Q2 EPS Estimates for Cisco Systems Lifted by Zacks Research

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research increased their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Cisco Systems in a report released on Wednesday, December 4th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the network equipment provider will earn $0.75 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.71. The consensus estimate for Cisco Systems’ current full-year earnings is $2.97 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Cisco Systems’ Q4 2025 earnings at $0.76 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $2.98 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.78 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.77 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.82 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $3.16 EPS and Q1 2027 earnings at $0.85 EPS.

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 13th. The network equipment provider reported $0.91 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.87 by $0.04. Cisco Systems had a return on equity of 25.70% and a net margin of 17.73%. The business had revenue of $13.84 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.78 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.98 EPS. Cisco Systems’s revenue for the quarter was down 5.6% compared to the same quarter last year.

CSCO has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Barclays raised their price objective on Cisco Systems from $49.00 to $56.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 14th. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on shares of Cisco Systems from $57.00 to $60.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, November 14th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their price objective on shares of Cisco Systems from $52.00 to $53.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 15th. Rosenblatt Securities raised their price objective on shares of Cisco Systems from $56.00 to $58.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 15th. Finally, Evercore ISI raised their price objective on shares of Cisco Systems from $55.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, September 20th. Ten research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eleven have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Cisco Systems currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $59.94.

Cisco Systems Trading Down 1.6 %

Shares of Cisco Systems stock opened at $58.95 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $234.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.30, a PEG ratio of 4.46 and a beta of 0.85. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $56.65 and a 200-day moving average price of $51.05. The company has a quick ratio of 0.80, a current ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43. Cisco Systems has a twelve month low of $44.50 and a twelve month high of $60.23.

Cisco Systems Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, January 22nd. Investors of record on Friday, January 3rd will be issued a dividend of $0.40 per share. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.71%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 3rd. Cisco Systems’s payout ratio is 68.67%.

Insider Activity at Cisco Systems

In other Cisco Systems news, EVP Thimaya K. Subaiya sold 1,328 shares of Cisco Systems stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $48.92, for a total value of $64,965.76. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 132,910 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,501,957.20. The trade was a 0.99 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Charles Robbins sold 171,744 shares of Cisco Systems stock in a transaction on Friday, November 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $57.49, for a total transaction of $9,873,562.56. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 783,786 shares in the company, valued at $45,059,857.14. This represents a 17.97 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 351,860 shares of company stock valued at $20,231,558 over the last ninety days. 0.01% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Cisco Systems

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Summit Securities Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Cisco Systems during the second quarter valued at $25,000. Quarry LP grew its holdings in shares of Cisco Systems by 222.4% during the second quarter. Quarry LP now owns 661 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $31,000 after buying an additional 456 shares during the last quarter. West Financial Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Cisco Systems by 116.6% during the third quarter. West Financial Advisors LLC now owns 574 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $31,000 after buying an additional 309 shares during the last quarter. Hobbs Group Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Cisco Systems during the second quarter valued at $36,000. Finally, RPg Family Wealth Advisory LLC acquired a new position in Cisco Systems during the third quarter valued at $40,000. 73.33% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Cisco Systems

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.