What is KeyCorp’s Forecast for Cisco Systems Q1 Earnings?

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) – Stock analysts at KeyCorp issued their Q1 2026 earnings estimates for Cisco Systems in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, June 25th. KeyCorp analyst B. Nispel anticipates that the network equipment provider will post earnings of $0.78 per share for the quarter. KeyCorp has a “Overweight” rating and a $77.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Cisco Systems’ current full-year earnings is $3.04 per share. KeyCorp also issued estimates for Cisco Systems’ Q2 2026 earnings at $0.79 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.83 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.87 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.27 EPS.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Evercore ISI boosted their price target on Cisco Systems from $67.00 to $72.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, May 15th. Citigroup lifted their price target on shares of Cisco Systems from $68.00 to $71.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 15th. Barclays reissued an “equal weight” rating on shares of Cisco Systems in a research note on Wednesday, May 21st. Wall Street Zen raised Cisco Systems from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, May 16th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on Cisco Systems from $70.00 to $73.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 15th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, fourteen have given a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $69.53.

Cisco Systems Stock Down 0.4%

CSCO stock opened at $68.65 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50, a current ratio of 0.95 and a quick ratio of 0.87. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $62.57 and its 200-day simple moving average is $61.08. Cisco Systems has a 12 month low of $44.50 and a 12 month high of $69.22. The firm has a market capitalization of $271.85 billion, a PE ratio of 28.02, a P/E/G ratio of 4.12 and a beta of 0.88.

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 14th. The network equipment provider reported $0.96 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.92 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $14.15 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $14.05 billion. Cisco Systems had a return on equity of 26.48% and a net margin of 17.60%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.88 earnings per share.

Cisco Systems Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 23rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, July 3rd will be paid a $0.41 dividend. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.39%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 3rd. Cisco Systems’s dividend payout ratio is currently 66.94%.

Insider Activity

In other news, CEO Charles Robbins sold 29,784 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $64.61, for a total value of $1,924,344.24. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 688,409 shares in the company, valued at $44,478,105.49. This represents a 4.15% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, SVP Maria Victoria Wong sold 4,185 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $63.51, for a total value of $265,789.35. Following the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 38,103 shares in the company, valued at $2,419,921.53. The trade was a 9.90% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 97,335 shares of company stock worth $6,271,054 over the last three months. Corporate insiders own 0.01% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Cisco Systems

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Mainstream Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in Cisco Systems in the fourth quarter valued at about $132,000. Proficio Capital Partners LLC raised its position in Cisco Systems by 76.4% during the fourth quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 16,947 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $1,003,000 after acquiring an additional 7,338 shares in the last quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC lifted its stake in Cisco Systems by 28.9% in the first quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 4,037,909 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $249,180,000 after acquiring an additional 904,548 shares during the last quarter. Investment Management Corp of Ontario grew its position in Cisco Systems by 44.6% in the fourth quarter. Investment Management Corp of Ontario now owns 193,478 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $11,454,000 after acquiring an additional 59,680 shares in the last quarter. Finally, AlTi Global Inc. increased its stake in shares of Cisco Systems by 49.8% during the 4th quarter. AlTi Global Inc. now owns 20,483 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $1,217,000 after purchasing an additional 6,811 shares during the last quarter. 73.33% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.