McAdam LLC Has $454,000 Stock Position in Cisco Systems, Inc. $CSCO

McAdam LLC decreased its position in shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) by 52.0% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 7,357 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock after selling 7,979 shares during the period. McAdam LLC’s holdings in Cisco Systems were worth $454,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Acadian Asset Management LLC boosted its position in Cisco Systems by 255.9% during the first quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 7,819,547 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $482,509,000 after purchasing an additional 5,622,672 shares during the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. boosted its position in Cisco Systems by 15.5% during the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 35,255 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $2,176,000 after purchasing an additional 4,722 shares during the last quarter. Blue Rock Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in Cisco Systems during the first quarter valued at $520,000. Fortis Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Cisco Systems during the first quarter valued at $1,288,000. Finally, Belpointe Asset Management LLC boosted its position in Cisco Systems by 87.2% during the first quarter. Belpointe Asset Management LLC now owns 56,779 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $3,504,000 after purchasing an additional 26,455 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 73.33% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, EVP Deborah L. Stahlkopf sold 9,783 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $66.60, for a total transaction of $651,547.80. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 161,662 shares in the company, valued at $10,766,689.20. The trade was a 5.71% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CFO Richard Scott Herren sold 15,678 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $65.52, for a total value of $1,027,222.56. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 309,543 shares in the company, valued at $20,281,257.36. This represents a 4.82% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 84,953 shares of company stock valued at $5,637,512 in the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.01% of the company’s stock.

Cisco Systems Trading Up 1.2%

Cisco Systems stock opened at $68.13 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a current ratio of 1.00. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $68.34 and its 200-day simple moving average is $63.95. The firm has a market capitalization of $269.33 billion, a PE ratio of 26.00, a PEG ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 0.99. Cisco Systems, Inc. has a 52 week low of $47.85 and a 52 week high of $72.55.

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 13th. The network equipment provider reported $0.99 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.98 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $14.67 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $14.63 billion. Cisco Systems had a return on equity of 27.06% and a net margin of 18.45%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.87 earnings per share. Cisco Systems has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.970-0.990 EPS. FY 2026 guidance at 4.000-4.060 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that Cisco Systems, Inc. will post 3.04 earnings per share for the current year.

Cisco Systems Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 22nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 3rd will be paid a $0.41 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 3rd. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.4%. Cisco Systems’s payout ratio is presently 62.60%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

CSCO has been the subject of a number of research reports. UBS Group lifted their price objective on Cisco Systems from $70.00 to $74.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 5th. Piper Sandler raised their target price on Cisco Systems from $64.00 to $70.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, August 14th. Morgan Stanley raised their target price on Cisco Systems from $67.00 to $70.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, July 18th. Bank of America raised their target price on Cisco Systems from $76.00 to $85.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, August 14th. Finally, Hsbc Global Res lowered Cisco Systems from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, August 15th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have issued a Buy rating and ten have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $74.53.

Cisco Systems Company 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.