Cisco Systems Inc CSCO
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
Cisco Systems Inc is a mega-cap company in the Technology sector (Communication Equipment), with a market value of $442.4B, based in the USA.
It employs about 82,400 people and has been listed since Feb 16, 1990.
Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, develops, and sells technologies to power, help, secure, and draw insights from the internet in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, Japan, and China. The company provides data center switching; network security, identity and access management, and secure access service edge; identity and agentic security solutions; interconnects public and private wireline and mobile networks, delivering connectivity to campus, data center, and branch networks; WEBEX suite, collaboration devices, and contact center; communication platform as a service software, including perpetual licenses, subscription arrangements, and hardware solutions; network assurance and observability suite; accelerated issue resolution, software support, and hardware replacement; professional services, such as planning, design, implementation, and high-value consulting; service and support packages, financing, and managed network services; and regional, national, and international wireline carriers, webscale products, internet, and cable.
Cheap or expensive? priced in line with its group
Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 33.7 versus 41.5 for the median of the Technology sector in our universe (46 companies) — priced in line with its group.
Revenue is growing 18% versus the same quarter last year.
On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 19.8 — they expect higher earnings.
The average analyst price target is 136.16, 21% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 73% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- No risk flags were detected from the data we have.
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 22 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
- ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (19 vs 0).
- ✅ Revenue is growing 18% a year.
- ✅ Pays a dividend (1.5% a year).
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock rose 5.6% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLK +1.8%).
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A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.