Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC Sells 37,952 Shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. $CSCO

Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC trimmed its position in shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) by 80.5% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 9,189 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock after selling 37,952 shares during the period. Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC’s holdings in Cisco Systems were worth $631,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Postrock Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of Cisco Systems by 4.5% during the 2nd quarter. Postrock Partners LLC now owns 3,480 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $241,000 after acquiring an additional 150 shares during the period. Mount Vernon Associates Inc. MD lifted its holdings in Cisco Systems by 0.4% during the second quarter. Mount Vernon Associates Inc. MD now owns 41,379 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $2,871,000 after purchasing an additional 150 shares during the last quarter. Old North State Trust LLC boosted its position in Cisco Systems by 0.6% during the second quarter. Old North State Trust LLC now owns 24,534 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $1,702,000 after purchasing an additional 151 shares during the period. Lion Street Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Cisco Systems by 0.7% in the second quarter. Lion Street Advisors LLC now owns 20,694 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $1,436,000 after purchasing an additional 152 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Boyd Watterson Asset Management LLC OH raised its position in shares of Cisco Systems by 1.5% in the second quarter. Boyd Watterson Asset Management LLC OH now owns 10,445 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $725,000 after purchasing an additional 152 shares during the period. 73.33% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Cisco Systems Trading Down 1.9%

Shares of CSCO stock opened at $77.80 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46, a quick ratio of 0.83 and a current ratio of 0.93. Cisco Systems, Inc. has a 52-week low of $52.11 and a 52-week high of $80.82. The company has a market capitalization of $307.39 billion, a PE ratio of 29.25, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.94 and a beta of 0.87. The business’s fifty day moving average is $73.77 and its 200 day moving average is $69.77.

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, November 12th. The network equipment provider reported $1.00 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $14.88 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $14.77 billion. Cisco Systems had a return on equity of 27.29% and a net margin of 18.38%.The firm’s revenue was up 7.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.91 earnings per share. 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, equities research analysts anticipate that Cisco Systems, Inc. will post 3.04 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Cisco Systems Announces Dividend

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

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Cisco Systems news, CEO Charles Robbins sold 116,734 shares of Cisco Systems stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $77.30, for a total transaction of $9,023,538.20. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 704,153 shares in the company, valued at $54,431,026.90. The trade was a 14.22% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, insider Jeetendra I. Patel sold 163,896 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, November 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $77.86, for a total transaction of $12,760,942.56. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 281,108 shares in the company, valued at $21,887,068.88. The trade was a 36.83% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 1,021,910 shares of company stock valued at $79,463,804 over the last three months. Corporate insiders own 0.01% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts recently commented on CSCO shares. Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on shares of Cisco Systems from $77.00 to $82.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, November 13th. Citic Securities increased their target price on Cisco Systems from $75.00 to $90.00 in a research report on Monday, November 17th. Erste Group Bank raised Cisco Systems from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, November 10th. Argus boosted their price objective on Cisco Systems from $80.00 to $100.00 in a research note on Thursday, November 13th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities increased their price objective on Cisco Systems from $87.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, November 13th. Seventeen 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.com, Cisco Systems presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $84.14.

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.