CSCO CS

CSCO Cisco Systems, Inc.

Technology · Communication Equipment

6 · Fair Momentum 7.0 · Neutral Watch 14y streak Reports in 13d

104.36

-3.89%

About the company

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. It also provides wireless products, including indoor and outdoor coverage designed for seamless roaming use of voice, video, and data applications; end-to-end collaboration solutions through cloud, on-premise, or within hybrid cloud environments. In addition, it offers technical support services. The company serves businesses, public institutions, governments, and service providers. It sells its products and services directly, through systems integrators, service providers, and resellers, and distributors. It has a collaboration with NVIDIA Corporation to develop Ultra-Dense Small Form Factor Pluggable (USFP), a high-density optical module pluggable transceiver. Cisco Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

1.61% forward
50.45%
1.60% 1.67 USD
1.68
411.5B
31.34
3.33
101.03

52-week range

104
low 70.5 high 130
Yield Growth Momentum Safety Value Health

Dividend deep dive

Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO), operating in the Technology sector as a Communication Equipment company, currently offers a dividend yield of 1.5%. This yield is notably below its 5-year average of 2.91% and is considered "overvalued" by yield theory. The company exhibits strong price momentum with a score of 8.0, yet its value score of 0.0 suggests it is richly valued. Overall, Cisco maintains a rating score of 5.0.

Dividend history

Cisco Systems has a dividend increase streak of 14 years, qualifying it as a Contender. The 3-year dividend Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) is 2.565%, while the 5-year CAGR stands at 2.635%. At this rate, the dividend doubling time is 27.3 years. Dividends are paid quarterly, typically in January, April, July, and October. Annual dividends per share have steadily grown from $0.76 in 2014 to $1.60 in 2024, with a projected $1.64 for 2025.

Dividend safety

Cisco's dividend safety status is currently designated as "watch." The company's dividend payout ratio is 50.45% of earnings.

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Price history

120 80.2 40.0 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2020-11 · 43.0 2020-12 · 44.8 2021-01 · 44.6 2021-02 · 44.9 2021-03 · 51.7 2021-04 · 50.9 2021-05 · 52.9 2021-06 · 53.0 2021-07 · 55.4 2021-08 · 59.0 2021-09 · 54.4 2021-10 · 56.0 2021-11 · 54.8 2021-12 · 63.4 2022-01 · 55.7 2022-02 · 55.8 2022-03 · 55.8 2022-04 · 49.0 2022-05 · 45.0 2022-06 · 42.6 2022-07 · 45.4 2022-08 · 44.7 2022-09 · 40.0 2022-10 · 45.4 2022-11 · 49.7 2022-12 · 47.6 2023-01 · 48.7 2023-02 · 48.4 2023-03 · 52.3 2023-04 · 47.3 2023-05 · 49.7 2023-06 · 51.7 2023-07 · 52.0 2023-08 · 57.4 2023-09 · 53.8 2023-10 · 52.1 2023-11 · 48.4 2023-12 · 50.5 2024-01 · 50.2 2024-02 · 48.4 2024-03 · 49.9 2024-04 · 47.0 2024-05 · 46.5 2024-06 · 47.5 2024-07 · 48.5 2024-08 · 50.5 2024-09 · 53.2 2024-10 · 54.8 2024-11 · 59.2 2024-12 · 59.2 2025-01 · 60.6 2025-02 · 64.1 2025-03 · 61.7 2025-04 · 57.7 2025-05 · 63.0 2025-06 · 69.4 2025-07 · 68.1 2025-08 · 69.1 2025-09 · 68.4 2025-10 · 73.1 2025-11 · 76.9 2025-12 · 77.0 2026-01 · 78.3 2026-02 · 79.5 2026-03 · 77.6 2026-04 · 91.5 2026-05 · 120 2026-06 · 117 2026-07 · 116 2026-08 · 110 2026-09 · 108 2026-10 · 110
Price

Dividend profile

Frequency
Quarterly
Growth (TTM)
+2.5%
CAGR 3y
+2.6%
+2.6%
14 years

(5-year)

Now 1.6%
2.4% avg 2.9% 3.2%

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

The cash usually arrives later, sometimes a month or more after.

Dividend history

CAGR 3y +2.6% CAGR 5y +2.6% 14y streak
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Per-share dividend by year

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Debt & leverage

62.0%
0.93
0.69
Debt vs cash
Debt Cash
Total debt
31.2B USD
Total cash
15.9B USD
18.6B USD

Latest reported balance-sheet figures.

Held by 1 investor

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