Insider Selling: Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) SVP Sells 551 Shares of Stock

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) SVP Maria Victoria Wong sold 551 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $77.54, for a total value of $42,724.54. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 27,957 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,167,785.78. The trade was a 1.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website.

Maria Victoria Wong also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, February 24th, Maria Victoria Wong sold 2,179 shares of Cisco Systems stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $77.74, for a total transaction of $169,395.46.
• On Friday, February 13th, Maria Victoria Wong sold 51 shares of Cisco Systems stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $74.24, for a total value of $3,786.24.

Cisco Systems Stock Down 0.5%

Cisco Systems stock traded down $0.36 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $77.74. The company had a trading volume of 19,967,452 shares, compared to its average volume of 23,648,996. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $77.96 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $74.35. The company has a current ratio of 0.96, a quick ratio of 0.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45. The company has a market capitalization of $307.06 billion, a PE ratio of 27.28, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.94 and a beta of 0.87. Cisco Systems, Inc. has a 12 month low of $52.11 and a 12 month high of $88.18.

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 11th. The network equipment provider reported $1.04 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.02 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $15.35 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $15.11 billion. Cisco Systems had a net margin of 19.22% and a return on equity of 27.88%. Cisco Systems’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.94 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Cisco Systems, Inc. will post 3.04 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Cisco Systems Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 22nd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 2nd will be issued a $0.42 dividend. This represents a $1.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 2nd. This is a positive change from Cisco Systems’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.41. Cisco Systems’s dividend payout ratio is 58.95%.

Institutional Trading of Cisco Systems

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Cisco Systems in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $4,473,272,000. Auto Owners Insurance Co boosted its holdings in Cisco Systems by 8,718.3% in the fourth quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 51,952,421 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $400,190,000 after purchasing an additional 51,363,281 shares during the period. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main increased its stake in Cisco Systems by 413.3% during the second quarter. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main now owns 22,393,371 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $1,553,645,000 after purchasing an additional 18,030,441 shares during the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its holdings in shares of Cisco Systems by 103.2% during the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 29,289,151 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $2,256,144,000 after purchasing an additional 14,874,407 shares during the period. Finally, Franklin Resources Inc. lifted its position in shares of 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 worth $2,833,261,000 after buying an additional 12,904,969 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 73.33% of the company’s stock.

Cisco Systems News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Cisco Systems this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q2 beat-and-raise: Cisco reported record FQ2 revenue and EPS, topped guidance, and raised AI order expectations (AI orders surged ~61% to $2.1B; management now targets >$5B annual AI orders), supporting a multi-year growth narrative around AI infrastructure. Cisco Q2: The Valuation Makes No Sense
• Positive Sentiment: Market recognition of networking + AI momentum: Coverage and headlines highlight the beat-and-raise and investor interest in Cisco’s AI and networking businesses, which can support multiple expansion over time if execution continues. Cisco Systems (CSCO) Rallies After Beat-and-Raise Quarter Driven by Networking and AI Momentum
• Positive Sentiment: Management messaging at conferences emphasized AI infrastructure and security strength — reinforcing guidance and growth drivers that analysts will factor into forward estimates. Cisco Presents at Morgan Stanley
• Neutral Sentiment: Strategic AI repositioning: Analyses discuss Cisco’s “agentic” AI roadmap and software leverage (potential upside if AI becomes as large as the internet), but these are longer‑horizon drivers rather than immediate catalysts. How Cisco’s Artificial Intelligence ‘Agentic’ Makeover Will Rewire Internet Pioneer
• Neutral Sentiment: Social-impact and workforce initiatives (Networking Academy partnerships) and ecosystem items (enterprise AI startups, partner activity) support long-term adoption but are not immediate earnings drivers. Cisco Networking Academy Partnership
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-interest data posted for March appears erroneous (0 shares / NaN increase; days-to-cover 0.0) — the print is unreliable and should not be interpreted as a true short-squeeze signal. (No reliable link available.)
• Negative Sentiment: Margin pressure risk: Reporting notes increased memory costs and a hardware‑heavy product mix that are squeezing margins; investors may be penalizing the stock near-term while awaiting margin stabilization. Cisco Balances Amazon Skills Push With Ongoing Margin Pressures
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical/operational risk to hyperscaler spending: Coverage of regional conflict (e.g., attacks on data centers in the Middle East) raises the potential for disruption to hyperscaler AI buildouts — a risk to large cloud/hyperscaler orders that underpin part of Cisco’s AI demand. How the Iran war could impact hyperscalers’ massive AI buildout in the Middle East

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms recently commented on CSCO. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on Cisco Systems from $82.00 to $91.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 17th. UBS Group upped their target price on shares of Cisco Systems from $90.00 to $95.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. Erste Group Bank lowered shares of Cisco Systems from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 18th. Barclays increased their price objective on shares of Cisco Systems from $71.00 to $76.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 13th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised shares of Cisco Systems from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, February 28th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $89.55.

Cisco Systems Company Profile

Cisco Systems, Inc is a global technology company that designs, manufactures and sells networking hardware, software and telecommunications equipment. Its core business focuses on enabling enterprise and service-provider networks through products such as routers, switches, network security appliances and wireless systems. Over time Cisco has broadened its portfolio to emphasize software-defined networking, cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure and edge computing solutions that help organizations build and manage modern IT environments.

In addition to hardware, Cisco offers a growing range of software platforms and subscription services for network management, security, analytics and collaboration.