Osprey Private Wealth LLC Has $4.24 Million Holdings in Cisco Systems, Inc. $CSCO

Osprey Private Wealth LLC boosted its stake in Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) by 28.4% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 61,985 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 13,700 shares during the period. Cisco Systems comprises approximately 1.5% of Osprey Private Wealth LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 25th biggest position. Osprey Private Wealth LLC’s holdings in Cisco Systems were worth $4,241,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Cisco Systems during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $3,816,825,000. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main raised its position in shares of Cisco Systems by 413.3% in the 2nd quarter. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main now owns 22,393,371 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $1,553,645,000 after acquiring an additional 18,030,441 shares in the last quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC acquired a new position in shares of Cisco Systems in the 2nd quarter valued at about $904,542,000. Franklin Resources Inc. boosted its position in shares of Cisco Systems by 46.2% during the 2nd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 40,836,858 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $2,833,261,000 after purchasing an additional 12,904,969 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Cisco Systems by 6,778.2% in the second quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 6,810,012 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $472,479,000 after purchasing an additional 6,711,004 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 73.33% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

CSCO has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Piper Sandler lifted their price objective on shares of Cisco Systems from $70.00 to $86.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 13th. Evercore ISI lifted their price target on shares of Cisco Systems from $74.00 to $80.00 and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 13th. Melius Research increased their price objective on shares of Cisco Systems from $84.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 13th. Citic Securities raised their price objective on Cisco Systems from $75.00 to $90.00 in a research note on Monday, November 17th. Finally, Erste Group Bank upgraded Cisco Systems from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, November 10th. Seventeen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and nine have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $84.55.

Insider Transactions at Cisco Systems

In other news, CEO Charles Robbins sold 116,734 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $77.30, for a total transaction of $9,023,538.20. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 704,153 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $54,431,026.90. This represents a 14.22% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, EVP Deborah L. Stahlkopf sold 164,584 shares of Cisco Systems stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $77.85, for a total value of $12,812,864.40. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 196,738 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $15,316,053.30. This trade represents a 45.55% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 1,021,910 shares of company stock valued at $79,463,804. 0.01% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Cisco Systems Trading Down 2.0%

NASDAQ CSCO opened at $76.00 on Thursday. Cisco Systems, Inc. has a 12 month low of $52.11 and a 12 month high of $80.82. The company has a current ratio of 0.93, a quick ratio of 0.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46. The firm has a market capitalization of $300.28 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.57, a PEG ratio of 2.93 and a beta of 0.87. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $74.24 and a 200 day simple moving average of $70.03.

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 12th. The network equipment provider reported $1.00 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $14.88 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $14.77 billion. Cisco Systems had a net margin of 18.38% and a return on equity of 27.29%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.91 EPS. Cisco Systems has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.080-4.140 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.010-1.030 EPS. On average, analysts predict that Cisco Systems, Inc. will post 3.04 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Cisco Systems Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, January 21st. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 2nd will be given a $0.41 dividend. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 2nd. Cisco Systems’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 61.65%.

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.