. Finally, Evercore ISI boosted their price target on Cisco Systems from $72.00 to $74.00 and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 14th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have issued a Buy rating and ten have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Cisco Systems presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $74.72.

Cisco Systems Stock Up 0.3%

Shares of CSCO opened at $73.11 on Friday. Cisco Systems, Inc. has a one year low of $52.11 and a one year high of $73.48. The company has a market cap of $288.11 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.90, a P/E/G ratio of 3.00 and a beta of 0.97. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49, a current ratio of 1.00 and a quick ratio of 0.91. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $68.82 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $66.27.

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 13th. The network equipment provider reported $0.99 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.01. Cisco Systems had a net margin of 18.45% and a return on equity of 27.06%. The business 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 company’s 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. Research analysts forecast that Cisco Systems, Inc. will post 3.04 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Cisco Systems Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 22nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 3rd were issued a dividend of $0.41 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, October 3rd. This represents a $1.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.2%. Cisco Systems’s dividend payout ratio is 62.60%.

Insider Activity at Cisco Systems

In other news, EVP Thimaya K. Subaiya sold 7,511 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction 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 approximately $10,792,454.28. This represents a 4.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, insider Jeetendra I. Patel sold 9,061 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $66.60, for a total transaction of $603,462.60. Following the transaction, the insider owned 237,405 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $15,811,173. This trade represents a 3.68% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 82,965 shares of company stock valued at $5,559,996. 0.01% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.