66.32 USD
+0.48
0.73%
At close Jun 20, 4:00 PM EDT
After hours
66.32
+0.00
0.00%
1 day
0.73%
5 days
2.68%
1 month
4.57%
3 months
9.40%
6 months
13.33%
Year to date
12.22%
1 year
41.95%
5 years
46.86%
10 years
129.16%
 

About: Cisco Systems is the largest provider of networking equipment in the world and one of the largest software companies in the world. Its largest businesses are selling networking hardware and software (where it has leading market shares) and cybersecurity software such as firewalls. It also has collaboration products, like its Webex suite, and observability tools. It primarily outsources its manufacturing to third parties and has a large sales and marketing staff—25,000 strong across 90 countries. Overall, Cisco employs 80,000 people and sells its products globally.

Employees: 90,400

0
Funds holding %
of 7,302 funds
0
Analysts bullish %
of 9 analysts

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

48% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 206 | Existing positions closed: 139

22% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $3.75B | Put options by funds: $3.07B

1% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $182B [Q4 2024] → $185B (+$2.71B) [Q1 2025]

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 109 [Q4 2024] → 109 (+0) [Q1 2025]

0% less funds holding

Funds holding: 3,310 [Q4 2024] → 3,300 (-10) [Q1 2025]

0.6% less ownership

Funds ownership: 75.35% [Q4 2024] → 74.75% (-0.6%) [Q1 2025]

14% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 1,268 | Existing positions reduced: 1,472

Research analyst outlook

9 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

Low target
$64
3%
downside
Avg. target
$71
6%
upside
High target
$75
13%
upside

9 analyst ratings

positive
78%
neutral
22%
negative
0%
Deutsche Bank
Matthew Niknam
10%upside
$73
Buy
Upgraded
16 Jun 2025
Piper Sandler
James Fish
4%downside
$64
Neutral
Maintained
15 May 2025
Citigroup
Atif Malik
7%upside
$71
Buy
Maintained
15 May 2025
Morgan Stanley
Meta Marshall
1%upside
$67
Overweight
Maintained
15 May 2025
Evercore ISI Group
Amit Daryanani
9%upside
$72
Outperform
Maintained
15 May 2025

Financial journalist opinion

Based on 33 articles about CSCO published over the past 30 days

Positive
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