Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) stock price, quote and key numbers
Updated 28 September 2026, 09:52 ET
Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) closed at $106.70 on 25 September 2026, down 0.3%. That leaves it down 2.6% over a week, down 5.0% over a month and up 58.5% over a year. That is 63% of the way up its 52 week range of $66.81 to $130.37. The median analyst price target of $135 sits 26.5% above the close.
The price
Changes compare dividend and split adjusted closes over trading sessions, so the one year figure is the last close against the close 252 sessions earlier. The 52 week range uses the daily highs and lows of the same window. Read the guide: How to read a stock quote.
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Trend and range
CSCO trades below its 50 day average of $112.45 but above its 200 day average of $96.98: the long trend is up, the recent one is not. The 50 day average sits above the 200 day average. Its beta against the S&P 500 over the last year is 1.02, a stock that moves about as much as the market. It is 18.2% below its 52 week high and 59.7% above its 52 week low.
Moving averages smooth the closes of the last 50 and 200 sessions; being above or below them describes the trend, it does not predict it. Beta is how much the stock moved for each move in the S&P 500 over the year. Read the guide: Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta.
What analysts say
In the last 90 days 10 firms recorded 10 actions on CSCO: 8 kept a view, 1 downgrade and 1 new initiation. Price targets: 7 raised and 2 lowered. The most recent targets from 14 firms run from $96 to $165, with a median of $135, 26.5% above the last close.
| Date | Firm | Action | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Sep 2026 | Piper Sandler | Maintains Neutral | $132.00 to $125.00 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | Deutsche Bank | Initiates Coverage On Buy | $135.00 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | HSBC | Downgrades to Hold from Buy | $137.00 to $120.00 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | UBS | Maintains Buy | $132.00 to $138.00 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | Truist Securities | Maintains Buy | $125.00 to $140.00 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | Barclays | Maintains Equal-Weight | $121.00 to $123.00 |
A target is one firm's guess at the price a year out, and the average runs optimistic. The useful reading is the mood: high targets and a wall of buys mean high expectations. Read the guide: What analyst ratings and price targets tell you.
Earnings
The next report is on the calendar for 11 November 2026 for Q1 2027, with earnings per share expected at $1.29. The last report, on 12 August 2026 for Q4 2026, showed EPS of $1.22 against $1.13 expected, a beat of 8.0%, on revenue of $17.3 billion. Cisco Systems, Inc. beat the EPS estimate in 8 of its last 8 reported quarters.
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The numbers
Over the trailing twelve months Cisco Systems, Inc. shows revenue growth of 11.77%, a gross margin of 64.52%, an operating margin of 24.27% and a return on equity of 27.32%.
| Measure | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, TTM | 11.8% | 65th |
| Net income growth, TTM | 30.3% | 64th |
| Gross margin | 64.5% | 77th |
| Operating margin | 24.3% | 85th |
| Free cash flow margin | 20.2% | 83rd |
| Return on equity | 27.3% | 90th |
| Return on assets | 10.5% | 91st |
| Debt to equity | 0.45 | 60th |
| Current ratio | 0.93 | 42nd |
| Effective tax rate | 17.1% | 60th |
The percentile ranks the company against every US company the data covers; a high percentile means most companies score lower.
Margins say how much of each dollar of sales becomes profit, returns say how hard the balance sheet works, and debt to equity says how much of it is borrowed. The valuation ratios, price to earnings and the rest, are in the app on the stock page. Read the guide: The valuation ratios on a stock page.
About Cisco Systems, Inc.
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- Sector
- Information Technology
- Industry
- Computer Hardware
- Headquarters
- San Jose, California
- Chief executive
- Charles H. Robbins
- Employees
- 83,300
- Website
- cisco.com
Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells Internet Protocol based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology industry. It provides infrastructure platforms, including networking technologies of switching, routing, wireless, and data center products. The company also offers collaboration products comprising unified communications, Cisco TelePresence, and conferencing, as well as the Internet of Things and analytics software.
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Learn
- How to read a stock quote
- Reading a price chart from one day to one year
- Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta
- What analyst ratings and price targets tell you
- The valuation ratios on a stock page
- Price alerts, targets and percent moves
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