Cisco (CSCO) Stock Price, Fundamentals & Analysis

What CSCO does

Cisco (CSCO) designs, develops, and sells technologies that power, help, secure, and draw insights from the internet across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, Japan, and China. Its portfolio includes data center switching, network security, identity and access management, secure access service edge, and identity and agentic security solutions. The company also interconnects public and private wireline and mobile networks, delivers connectivity to campus, data center, and branch networks, and offers the WEBEX suite, collaboration devices, and contact center solutions. In addition, Cisco provides communication platform as a service software, network assurance and observability suites, professional services, service and support packages, financing, and managed network services to regional, national, and international wireline carriers, webscale products, internet, and cable customers.

Key numbers explained

• 106,43 USD is the latest price, the most recent trading value of one share.
• The trailing P/E ratio of 32 compares the current price to the last 12 months of earnings, showing how much investors pay per dollar of recent earnings.
• The forward P/E ratio of 18,9 uses expected future earnings, which can make the stock look cheaper if growth continues.
• 3,33 USD is the earnings per share over the trailing 12 months, representing the portion of profit allocated to each share.
• The dividend yield of 1,58% shows the annual dividend as a percentage of the current share price.
• The ex-dividend date of Oct 2, 2026 is the cutoff: buyers on or after this date do not receive the next dividend.
• 50% of earnings are paid out as dividends, indicating the share of profit returned to shareholders.
• 0,99 is the beta, meaning the stock’s price movement has historically been close to the overall market’s movement.
• The 52-week range of 66,81 – 130,37 shows the lowest and highest prices over the past year, while the 58,1% price change over the same period reflects the one-year return from that starting point.
• 419,61 mld. USD is the market capitalization, the total value of all outstanding shares.
• 63,32 mld. USD in trailing 12-month revenue and 17,6% year-over-year revenue growth show the scale and pace of top-line expansion.
• 21% profit margin and 27,7% operating margin measure how much of each revenue dollar remains as profit after costs and operating expenses.
• 27,3% return on equity indicates how effectively the company generates profit from shareholders’ invested capital.
• A debt-to-equity ratio of 62% shows the proportion of debt relative to equity used to finance the business.
• The price-to-book ratio of 8,35 compares the market price to the book value of equity per share.
• The next earnings release is scheduled for Nov 12, 2026.

Recent news

Recent headlines note that Cisco slipped slightly as it built an AI-ready campus with 1,000 switches, and that Piper Sandler cut its price target to $125 on growth peak fears. Other stories compare Cisco with Zscaler in cybersecurity and highlight Cisco’s AI research on AgenticOps scaling quickly in the enterprise.

What to watch

Investors tracking CSCO often look at how its networking and security spending aligns with broader technology cycles and enterprise IT budgets. Because Cisco is part of the S&P 500, its performance can reflect wider market moves and sector rotations. Comparing it with peers such as ServiceNow (NOW), Adobe Inc. (ADBE), Coherent Corp. (COHR), Broadcom (AVGO), Salesforce (CRM), Roper Technologies (ROP), and Microsoft (MSFT) can help frame its growth and valuation relative to the technology landscape.