Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO)
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Scored against other Technology stocks, not a fixed scale.
The quick read
Cisco Systems is right in the middle: the good and the not-so-good roughly cancel out.
- What's working
- Nothing stands out as a clear strength right now.
- Worth watching
- Its balance sheet is more stretched than most other tech companies.
Analyst price target
~12-month · 25 analystsPublished targets from Wall Street analysts (public data) — what analysts expect over roughly a year. This is not a StockGlow forecast and not a recommendation. Analyst targets are frequently wrong.
About Cisco Systems, Inc.
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…
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Communication Equipment
- Employees
- 82,400
- Headquarters
- San Jose, CA
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What’s behind the score
Valuation
P/E 32.2 — lower than 54% of Technology peers
P/B 8.4 — lower than 57% of Technology peers
P/S 6.7 — lower than 61% of Technology peers
EV/EBITDA 23.5 — lower than 57% of Technology peers
EV/Revenue 6.9 — lower than 63% of Technology peers
PEG 1.0 — lower than 54% of Technology peers
FCF yield 2.6% — higher than 59% of Technology peers
Profitability & quality
Gross margin 64.5% — higher than 48% of Technology peers
Operating margin 27.7% — higher than 61% of Technology peers
Net margin 21.0% — higher than 50% of Technology peers
ROE 27.3% — higher than 55% of Technology peers
ROA 8.0% — higher than 57% of Technology peers
Free cash flow is 84% of reported net income
Financial health
Debt/equity 0.6 — lower than 37% of Technology peers
Current ratio 0.93 — higher than 26% of Technology peers
Quick ratio 0.69 — higher than 22% of Technology peers
Cash/debt 0.51 — higher than 29% of Technology peers
Debt/EBITDA 1.67 — lower than 48% of Technology peers
Growth
Revenue growth 17.6% YoY — higher than 33% of Technology peers
Earnings growth 52.1% YoY — higher than 50% of Technology peers
Ownership & investor activity
Payout ratio 49.9% — atypical vs Technology peers
Net insider selling, -4.2% of insider shares
Institutions net sold, -12.4% of shares held
Insiders hold 0.1% of shares outstanding
1.3% of float sold short
Momentum
Mixed vs its moving averages
62% of the way from its 52-week low to high