Holistic Financial Partners Purchases Shares of 3,914 Cisco Systems, Inc. $CSCO

Holistic Financial Partners purchased a new stake in Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 3,914 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock, valued at approximately $272,000.

A number of other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Fullcircle Wealth LLC lifted its stake in Cisco Systems by 5.4% in the second quarter. Fullcircle Wealth LLC now owns 7,405 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $507,000 after acquiring an additional 379 shares during the last quarter. Freestone Capital Holdings LLC lifted its stake in shares of Cisco Systems by 2.5% during the 2nd quarter. Freestone Capital Holdings LLC now owns 120,179 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $8,338,000 after buying an additional 2,945 shares during the last quarter. Wellington Shields Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Cisco Systems by 123.7% during the 2nd quarter. Wellington Shields Capital Management LLC now owns 5,427 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $377,000 after buying an additional 3,001 shares during the last quarter. Seelaus Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Cisco Systems by 8.4% during the 2nd quarter. Seelaus Asset Management LLC now owns 13,354 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $927,000 after buying an additional 1,040 shares during the last quarter. Finally, K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc acquired a new stake in shares of Cisco Systems during the 2nd quarter worth about $1,756,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 73.33% of the company’s stock.

Cisco Systems Price Performance

CSCO stock opened at $74.45 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.91, a current ratio of 1.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49. Cisco Systems, Inc. has a 12 month low of $52.11 and a 12 month high of $74.84. The firm has a market cap of $293.39 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.42, a P/E/G ratio of 3.00 and a beta of 0.97. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $68.97 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $66.48.

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

Cisco Systems Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 22nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 3rd were paid a $0.41 dividend. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.2%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, October 3rd. Cisco Systems’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 62.60%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, EVP Deborah L. Stahlkopf sold 2,718 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $68.08, for a total value of $185,041.44. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 157,184 shares in the company, valued at approximately $10,701,086.72. This trade represents a 1.70% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Oliver Tuszik sold 17,526 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $67.95, for a total transaction of $1,190,891.70. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 198,855 shares in the company, valued at approximately $13,512,197.25. The trade was a 8.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 82,965 shares of company stock worth $5,559,996 in the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 0.01% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

CSCO has been the subject of a number of research reports. Evercore ISI raised their target price on shares of Cisco Systems from $72.00 to $74.00 and gave the stock an “in-line” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 14th. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on shares of Cisco Systems from $73.00 to $77.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, October 10th. Wolfe Research initiated coverage on shares of Cisco Systems in a research report on Tuesday, July 8th. They set a “peer perform” rating on the stock. Bank of America raised their price target on shares of Cisco Systems from $76.00 to $85.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 14th. Finally, Piper Sandler raised their price target on shares of Cisco Systems from $64.00 to $70.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 14th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have given a Buy rating and nine have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $75.50.

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.