Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) Stock Price Expected to Rise, Barclays Analyst Says

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) had its price target boosted by stock analysts at Barclays from $71.00 to $76.00 in a note issued to investors on Thursday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage presently has an “equal weight” rating on the network equipment provider’s stock. Barclays‘s target price suggests a potential downside of 1.66% from the stock’s current price.

Several other research firms have also recently issued reports on CSCO. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on Cisco Systems from $83.00 to $95.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Cisco Systems in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. UBS Group lifted their price target on Cisco Systems from $88.00 to $90.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on shares of Cisco Systems from $77.00 to $82.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday. Finally, William Blair raised shares of Cisco Systems to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 14th. Sixteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and nine have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $82.32.

Cisco Systems Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ CSCO traded up $3.32 during trading on Thursday, reaching $77.28. The company had a trading volume of 47,764,812 shares, compared to its average volume of 20,909,744. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $69.46 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $67.20. Cisco Systems has a twelve month low of $52.11 and a twelve month high of $79.50. The stock has a market capitalization of $304.55 billion, a PE ratio of 29.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.00 and a beta of 0.95. 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 (NASDAQ:CSCO) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 12th. The network equipment provider reported $1.00 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.02. Cisco Systems had a net margin of 18.45% and a return on equity of 27.06%. The company had revenue of $14.88 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $14.77 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.91 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Cisco Systems has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.080-4.140 EPS. Q2 2026 guidance at 1.010-1.030 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Cisco Systems will post 3.04 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, EVP Oliver Tuszik sold 17,526 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, September 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $67.95, for a total value of $1,190,891.70. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 198,855 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $13,512,197.25. This trade represents a 8.10% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, EVP Deborah L. Stahlkopf sold 2,718 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $68.08, for a total transaction of $185,041.44. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 157,184 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,701,086.72. This trade represents a 1.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 82,965 shares of company stock valued at $5,559,996. 0.01% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Cisco Systems

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Cisco Systems during the second quarter worth $3,816,825,000. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main increased its stake in Cisco Systems by 413.3% during the 2nd quarter. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main now owns 22,393,371 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $1,553,645,000 after buying an additional 18,030,441 shares during the period. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC acquired a new position in Cisco Systems in the 2nd quarter worth $904,542,000. Franklin Resources Inc. boosted its position in Cisco Systems by 46.2% in the 2nd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 40,836,858 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $2,833,261,000 after buying an additional 12,904,969 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Cisco Systems by 37.4% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 46,973,293 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $2,898,722,000 after acquiring an additional 12,775,066 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 73.33% of the company’s stock.

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.