Shares of Telecommunications sector company Cisco Systems moved 1.4% today, and are now trading at a price of $53.46. The Large-Cap stock's daily volume was 5,305,376 compared to its average volume of 18,660,848. The S&P 500 index returned a 0.0% performance.
Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells Internet Protocol based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology industry in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, Japan, and China. The company is based in San Jose and has 90,400 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $213,330,067,456. Cisco Systems currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 3.0% per year.
19 analysts are following Cisco Systems and have set target prices ranging from $49.0 to $60.0 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At today's prices, CSCO is trading -2.88% away from its average analyst target price of $55.04 per share.
Over the last year, CSCO shares have gone down by -1.7%, which represents a difference of -33.1% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $54.59 per share and its 52 week low is $44.5. Although Cisco Systems's average free cash flow over the last 5 years has been $14.39 Billion, they have been decreasing at an average rate of -7.1%. For this reason, investors may continue to shun the stock.
| Date Reported | Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) | Capital expenditures ($ k) | Free Cash Flow ($ k) | YoY Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10,880,000 | 670,000 | 10,210,000 | -46.37 |
| 2023 | 19,886,000 | 849,000 | 19,037,000 | 49.32 |
| 2022 | 13,226,000 | 477,000 | 12,749,000 | -13.64 |
| 2021 | 15,454,000 | 692,000 | 14,762,000 | 0.72 |
| 2020 | 15,426,000 | 770,000 | 14,656,000 | -1.78 |
| 2019 | 15,831,000 | 909,000 | 14,922,000 |
