Dividend Adjusted Return
Sep 4, 2025 - Sep 4, 2026CSCO 109.20 (+64.7%)
Technology 121.27 (+40.6%)
S&P 500 7718.60 (+21.0%)






Stock Rover estimates Cisco Systems’s intrinsic (fair) value at $105.82, against a recent price of $109.20, a margin of safety of -3%. Quantitative scores (0–100): Value 67, Quality 95, Growth 87, Sentiment 70. Analyst consensus: Buy.







Fair Value | $105.82 | |
Margin of Safety | -3% |
Value Score 67 Value Score: Our value score looks at EV/EBITDA, P/E, P/S, P/TB (Price/Tangible Book) and EPS Predictability. P/S and P/TB are compared within a sector. Other metrics are compared across all stocks | Quality Score 95 Quality Score: Our quality score compares profitability and balance sheet metrics to find high quality companies using ROIC, Net Margin, Gross Margin, Interest Coverage, and Debt / Equity metrics. |
Growth Score 87 Growth Score: Our growth score looks at the 5 year history and the forward estimates for EBITDA, Sales, and EPS growth, ranking the best companies across all stocks. | Sentiment Score 70 Sentiment Score: Our sentiment score finds stocks in favor by analyzing Short Interest, returns in key periods over the last year, Price vs. 52-wk High, Days Since 52-wk High and MACD signals. |
| CSCO | Industry | S&P 500 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Value Score | 67 | 54 | 72 |
| Price / Earnings | 32.8 | 63.2 | 26.9 |
| Price / Sales | 6.9 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
| Price / Free Cash Flow | 34.1 | 38.6 | 36.1 |
| Price / Book | 8.6 | 5.5 | 5.9 |
| Price / Tangible Book | - | - | 382.3 |
| EV / EBITDA | 22.2 | 23.7 | 19.3 |
| EPS Predict. Pctl. | 89 | 45 | 72 |
| Piotroski F Score | 7 | 9 | 6 |
| 5‑Year P/E Range | 13.8 46.7 |
| 5‑Year P/B Range | 3.9 10.7 |
| 5‑Year P/S Range | 3.2 8.8 |
| CSCO | Industry | S&P 500 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Growth Score | 87 | 55 | 77 |
| Sales Growth | |||
| Sales Growth Next Year | 6.3% | 8.4% | 22.6% |
| Sales 1‑Year Chg (%) | 11.8% | 6.1% | 21.3% |
| Sales 3‑Year Avg (%) | 3.6% | -3.1% | 14.7% |
| Sales 5‑Year Avg (%) | 4.9% | 2.7% | 13.1% |
| EPS Growth | |||
| Next Yr. Growth Est. | 8.9% | 23.1% | 21.1% |
| EPS 1‑Year Chg (%) | 30.6% | - | 34.5% |
| EPS 3‑Year Avg (%) | 2.7% | - | 18.5% |
| EPS 5‑Year Avg (%) | 5.9% | - | 14.3% |






CSCO | Cisco Systems | $430,530 | 32.8 | 1.5% | -10.3% | 63.9% | -3% | 67 | 87 | 95 |
DELL | Dell Technologies | $338,669 | 30.5 | 0.5% | 12.2% | 319.1% | -20% | 67 | 97 | 73 |
LITE | Lumentum Holdings | $79,048 | - | - | 3.7% | 521.0% | -25% | 39 | 49 | 29 |
MSI | Motorola Solutions | $77,459 | 36.9 | 1.0% | 5.7% | -1.1% | -10% | 66 | 93 | 88 |
HPE | Hewlett Packard | $69,028 | 26.8 | 1.1% | -0.7% | 129.2% | 18% | 72 | 97 | 70 |
NOK | Nokia | $55,997 | 71.9 | 1.6% | 1.1% | 122.5% | 2% | 63 | 63 | 48 |
CIEN | Ciena | $45,520 | 71.9 | - | -21.9% | 174.5% | 10% | 58 | 99 | 83 |
UI | Ubiquiti | $35,085 | 36.6 | 0.7% | 3.7% | 3.1% | -17% | 65 | 97 | 99 |
ERIC | Telefonaktiebolaget L M | $32,810 | 13.2 | 3.2% | -1.6% | 31.6% | -8% | 90 | 56 | 93 |
ASTS | AST SpaceMobile | $18,679 | - | - | -11.4% | 48.9% | - | 36 | 54 | 33 |
ZBRA | Zebra Technologies | $17,150 | 33.2 | - | -1.7% | 16.5% | -3% | 71 | 81 | 81 |
VSAT | Viasat | $10,375 | - | - | -12.6% | 150.2% | 9% | 66 | 76 | 49 |
| CSCO | Industry | S&P 500 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quality Score | 95 | 57 | 75 |
| Gross Margin | 64.5% | 46.3% | 32.8% |
| Operating Margin | 25.4% | 13.0% | 16.8% |
| Net Margin | 21.0% | 10.2% | 13.7% |
| Return on Assets | 10.5% | 8.3% | 15.0% |
| Return on Equity | 26.4% | 21.7% | 40.1% |
| ROIC | 17.8% | 3.9% | 27.5% |
| CSCO | Industry | S&P 500 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sentiment Score | 70 | 47 | 58 |
| 5‑Day Return | -0.7% | -1.2% | 0.1% |
| 1‑Month Return | -10.3% | -7.3% | -0.2% |
| YTD Return | 43.8% | 40.5% | 13.4% |
| 1‑Year Return | 63.9% | 61.1% | 20.0% |
| 3‑Year Return | 104.4% | 126.8% | 77.4% |
| 5‑Year Return | 111.4% | 90.9% | 82.1% |
| Beta 1‑Year | 1.00 | 1.19 | 1.00 |






| CSCO | Industry | |
|---|---|---|
| Forward Dividend Yield | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Payout Ratio | 49.4% | 39.6% |
| TTM Yield | 1.5% | - |
| Fwd. Div. Per Share | $1.68 | $1.28 |
| Div. 1Y Chg (%) | 2.4% | - |
| Div. 3Y Avg (%) | 2.5% | - |
| Div. 5Y Avg (%) | 2.6% | - |
| Cons. Growth Years | 10+ | - |
| Div. Coverage Ratio | 2.0 | 1.4 |
| Current Ratio | 0.9 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.8 |
| Price | $109.20 |
| Net Cash Per Share | -$3.48 |
| Equity Per Share | $12.75 |
| Debt / Equity | 0.6 |
| Solvency Ratio | 26% |
| Interest Coverage | 11.9 |
| Short % of Float | 1.5% |
| Altman Z‑Score | 4.1 |
| Current Quarter EPS | |
|---|---|
# Up Last 30 days | 15.00 |
# Down Last 30 days | 0.00 |
Mean Estimate | 1.32 |
% Change (30 Days) | 15.29% |
| Next Quarter EPS | |
|---|---|
# Up Last 30 days | 15.00 |
# Down Last 30 days | 0.00 |
Mean Estimate | 1.23 |
% Change (30 Days) | 4.91% |
| Cur Qtr | Next Qtr | Cur Year | Next Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | $1.32 | $1.23 | $5.14 | $5.60 |
| 30 Days Ago | $1.15 | $1.17 | $4.79 | $5.28 |
| 90 Days Ago | $1.16 | $1.17 | $4.77 | $5.23 |
| % Change (90 Days) | 14.5% | 5.0% | 7.8% | 7.1% |
| Surprise Type | Amount | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Positive Quarters (> 2%) | 9 | 75.0% |
| Negative Quarters (< 2%) | 0 | - |
| In-Line Quarters (within 2%) | 3 | 25.0% |
| Surprise Type | Announce Date | Period End Date | Actual EPS | Est. EPS | Surprise (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | 08/12/26 | 07/31/26 | $1.22 | $1.17 | 4.3% |
| In-Line | 05/13/26 | 04/30/26 | $1.06 | $1.04 | 1.9% |
| In-Line | 02/11/26 | 01/31/26 | $1.04 | $1.02 | 2.0% |
| Positive | 11/12/25 | 10/31/25 | $1.00 | $0.98 | 2.0% |
| In-Line | 08/13/25 | 07/31/25 | $0.99 | $0.98 | 1.0% |
| Positive | 05/14/25 | - | $0.96 | $0.92 | 4.3% |
| CSCO | Industry | S&P 500 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Monthly Return (5Y) | 31.1% | 19.4% | 9.6% |
| Worst Monthly Return (5Y) | -12.0% | -11.8% | -9.6% |
| Beta 1‑Year | 1.00 | 1.19 | 1.00 |
| Volatility 1‑Year | 0.33 | 0.29 | 0.13 |
| Volatility 1Y Pctl. | 33 | - | - |
| Max Drawdown 1‑Year | -16.5% | -29.1% | -8.8% |
| Max Drawdown 3‑Year | -20.2% | -34.6% | -18.7% |
| Max Drawdown 5‑Year | -36.7% | -46.7% | -24.6% |











DELL | Dell Technologies | 98 | 87.5% | 282.5% | 12.3% | 32.1% | 12.7% | 6.0% |
HPE | Hewlett Packard | 97 | 33.7% | 404.8% | 12.3% | 26.6% | 12.2% | 8.7% |
CSCO | Cisco Systems | 72 | 17.6% | 36.6% | 6.3% | 11.8% | 3.6% | 4.9% |
MSI | Motorola Solutions | 63 | 13.3% | 9.5% | 7.2% | 10.3% | 8.2% | 9.2% |
LITE | Lumentum Holdings | 57 | 109.3% | - | 53.1% | 83.2% | 19.5% | 11.6% |
HPE | Hewlett Packard | 92 | 26.8 | 12.6 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 4.3 - |
DELL | Dell Technologies | 67 | 30.5 | 22.6 | 1.5 | 2.3 | - | 5.1 41.1 |
LITE | Lumentum Holdings | 29 | - | 29.5 | - | 21.8 | 17.0 | 15.1 - |
MSI | Motorola Solutions | 26 | 36.9 | 24.5 | 2.7 | 6.4 | 29.0 | 27.5 59.1 |
CSCO | Cisco Systems | 13 | 32.8 | 19.5 | 5.6 | 6.9 | 8.6 | 13.8 46.7 |
MSI | Motorola Solutions | 98 | 52.0% | 25.2% | 17.4% | -100.0% 587.2% | 10.1% 14.9% |
CSCO | Cisco Systems | 88 | 64.5% | 25.4% | 21.0% | 20.2% 30.0% | 7.9% 14.0% |
DELL | Dell Technologies | 78 | 19.1% | 8.2% | 6.3% | -100.0% 78.3% | 1.8% 9.1% |
HPE | Hewlett Packard | 53 | 36.7% | 7.8% | 6.7% | -0.9% 18.3% | -0.2% 6.7% |
LITE | Lumentum Holdings | 16 | 41.7% | 17.8% | -100.0% | -100.0% 29.7% | -100.0% 11.7% |
CSCO | Cisco Systems | 69 | 0.6 | 11.9 | 0.8 | 51.7% | 26% | 1.5% |
HPE | Hewlett Packard | 61 | 0.8 | 7.1 | 0.7 | 35.2% | 13% | 5.1% |
MSI | Motorola Solutions | 40 | 3.6 | 7.3 | 0.9 | 51.1% | 19% | 2.2% |
LITE | Lumentum Holdings | 28 | 0.4 | -328.0 | 1.4 | 19.1% | -100% | 8.8% |
DELL | Dell Technologies | 19 | - | 7.3 | 0.7 | 20.8% | 12% | 4.6% |
CSCO | Cisco Systems | 92 | 1.5% | 1.5% | $109.20 | $1.68 | 10+ | 49.4% |
HPE | Hewlett Packard | 85 | 1.1% | 1.1% | $52.00 | $0.57 | 0 | 27.7% |
MSI | Motorola Solutions | 82 | 1.0% | 1.0% | $468.05 | $4.84 | 10+ | 36.7% |
DELL | Dell Technologies | 41 | 0.5% | 0.4% | $524.14 | $2.52 | 3 | 17.4% |
LITE | Lumentum Holdings | - | - | - | $881.26 | - | - | - |
DELL | Dell Technologies | 98 | 12.2% | 24.4% | 258.0% | 320.2% | 319.1% | 2.18 | 0.69 | 98.0% |
LITE | Lumentum Holdings | 65 | 3.7% | -6.8% | 29.4% | 139.1% | 521.0% | 2.96 | 0.94 | 81.2% |
HPE | Hewlett Packard | 63 | -0.7% | -2.9% | 143.6% | 118.5% | 129.2% | 2.00 | 0.52 | 80.9% |
MSI | Motorola Solutions | 49 | 5.7% | 14.3% | -1.6% | 22.8% | -1.1% | 0.15 | 0.26 | 94.6% |
CSCO | Cisco Systems | 44 | -10.3% | -15.7% | 36.3% | 43.8% | 63.9% | 1.00 | 0.33 | 83.8% |





2026 Dividends | $1.67 |
10/02/26 | 10/21/26 | Regular | $0.42 |
07/06/26 | 07/22/26 | Regular | $0.42 |
04/02/26 | 04/22/26 | Regular | $0.42 |
01/02/26 | 01/21/26 | Regular | $0.41 |
2025 Dividends | $1.63 |
10/03/25 | 10/22/25 | Regular | $0.41 |
07/03/25 | 07/23/25 | Regular | $0.41 |
04/03/25 | 04/23/25 | Regular | $0.41 |
01/03/25 | 01/22/25 | Regular | $0.40 |
2024 Dividends | $1.59 |
10/02/24 | 10/23/24 | Regular | $0.40 |
07/05/24 | 07/24/24 | Regular | $0.40 |
04/03/24 | 04/24/24 | Regular | $0.40 |
01/03/24 | 01/24/24 | Regular | $0.39 |
2023 Dividends | $1.55 |
10/03/23 | 10/25/23 | Regular | $0.39 |
07/05/23 | 07/26/23 | Regular | $0.39 |
04/04/23 | 04/26/23 | Regular | $0.39 |
01/04/23 | 01/25/23 | Regular | $0.38 |
2022 Dividends | $1.51 |
10/04/22 | 10/26/22 | Regular | $0.38 |
07/05/22 | 07/27/22 | Regular | $0.38 |
04/05/22 | 04/27/22 | Regular | $0.38 |
Ex-Dividend Date | 10/02/26 |
Payment Date | 10/21/26 |
Amount | $0.42 |
Type | Regular |
Regular Dividend | $0.42 |
Forward Dividend Rate | $1.68 |
Forward Dividend Yield | 1.5% |
Trailing 12 Months Dividends | $1.66 |
Trailing 12 Months Yield | 1.5% |
Payout Ratio | 49.4 |
Dividend Coverage Ratio | 2.0 |
Consecutive Growth Years | 10+ |
3 Year Growth Rate | 2.5% |
5 Year Growth Rate | 2.6% |
10 Year Growth Rate | 4.9% |
Price / Earnings | 32.8 | 27.7 | 16.8 | 20.7 | 15.8 |
Price / Cash Flow | 30.7 | 19.9 | 15.5 | 13.6 | 14.1 |
Price / Book | 8.6 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 4.6 |
Price / Tangible Book | - | - | - | 120.0 | - |
Price / Sales | 6.9 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.6 |
EV / EBITDA | 22.2 | 18.6 | 14.1 | 13.7 | 10.3 |
Forward Dividend Yield | 1.5% | 2.4% | 3.2% | 2.7% | 3.4% |
Shareholder Yield | 3.2% | 4.8% | 6.1% | 4.4% | 7.6% |
Gross Margin | 64.5% | 64.9% | 64.7% | 62.7% | 62.6% |
Net Margin | 21.0% | 18.0% | 19.2% | 22.1% | 22.9% |
Return on Assets | 10.5% | 8.3% | 9.1% | 12.9% | 12.3% |
Return on Equity | 26.4% | 21.7% | 22.7% | 28.4% | 29.7% |
ROIC | 17.8% | 14.2% | 15.5% | 23.9% | 23.0% |
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CSCO has outperformed its sector by 24.1% in the past year.
The Technology sector has outperformed the market by 19.6% in the past year.