U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors LLC Sells 147,951 Shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. $CSCO

U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors LLC lowered its holdings in shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) by 39.8% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 224,078 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock after selling 147,951 shares during the quarter. U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Cisco Systems were worth $15,331,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of CSCO. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Cisco Systems by 1.3% during the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 393,989,568 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $27,334,996,000 after buying an additional 5,039,714 shares during the period. State Street Corp lifted its stake in shares of Cisco Systems by 0.6% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 194,695,250 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $13,507,956,000 after acquiring an additional 1,067,872 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in Cisco Systems by 1.2% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 99,252,395 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $6,864,058,000 after acquiring an additional 1,157,704 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in Cisco Systems in the second quarter worth $3,816,825,000. Finally, Invesco Ltd. lifted its position in shares of Cisco Systems by 3.0% during the second quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 48,531,251 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $3,367,098,000 after purchasing an additional 1,414,105 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 73.33% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts have recently commented on CSCO shares. HSBC upped their price target on shares of Cisco Systems from $69.00 to $74.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, November 14th. Argus raised their target price on shares of Cisco Systems from $80.00 to $100.00 in a research report on Thursday, November 13th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on Cisco Systems from $80.00 to $90.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, November 13th. Wall Street Zen downgraded Cisco Systems from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, November 22nd. Finally, Evercore ISI upped their target price on Cisco Systems from $74.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock an “in-line” rating in a report on Thursday, November 13th. Seventeen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and nine have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Cisco Systems currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $84.55.

Cisco Systems Stock Up 1.3%

Cisco Systems stock opened at $76.95 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.83, a current ratio of 0.93 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46. The firm has a market cap of $304.04 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.93, a P/E/G ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 0.87. The business has a fifty day moving average of $74.38 and a two-hundred day moving average of $70.07. Cisco Systems, Inc. has a twelve month low of $52.11 and a twelve month high of $80.82.

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 12th. The network equipment provider reported $1.00 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.02. Cisco Systems had a return on equity of 27.29% and a net margin of 18.38%.The firm had revenue of $14.88 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $14.77 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.91 EPS. The business’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 and its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.010-1.030 EPS. On average, analysts forecast that Cisco Systems, Inc. will post 3.04 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Cisco Systems Announces Dividend

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 issued a $0.41 dividend. This represents a $1.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 2nd. Cisco Systems’s dividend payout ratio is 61.65%.

Insider Activity at Cisco Systems

In other Cisco Systems news, SVP Maria Victoria Wong sold 428 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $80.33, for a total value of $34,381.24. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 32,176 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,584,698.08. The trade was a 1.31% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Thimaya K. Subaiya sold 1,745 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $79.46, for a total value of $138,657.70. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 176,319 shares in the company, valued at $14,010,307.74. This trade represents a 0.98% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 1,017,865 shares of company stock worth $79,312,702 in the last three months. Company insiders own 0.01% of the company’s stock.

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.