Cisco Systems, Inc (CSCO): Uncovering A True Diamond In The Rough

Cisco Systems, Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) currently has a daily average trading volume of 20.54M but it saw 18931897 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 240.53B USD, the company’s current market price of $60.46 came falling about -0.35 while comparing to the previous closing price of $60.67. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $66.50 and as low as $44.50. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $60.245 while lowest mark touched by it was $61.17.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Cisco Systems, Inc (CSCO) gives us an average price of $63.50, while its current price level is -9.08% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 35.87% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $61.62 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $54.16. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.61% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 2.34%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 36.94 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Rosenblatt upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Buy” from “Neutral” on February 13, 2025 while assigning a price target range of $66-$80. Exane BNP Paribas also issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock is $72.

Over the week, CSCO’s stock price is moving -5.47% down while it is -3.74% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 2.13% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 22.14%.

The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report on 2025-Feb-11, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 0.92 while estimate for next year EPS is 3.72. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $14.53B as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $56.41B and seeing the company making $59.27B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $14.04B for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, Cisco Systems, Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 3.98B with 0.06% of that held by the insiders while 79.89% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 13.88% and return on equity (ROE) at 20.02%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 26.49 while having a 15.14 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.86. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 5.28 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 4.44. Its return on asset (ROA) is 8.26% on average.