Lynch & Associates IN Has $10.39 Million Stock Position in Cisco Systems, Inc. $CSCO

Lynch & Associates IN grew its position in shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) by 0.6% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 149,705 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 860 shares during the quarter. Cisco Systems accounts for 2.1% of Lynch & Associates IN’s holdings, making the stock its 11th biggest position. Lynch & Associates IN’s holdings in Cisco Systems were worth $10,387,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Pacifica Partners Inc. boosted its position in Cisco Systems by 0.5% during the 2nd quarter. Pacifica Partners Inc. now owns 34,060 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $2,338,000 after acquiring an additional 155 shares during the last quarter. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC raised its stake in shares of Cisco Systems by 2.9% during the 1st quarter. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC now owns 5,654 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $349,000 after purchasing an additional 159 shares in the last quarter. Central Valley Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Cisco Systems by 2.6% during the 2nd quarter. Central Valley Advisors LLC now owns 6,303 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $437,000 after purchasing an additional 159 shares in the last quarter. Capital Advisory Group Advisory Services LLC raised its stake in shares of Cisco Systems by 1.1% during the 2nd quarter. Capital Advisory Group Advisory Services LLC now owns 14,291 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $992,000 after purchasing an additional 159 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Boltwood Capital Management raised its stake in shares of Cisco Systems by 1.4% during the 2nd quarter. Boltwood Capital Management now owns 11,593 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $804,000 after purchasing an additional 160 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 73.33% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on CSCO. Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on Cisco Systems from $67.00 to $70.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, July 18th. Piper Sandler upped their price objective on Cisco Systems from $64.00 to $70.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 14th. Wolfe Research began coverage on Cisco Systems in a research note on Tuesday, July 8th. They set a “peer perform” rating on the stock. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upgraded Cisco Systems from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $65.00 to $73.00 in a research note on Monday, June 16th. Finally, HSBC reiterated a “hold” rating and set a $69.00 price objective on shares of Cisco Systems in a research note on Friday, August 15th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have given a Buy rating and ten have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $74.53.

Cisco Systems Stock Down 0.3%

CSCO stock opened at $67.54 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $267.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.78, a PEG ratio of 2.85 and a beta of 0.99. Cisco Systems, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $52.01 and a fifty-two week high of $72.55. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49, a current ratio of 1.00 and a quick ratio of 0.91. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $68.15 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $64.19.

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, August 13th. The network equipment provider reported $0.99 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.01. The company 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%.Cisco Systems’s quarterly revenue was up 7.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.87 EPS. 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, equities analysts anticipate that Cisco Systems, Inc. will post 3.04 earnings per share for the current year.

Cisco Systems Announces Dividend

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

Insider Activity at Cisco Systems

In other news, CEO Charles Robbins sold 30,557 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, August 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $66.63, for a total transaction of $2,036,012.91. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 639,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $42,576,570. This represents a 4.56% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Oliver Tuszik sold 17,526 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, September 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $67.95, for a total value of $1,190,891.70. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 198,855 shares in the company, valued at approximately $13,512,197.25. This trade represents a 8.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 82,965 shares of company stock worth $5,559,996 in the last quarter. 0.01% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.