Cisco Systems, Inc. $CSCO Shares Sold by Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC

Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC decreased its holdings in Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) by 67.6% in the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 3,363 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock after selling 7,031 shares during the quarter. Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC’s holdings in Cisco Systems were worth $233,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Financial Connections Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of Cisco Systems by 89.4% during the 2nd quarter. Financial Connections Group Inc. now owns 409 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 193 shares in the last quarter. Legacy Investment Solutions LLC acquired a new position in Cisco Systems during the second quarter worth $28,000. Pandora Wealth Inc. purchased a new position in Cisco Systems during the first quarter valued at $31,000. Nova Wealth Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Cisco Systems in the first quarter valued at about $31,000. Finally, Brown Shipley& Co Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of Cisco Systems in the second quarter valued at about $32,000. 73.33% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Deborah L. Stahlkopf sold 2,718 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $68.08, for a total value of $185,041.44. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 157,184 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $10,701,086.72. This represents a 1.70% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at 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 transaction, the executive vice president owned 198,855 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $13,512,197.25. This represents a 8.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 33,089 shares of company stock valued at $2,236,383. Insiders own 0.01% of the company’s stock.

Cisco Systems Stock Down 0.3%

NASDAQ CSCO opened at $77.78 on Tuesday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $70.08 and its 200-day simple moving average is $67.70. The company has a quick ratio of 0.91, a current ratio of 1.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49. The firm has a market cap of $306.51 billion, a PE ratio of 29.69, a P/E/G ratio of 3.00 and a beta of 0.95. Cisco Systems, Inc. has a 52 week low of $52.11 and a 52 week high of $79.50.

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 12th. The network equipment provider reported $1.00 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.98 by $0.02. Cisco Systems had a net margin of 18.45% and a return on equity of 27.06%. The firm had revenue of $14.88 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $14.77 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.91 earnings per share. Cisco Systems’s quarterly revenue was up 7.5% on a year-over-year basis. Cisco Systems has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.080-4.140 EPS. Q2 2026 guidance at 1.010-1.030 EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Cisco Systems, Inc. will post 3.04 earnings per share for the current year.

Cisco Systems Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, January 21st. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.41 per share. This represents a $1.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 2nd. Cisco Systems’s payout ratio is presently 61.65%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on CSCO. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of Cisco Systems from $80.00 to $90.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 13th. Evercore ISI raised their target price on Cisco Systems from $74.00 to $80.00 and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 13th. Melius Research boosted their price target on Cisco Systems from $84.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 13th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Cisco Systems in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, Citic Securities lifted their target price on shares of Cisco Systems from $75.00 to $90.00 in a research note on Monday. Sixteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and nine have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $84.05.

Cisco Systems 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.