The trading price of Cisco Systems, Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) closed lower on Monday, December 30, and closing at $59.19, -0.70% lower than its previous close.
Traders who pay close attention to intraday price movement should know that it fluctuated between $58.415 and $59.39. The company’s P/E ratio in the trailing 12-month period was 25.48. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $60.23 and a 52-week low of $44.50. Over the past month, the stock has lost -0.17% in value.
Cisco Systems, Inc, whose market valuation is $234.29 billion at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in January. The dividend yield on the company stock is 2.69%, while its Forward Dividend ratio is 1.59. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable. Analysts have predicted the quarterly earnings per share to grow by 0.91 per share this quarter, however they have predicted annual earnings per share of 3.65 for current year and 3.93 for next year.
Analysts have forecast the company to bring in revenue of 13.87B for the current quarter, with the likely lows of 13.79B and highs of 13.94B. From the analysts’ viewpoint, the consensus estimate for the company’s annual revenue is 56.08B.
On the technical side, indicators suggest CSCO has a 100% Buy on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a 100% Buy, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 100% Buy.
Here is the average analyst rating on the stock as represented by 1.00 to 5.00, with the extremes of 1.00 and 5.00 suggesting the stock should be considered as either strong buy or strong sell respectively. The number of analysts that have assigned CSCO a recommendation rating is 24. Out of them, 12 rate it a Hold, while 12 recommend Buy, whereas 0 assign an Overweight rating. 0 analyst(s) have tagged Cisco Systems, Inc (CSCO) as Underweight, while 0 advise Sell. Analysts have rated the stock Buy, likely urging investors to take advantage of the opportunity to add to their holdings of the company’s shares.
If we dig deeper into the stock’s outlook, we see that the stock’s PEG is 6.32, which symbolizes a positive outlook. A quick review shows that CSCO’s price is currently 0.29% off the SMA20 and 2.13% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 55.27, and weekly volatility stands at 1.52%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 1.35%. Cisco Systems, Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO)’s beta value is currently sitting at 0.83, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 0.90. With analysts defining $46.5-$78 as the low and high price targets, we arrive at a consensus price target of $59 for the trailing 12-month period. The current price is about 21.44% off the estimated low and -31.78% off the forecast high, based on this estimate. Investors will be thrilled if CSCO’s share price rises to $59, which is the median consensus price. At that level, CSCO’s share price would be 0.32% above current price.
To see how Cisco Systems, Inc stock has been performing in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: CSCO stock’s performance was -0.70% in the latest trading, and 17.25% in the past year. Cisco Systems, Inc has a P/E ratio of 25.48.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of Cisco Systems, Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) indicates that the 3-month average is 18.48 million. However, this figure has increased over the past 10 days to an average of 23.06.
Currently, records show that 3.97 billion of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 0.23% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 76.57%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of 2024-12-13, stood at 56.83 million shares, resulting in a short ratio of 2.81 at that time. From this, we can conclude that short interest is 143.00 of the company’s total outstanding shares. It is noteworthy that short shares in December were down slightly from the previous month’s figure, which was 62.45 million. However, since the stock’s price has seen 17.16% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even higher.
