Cisco Systems (CSCO) Expected to Announce Quarterly Earnings on Wednesday

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) is projected to issue its Q1 2026 results after the market closes on Wednesday, November 12th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $0.98 per share and revenue of $14.7706 billion for the quarter. Cisco Systems has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.970-0.990 EPS. FY 2026 guidance at 4.000-4.060 EPS.Parties can check the company’s upcoming Q1 2026 earningsummary page for the latest details on the call scheduled for Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM ET.

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 13th. The network equipment provider reported $0.99 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $14.67 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $14.63 billion. Cisco Systems had a return on equity of 27.06% and a net margin of 18.45%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.87 earnings per share. On average, analysts expect Cisco Systems to post $3 EPS for the current fiscal year and $3 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Cisco Systems Trading Up 0.0%

Shares of NASDAQ:CSCO opened at $71.07 on Monday. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $69.19 and its 200 day simple moving average is $66.94. Cisco Systems has a 1 year low of $52.11 and a 1 year high of $74.84. 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 company has a market capitalization of $280.07 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.13, a P/E/G ratio of 3.00 and a beta of 0.95.

Cisco Systems Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 22nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 3rd were issued a dividend of $0.41 per share. This represents a $1.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, October 3rd. Cisco Systems’s dividend payout ratio is 62.60%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms recently commented on CSCO. Bank of America boosted their price target on Cisco Systems from $76.00 to $85.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 14th. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and issued a $87.00 target price on shares of Cisco Systems in a research report on Thursday, August 14th. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on shares of Cisco Systems from $73.00 to $77.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, October 10th. CICC Research assumed coverage on shares of Cisco Systems in a research note on Monday, July 14th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $78.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on Cisco Systems from $75.00 to $83.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 14th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Buy rating and nine have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $75.50.

Insider Activity at Cisco Systems

In other news, SVP Maria Victoria Wong sold 428 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $68.25, for a total value of $29,211.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 30,619 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,089,746.75. This represents a 1.38% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Thimaya K. Subaiya sold 1,744 shares of Cisco Systems stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $66.78, for a total transaction of $116,464.32. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 158,009 shares in the company, valued at approximately $10,551,841.02. This represents a 1.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 82,965 shares of company stock worth $5,559,996 over the last 90 days. 0.01% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Cisco Systems

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of CSCO. WFA of San Diego LLC bought a new position in Cisco Systems during the 2nd quarter worth $60,000. Optimist Retirement Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Cisco Systems in the second quarter valued at about $202,000. Binnacle Investments Inc raised its position in shares of Cisco Systems by 11.3% during the second quarter. Binnacle Investments Inc now owns 3,654 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $254,000 after acquiring an additional 372 shares during the last quarter. Sentinel Wealth Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Cisco Systems in the second quarter worth approximately $358,000. Finally, Talisman Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Cisco Systems by 2.5% in the second quarter. Talisman Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 6,289 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $436,000 after acquiring an additional 155 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 73.33% of the company’s stock.

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.