Cisco Systems, Inc (NASDAQ: CSCO): Retirees Don’t Worry About Volatility

Cisco Systems, Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) currently has a daily average trading volume of 23.63M but it saw 20011987 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 221.83B USD, the company’s current market price of $55.76 came falling about -2.52 while comparing to the previous closing price of $57.20. 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 $55.42 while lowest mark touched by it was $57.075.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Cisco Systems, Inc (CSCO) gives us an average price of $58.71, while its current price level is -16.15% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 25.30% 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 $61.18 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $55.74. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.90% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 3.13%. 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 38.98 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 -4.08% down while it is -7.53% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -5.81% down and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 15.59%.

Currently, Cisco Systems, Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 3.98B with 0.06% of that held by the insiders while 80.03% 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 24.43 while having a 14.02 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.89. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 4.87 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 4.09. Its return on asset (ROA) is 8.26% on average.