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Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Our record on CSCO

Every scored call, pick and trade this diary has made on Cisco Systems Inc, with the outcome where it is known.

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for CSCO, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 4 pieces · newest: Midday 10, “The macro week breaks at the last print — retail and Michigan miss, bonds slip the floor, and Lumentum runs from the middle” (2026-08-14)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where CSCO appears in the diary — 4 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Long reads

Dailies

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta −0.09 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

How CSCO has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year −0.09 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Cisco Systems Inc moved −0.09% on average · correlation −0.03 · higher than 7% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.41 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.61% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +0.51% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Networking incumbents · 4 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Networking incumbents

Curated competitor set — who the market prices this name against, not just who shares its sector.

Compared against CSCO on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Cisco Systems Inc

CSCO in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Cisco builds the switches, routers and security software that carry and protect traffic on business and service-provider networks, and sells collaboration tools such as Webex alongside them. It also sells network assurance and observability software that shows customers how their infrastructure is behaving, plus the support and financing that go with hardware sales. Customers range from enterprises and governments to carriers and cloud operators, reached directly and through resellers. It is based in San Jose, California.
Where it sits in the stack
Cisco carries no Rubin seat, so it sits outside our AI build-out index; it belongs to the networking and communication equipment sleeve of the wider universe the diary tracks, the hardware and security layer that enterprise and carrier networks run on rather than a stage of AI chip production.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group calls it a networking incumbent and prices it against Arista Networks, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Nokia and Ericsson; the market also compares it with Juniper Networks.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It sits in the Nasdaq-100 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and it carries no Closelooknet score yet. The diary has quoted it several times, including in the Midday 10 when it sold off after a results print despite an unbroken run of beats, and in the Morning 10 alongside Coherent as one of the pair the day's trade closes out on.
What the diary watches
Whether the market keeps punishing Cisco's guidance even as its run of earnings and revenue beats continues, and whether the shares stabilise relative to the wider networking group after recent declines.

Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: CSCO news on the tape · index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 3 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Piper Sandler, 2026-09-22

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for CSCO from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Piper Sandler — target 125 from 132 Target cut to $125 from $132 (+12.1% to spot) 2026-09-22
  • Price target Deutsche Bank — target 135 Target set to $135 (+22.2% to spot) 2026-08-31
  • Price target Truist — target 140 from 125 Target raised to $140 from $125 (+22.4% to spot) 2026-08-13

3 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 3 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.56%, quarterly · last 0.42 USD on 2026-07-06

Dividends and capital return

What CSCO pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.66 USD per share · a 1.56% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +2.5% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.62 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.42 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-07-06
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.39 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.59 USD · 2025: 1.63 USD · 2026: 1.25 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-10-03

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO)?

Cisco Systems Inc trades as CSCO on the US exchange (US) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is CSCO in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Cisco Systems Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

What is Cisco Systems Inc's earnings print record?

Across the 10 prints Closelooknet covers, Cisco Systems Inc beat EPS estimates 10 times and revenue estimates 10 times; the three-day reactions split 5 up, 0 flat and 5 down (moves beyond ±3%), as of the 2026-08-12 card. The full print-record card carries the per-print history.

Where does CSCO trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -5.1% vs the 50-day and +10.3% vs the 200-day average, 18.2% below the 52-week high and +62.3% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Cisco Systems Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Cisco Systems Inc had a beta of −0.09 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 7% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.61% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about Cisco Systems Inc?

Cisco Systems Inc appears in 4 Closelooknet pieces, most recently Midday 10: The macro week breaks at the last print — retail and Michigan miss, bonds slip the floor, and Lumentum runs from the middle (2026-08-14); Report: Optical Interconnects — The Toll Nobody Keeps (2026-08-13); Midday 10: Quiet index, violent sorting — memory rips, Cisco pays for its beat, and the bonds reclaim the floor (2026-08-13). What Closelooknet said most recently: CSCO −2.6% to 110.49 on day two — the deepest charge of the week is still deepening. (Midday 10, 2026-08-14). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does Cisco Systems Inc do?

Cisco builds the switches, routers and security software that carry and protect traffic on business and service-provider networks, and sells collaboration tools such as Webex alongside them. It also sells network assurance and observability software that shows customers how their infrastructure is behaving, plus the support and financing that go with hardware sales. Customers range from enterprises and governments to carriers and cloud operators, reached directly and through resellers. Closelooknet's peer group calls it a networking incumbent and prices it against Arista Networks, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Nokia and Ericsson; the market also compares it with Juniper Networks.

Where does Cisco Systems Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Cisco carries no Rubin seat, so it sits outside our AI build-out index; it belongs to the networking and communication equipment sleeve of the wider universe the diary tracks, the hardware and security layer that enterprise and carrier networks run on rather than a stage of AI chip production. It sits in the Nasdaq-100 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and it carries no Closelooknet score yet. The diary has quoted it several times, including in the Midday 10 when it sold off after a results print despite an unbroken run of beats, and in the Morning 10 alongside Coherent as one of the pair the day's trade closes out on.

Does Cisco Systems Inc pay a dividend?

Cisco Systems Inc has paid 1.66 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.56% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.42 USD on 2026-07-06. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Cisco Systems Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Cisco Systems Inc on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Piper Sandler on 2026-09-22 (target 125 from 132). 3 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 3 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

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A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for CSCO, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

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