DZ Bank slashes price target on Cisco Systems, Inc [CSCO] – find out why.

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Cisco Systems, Inc [NASDAQ: CSCO] loss -1.07% on the last trading session, reaching $63.98 price per share at the time.

If compared to the average trading volume of 19.80M shares, CSCO reached a trading volume of 18883407 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

Here is what top equities market gurus are saying about Cisco Systems, Inc [CSCO]:

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for CSCO shares is $71.67 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on CSCO stock is a recommendation set at 2.08. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.

DZ Bank have made an estimate for Cisco Systems, Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Buy, with their previous recommendation back on February 18, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Rosenblatt raised their target price from $66 to $80. The new note on the price target was released on February 13, 2025, representing the official price target for Cisco Systems, Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $72, while Exane BNP Paribas analysts kept a Outperform rating on CSCO stock. On January 17, 2025, analysts increased their price target for CSCO shares from 64 to 68.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Cisco Systems, Inc is set at 1.24, with the Price to Sales ratio for CSCO stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 4.70. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 5.59, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 4.62. Price to Free Cash Flow for CSCO in the course of the last twelve months was 19.87 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.79.

Trading performance analysis for CSCO stock

Cisco Systems, Inc [CSCO] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 0.22. With this latest performance, CSCO shares gained by 3.81% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 27.35% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 32.52% in the past year of trading.

Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for CSCO stock in for the last two-week period is set at 63.67, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 62.37, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 63.56 for Cisco Systems, Inc [CSCO]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 60.46, while it was recorded at 64.59 for the last single week of trading, and 53.17 for the last 200 days.

Cisco Systems, Inc [CSCO]: A deeper dive into fundamental analysis

Cisco Systems, Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.79 and a Current Ratio set at 0.87.

Cisco Systems, Inc [CSCO]: An earnings per share (EPS) analysis

The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for CSCO. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Cisco Systems, Inc go to 4.97%.

An analysis of Institutional ownership at Cisco Systems, Inc [CSCO]

The top three institutional holders of CSCO stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 386.35 million shares, which is approximately 9.5584%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 354.83 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$16.86 billion in CSCO stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$9.04 billion in CSCO stock with ownership which is approximately 4.7349%.