Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) has a beta value of 0.82 and has seen 11.36 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $216.58B, closed the last trade at $54.27 per share which meant it gained $0.02 on the day or 0.04% during that session. The CSCO stock price is -0.57% off its 52-week high price of $54.58 and 18.0% above the 52-week low of $44.50. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 11.78 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 18.28 million shares.

The consensus among analysts is that Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.39. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 12 out of 24 have rated it as a Hold, with 12 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight.

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) trade information

Sporting 0.04% in the green in last session, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the CSCO stock price touched $54.27 or saw a rise of 0.24%. Year-to-date, Cisco Systems, Inc. shares have moved 7.42%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 3.35%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) have changed 8.98%. Short interest in the company has seen 48.43 million shares shorted with days to cover at 2.72.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $58, which means that the shares’ value could jump 6.43% from current levels. The projected low price target is $44.0 while the price target rests at a high of $160.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -194.82% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 18.92% from current levels.

Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) estimates and forecasts

Figures show that Cisco Systems, Inc. shares have underperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have gained 12.50% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of -4.56%, compared to 19.90% for the industry.

If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was -0.54% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2024 is a modest -4.28% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 3.79%.

CSCO Dividends

Cisco Systems, Inc. is expected to release its next earnings report in November this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 1.59 at a share yield of 2.93%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months, with a 5 Year Average Dividend Yield of 3.07%.

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO)’s Major holders

Insiders own 0.06% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 79.53% with a share float percentage of 79.58%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Cisco Systems, Inc. having a total of 3874.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 386.35 million shares worth more than $18.36 billion. As of 2024-06-30, VANGUARD GROUP INC held 9.5584% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., with the holding of over 354.83 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $16.86 billion and represent 8.7787% of shares outstanding.

Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard 500 Index Fund . As of Jun 30, 2024 , the former fund manager holds about 2.88% shares in the company for having 115.09 shares of worth $6.25 billion while later fund manager owns 103.93 shares of worth $5.64 billion as of Jun 30, 2024 , which makes it owner of about 2.60% of company’s outstanding stock.