Mufg Securities Americas Inc. Buys 17,669 Shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. $CSCO

Mufg Securities Americas Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) by 25.1% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 88,170 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 17,669 shares during the quarter. Cisco Systems accounts for about 0.5% of Mufg Securities Americas Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 29th largest position. Mufg Securities Americas Inc.’s holdings in Cisco Systems were worth $6,117,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in CSCO. Evelyn Partners Investment Management Services Ltd increased its position in shares of Cisco Systems by 14.4% during the second quarter. Evelyn Partners Investment Management Services Ltd now owns 7,651 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $521,000 after buying an additional 965 shares during the period. Evelyn Partners Investment Management LLP boosted its position in shares of Cisco Systems by 19.6% in the second quarter. Evelyn Partners Investment Management LLP now owns 131,776 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $9,124,000 after acquiring an additional 21,588 shares during the period. Evelyn Partners Asset Management Ltd grew its stake in Cisco Systems by 7.2% during the second quarter. Evelyn Partners Asset Management Ltd now owns 12,761 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $885,000 after acquiring an additional 859 shares in the last quarter. Journey Strategic Wealth LLC increased its holdings in Cisco Systems by 30.7% during the 2nd quarter. Journey Strategic Wealth LLC now owns 37,838 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $2,625,000 after acquiring an additional 8,887 shares during the period. Finally, CFC Planning Co LLC increased its holdings in Cisco Systems by 70.7% during the 2nd quarter. CFC Planning Co LLC now owns 85,935 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $5,962,000 after acquiring an additional 35,585 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 73.33% of the company’s stock.

Cisco Systems Trading Up 0.9%

NASDAQ CSCO opened at $76.10 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.91, a current ratio of 1.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $70.84 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $68.07. Cisco Systems, Inc. has a twelve month low of $52.11 and a twelve month high of $80.06. The company has a market capitalization of $300.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.05, a PEG ratio of 3.00 and a beta of 0.95.

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 12th. The network equipment provider reported $1.00 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $14.88 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $14.77 billion. Cisco Systems had a return on equity of 27.06% and a net margin of 18.45%.The company’s revenue was up 7.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.91 EPS. Cisco Systems has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.080-4.140 EPS. Q2 2026 guidance at 1.010-1.030 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Cisco Systems, Inc. will post 3.04 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Cisco Systems Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, January 21st. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 2nd will be paid a $0.41 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 2nd. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.2%. Cisco Systems’s dividend payout ratio is 61.65%.

Insider Activity at Cisco Systems

In other news, EVP Thimaya K. Subaiya sold 56,038 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $78.33, for a total transaction of $4,389,456.54. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 179,780 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $14,082,167.40. This trade represents a 23.76% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Deborah L. Stahlkopf sold 164,584 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $77.85, for a total value of $12,812,864.40. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 196,738 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $15,316,053.30. This trade represents a 45.55% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 1,017,988 shares of company stock worth $79,085,621 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 0.01% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have commented on CSCO shares. BNP Paribas Exane raised their price target on shares of Cisco Systems from $76.00 to $86.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, November 13th. Bank of America increased their price objective on Cisco Systems from $85.00 to $95.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 13th. Rosenblatt Securities boosted their target price on Cisco Systems from $87.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 13th. Piper Sandler upped their target price on Cisco Systems from $70.00 to $86.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 13th. Finally, Citic Securities lifted their price target on Cisco Systems from $75.00 to $90.00 in a research report on Monday, November 17th. Seventeen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and nine have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $84.14.

Cisco Systems 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.