Dividend Adjusted Return
Aug 14, 2025 - Aug 14, 2026CSCO 111.68 (+61.9%)
Technology 122.56 (+39.2%)
S&P 500 7785.76 (+21.7%)






Stock Rover estimates Cisco Systems’s intrinsic (fair) value at $110.97, against a recent price of $111.68, a margin of safety of -1%. Quantitative scores (0–100): Value 67, Quality 94, Growth 86, Sentiment 16. Analyst consensus: Buy.







Fair Value | $110.97 | |
Margin of Safety | -1% |
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 94 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 86 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 16 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 | 71 |
| Price / Earnings | 33.6 | 73.9 | 27.9 |
| Price / Sales | 7.0 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
| Price / Free Cash Flow | 34.8 | 41.9 | 37.1 |
| Price / Book | 8.8 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Price / Tangible Book | - | - | 393.8 |
| EV / EBITDA | 25.1 | 25.3 | 19.8 |
| EPS Predict. Pctl. | 89 | 46 | 72 |
| Piotroski F Score | 7 | 9 | 6 |
| 5‑Year P/E Range | 13.8 39.1 |
| 5‑Year P/B Range | 3.9 10.2 |
| 5‑Year P/S Range | 3.2 8.2 |
| CSCO | Industry | S&P 500 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Growth Score | 86 | 55 | 77 |
| Sales Growth | |||
| Sales Growth Next Year | 9.4% | 10.5% | 19.0% |
| Sales 1‑Year Chg (%) | 7.2% | -2.9% | 19.3% |
| Sales 3‑Year Avg (%) | 2.1% | -4.0% | 13.3% |
| Sales 5‑Year Avg (%) | 4.0% | 1.9% | 12.6% |
| EPS Growth | |||
| Next Yr. Growth Est. | 12.1% | 25.9% | 19.8% |
| EPS 1‑Year Chg (%) | 17.6% | -5.7% | 32.0% |
| EPS 3‑Year Avg (%) | -0.8% | 3.6% | 17.3% |
| EPS 5‑Year Avg (%) | 3.7% | 4.1% | 14.0% |






CSCO | Cisco Systems | $440,179 | 33.6 | 1.5% | -4.6% | 64.5% | -1% | 67 | 86 | 94 |
DELL | Dell Technologies | $317,133 | 39.1 | 0.5% | 7.4% | 258.0% | -20% | 66 | 98 | 73 |
LITE | Lumentum Holdings | $82,056 | - | - | 13.7% | 708.0% | -29% | 38 | 95 | 77 |
HPE | Hewlett Packard | $77,743 | 55.0 | 1.0% | 18.5% | 181.1% | -4% | 67 | 95 | 61 |
MSI | Motorola Solutions | $77,204 | 36.8 | 1.0% | 12.8% | 2.2% | -16% | 67 | 93 | 88 |
CIEN | Ciena | $60,693 | 142.9 | - | -4.1% | 369.0% | -16% | 56 | 98 | 84 |
NOK | Nokia | $60,550 | 77.5 | 1.5% | -7.6% | 165.8% | -13% | 62 | 62 | 49 |
UI | Ubiquiti | $34,667 | 36.9 | 0.6% | 4.2% | 38.0% | -16% | 65 | 97 | 99 |
ERIC | Telefonaktiebolaget L M | $34,290 | 13.3 | 3.1% | 1.3% | 39.5% | -8% | 90 | 56 | 94 |
ASTS | AST SpaceMobile | $21,279 | - | - | 3.1% | 46.4% | - | 37 | 55 | 34 |
ZBRA | Zebra Technologies | $17,790 | 34.5 | - | 44.6% | 14.7% | -19% | 71 | 82 | 81 |
VSAT | Viasat | $11,415 | - | - | 18.7% | 203.0% | 1% | 64 | 77 | 50 |
| CSCO | Industry | S&P 500 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quality Score | 94 | 58 | 76 |
| Gross Margin | 64.3% | 45.9% | 32.6% |
| Operating Margin | 23.7% | 12.1% | 16.6% |
| Net Margin | 19.7% | 12.7% | 13.5% |
| Return on Assets | 9.8% | 8.4% | 14.3% |
| Return on Equity | 24.5% | 21.9% | 38.7% |
| ROIC | 16.7% | 14.8% | 27.5% |
| CSCO | Industry | S&P 500 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sentiment Score | 16 | 60 | 64 |
| 5‑Day Return | -8.0% | -3.3% | 0.4% |
| 1‑Month Return | -4.6% | -1.8% | 3.2% |
| YTD Return | 47.1% | 45.6% | 14.3% |
| 1‑Year Return | 64.5% | 70.3% | 21.7% |
| 3‑Year Return | 124.4% | 144.7% | 80.0% |
| 5‑Year Return | 127.4% | 103.7% | 86.5% |
| Beta 1‑Year | 1.01 | 1.20 | 1.00 |






| CSCO | Industry | |
|---|---|---|
| Forward Dividend Yield | 1.5% | 1.1% |
| Payout Ratio | 54.6% | 42.1% |
| TTM Yield | 1.5% | - |
| Fwd. Div. Per Share | $1.68 | $1.23 |
| Div. 1Y Chg (%) | 2.4% | - |
| Div. 3Y Avg (%) | 2.5% | - |
| Div. 5Y Avg (%) | 2.6% | - |
| Cons. Growth Years | 10+ | - |
| Div. Coverage Ratio | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| Current Ratio | 0.9 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.8 |
| Price | $111.68 |
| Net Cash Per Share | -$3.74 |
| Equity Per Share | $12.76 |
| Debt / Equity | 0.6 |
| Solvency Ratio | 25% |
| Interest Coverage | 10.6 |
| Short % of Float | 1.7% |
| Altman Z‑Score | 4.3 |
| Current Quarter EPS | |
|---|---|
# Up Last 30 days | 18.00 |
# Down Last 30 days | 0.00 |
Mean Estimate | 1.17 |
% Change (30 Days) | 0.02% |
| Next Quarter EPS | |
|---|---|
# Up Last 30 days | 15.00 |
# Down Last 30 days | 0.00 |
Mean Estimate | 1.14 |
% Change (30 Days) | 0.04% |
| Cur Qtr | Next Qtr | Cur Year | Next Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | $1.17 | $1.14 | $4.28 | $4.80 |
| 30 Days Ago | $1.17 | $1.14 | $4.28 | $4.78 |
| 90 Days Ago | $1.07 | $1.08 | $4.15 | $4.51 |
| % Change (90 Days) | 9.1% | 6.4% | 3.0% | 6.3% |
| Surprise Type | Amount | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Positive Quarters (> 2%) | 8 | 66.7% |
| Negative Quarters (< 2%) | 1 | 8.3% |
| In-Line Quarters (within 2%) | 3 | 25.0% |
| Surprise Type | Announce Date | Period End Date | Actual EPS | Est. EPS | Surprise (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative | 08/12/26 | 07/31/26 | $1.08 | $1.17 | -7.7% |
| 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% | 19.5% | 9.6% |
| Worst Monthly Return (5Y) | -12.0% | -11.8% | -9.6% |
| Beta 1‑Year | 1.01 | 1.20 | 1.00 |
| Volatility 1‑Year | 0.34 | 0.28 | 0.13 |
| Volatility 1Y Pctl. | 34 | - | - |
| Max Drawdown 1‑Year | -15.3% | -29.0% | -8.8% |
| Max Drawdown 3‑Year | -20.2% | -35.2% | -18.7% |
| Max Drawdown 5‑Year | -36.7% | -47.3% | -24.6% |











DELL | Dell Technologies | 97 | 87.5% | 282.5% | 13.0% | 32.1% | 12.7% | 6.0% |
HPE | Hewlett Packard | 94 | 40.0% | - | 11.5% | 17.3% | 9.4% | 7.0% |
LITE | Lumentum Holdings | 90 | 90.1% | - | 53.1% | 51.3% | 12.1% | 7.4% |
MSI | Motorola Solutions | 63 | 13.3% | 9.5% | 6.9% | 10.3% | 8.2% | 9.2% |
CSCO | Cisco Systems | 60 | 12.0% | 37.1% | 9.4% | 7.2% | 2.1% | 4.0% |
HPE | Hewlett Packard | 77 | 55.0 | 14.6 | 8.4 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 4.3 - |
DELL | Dell Technologies | 76 | 39.1 | 25.3 | 1.9 | 2.5 | - | 5.1 41.1 |
CSCO | Cisco Systems | 28 | 33.6 | 23.3 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 8.8 | 13.8 39.1 |
MSI | Motorola Solutions | 25 | 36.8 | 24.5 | 2.7 | 6.4 | 28.9 | 27.5 59.1 |
LITE | Lumentum Holdings | 0 | - | 31.0 | - | 22.9 | 17.7 | 15.1 - |
MSI | Motorola Solutions | 98 | 52.0% | 25.2% | 17.4% | -100.0% 587.2% | 10.1% 14.9% |
CSCO | Cisco Systems | 89 | 64.3% | 23.7% | 19.7% | 20.2% 30.0% | 7.9% 14.0% |
DELL | Dell Technologies | 79 | 19.1% | 8.2% | 6.3% | -100.0% 78.3% | 1.8% 9.1% |
HPE | Hewlett Packard | 51 | 33.9% | 5.8% | 4.0% | -0.9% 18.3% | -0.2% 6.7% |
LITE | Lumentum Holdings | 49 | 37.7% | 10.1% | 17.7% | -62.6% 29.7% | -13.0% 11.7% |
CSCO | Cisco Systems | 68 | 0.6 | 10.6 | 0.8 | 53.5% | 25% | 1.7% |
HPE | Hewlett Packard | 61 | 0.8 | 5.9 | 0.8 | 37.3% | 11% | 5.6% |
LITE | Lumentum Holdings | 58 | 1.1 | 12.6 | 1.0 | 20.3% | 18% | 12.2% |
MSI | Motorola Solutions | 41 | 3.6 | 7.3 | 0.9 | 51.1% | 19% | 2.7% |
DELL | Dell Technologies | 18 | - | 7.3 | 0.7 | 20.8% | 12% | 4.4% |
CSCO | Cisco Systems | 91 | 1.5% | 1.5% | $111.68 | $1.68 | 10+ | 54.6% |
MSI | Motorola Solutions | 82 | 1.0% | 1.0% | $466.51 | $4.84 | 10+ | 36.7% |
HPE | Hewlett Packard | 66 | 1.0% | 1.0% | $58.71 | $0.57 | 0 | 50.5% |
DELL | Dell Technologies | 46 | 0.5% | 0.5% | $490.81 | $2.52 | 3 | 17.4% |
LITE | Lumentum Holdings | - | - | - | $926.14 | - | - | - |
DELL | Dell Technologies | 99 | 7.4% | 98.3% | 319.7% | 293.5% | 258.0% | 2.13 | 0.68 | 95.5% |
HPE | Hewlett Packard | 94 | 18.5% | 72.5% | 161.2% | 146.7% | 181.1% | 1.94 | 0.51 | 91.4% |
LITE | Lumentum Holdings | 74 | 13.7% | -7.6% | 64.6% | 151.3% | 708.0% | 2.98 | 0.92 | 85.3% |
MSI | Motorola Solutions | 55 | 12.8% | 17.2% | 1.6% | 22.4% | 2.2% | 0.15 | 0.25 | 94.5% |
CSCO | Cisco Systems | 51 | -4.6% | -3.0% | 46.7% | 47.1% | 64.5% | 1.01 | 0.34 | 85.7% |





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 | 54.6 |
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 | 33.6 | 28.3 | 15.4 | 19.3 | 16.5 |
Price / Cash Flow | 31.5 | 20.3 | 14.1 | 12.6 | 14.8 |
Price / Book | 8.8 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
Price / Tangible Book | - | - | - | 111.8 | - |
Price / Sales | 7.0 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
EV / EBITDA | 25.1 | 18.9 | 13.0 | 12.7 | 10.8 |
Forward Dividend Yield | 1.5% | 2.4% | 3.5% | 2.9% | 3.3% |
Shareholder Yield | 3.0% | 4.7% | 6.7% | 4.7% | 7.3% |
Gross Margin | 64.3% | 64.9% | 64.7% | 62.7% | 62.6% |
Net Margin | 19.7% | 18.0% | 19.2% | 22.1% | 22.9% |
Return on Assets | 9.8% | 8.3% | 9.1% | 12.9% | 12.3% |
Return on Equity | 24.5% | 21.7% | 22.7% | 28.4% | 29.7% |
ROIC | 16.7% | 14.2% | 15.5% | 23.9% | 23.0% |
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CSCO has outperformed its sector by 22.7% in the past year.
The Technology sector has outperformed the market by 17.5% in the past year.