Cisco Systems, Inc.

SWX:CSCO Stock Report

Market Cap: CHF 245.6b

Cisco Systems Valuation

Is CSCO undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CSCO when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CSCO (CHF61.77) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CHF74.04)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CSCO is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CSCO?

Key metric: As CSCO is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CSCO. This is calculated by dividing CSCO's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CSCO's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio30x
EarningsUS$10.33b
Market CapUS$309.84b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CSCO's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CSCO vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average45.6x
ANET Arista Networks
49x16.15%US$165.1b
LOGN Logitech International
23.2x6.53%CHF 12.1b
MSI Motorola Solutions
29.3x8.91%US$61.6b
300308 Zhongji Innolight
80.7x35.94%CN¥690.0b
CSCO Cisco Systems
30x10.59%CHF 309.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CSCO is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30x) compared to the peer average (45.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CSCO's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Communications Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CSCO 30.0xIndustry Avg. 39.0xNo. of Companies6PE020406080100+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CSCO is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30x) compared to the European Communications industry average (39.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CSCO's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CSCO PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio30x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate CSCO's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CSCO forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCHF 61.77
CHF 67.85
+9.84%
10.13%CHF 79.41CHF 53.21n/a21
Dec ’26n/a
CHF 68.37
0%
10.26%CHF 80.61CHF 54.01n/a21
Nov ’26n/a
CHF 60.44
0%
8.51%CHF 68.92CHF 48.33n/a21
Oct ’26n/a
CHF 60.30
0%
8.58%CHF 68.94CHF 48.33n/a21
Sep ’26n/a
CHF 61.14
0%
8.58%CHF 69.90CHF 49.01n/a21
Aug ’26n/a
CHF 57.94
0%
7.49%CHF 64.26CHF 44.98n/a22
Jul ’26n/a
CHF 55.61
0%
8.59%CHF 63.39CHF 44.37n/a23
Jun ’26n/a
CHF 57.37
0%
8.88%CHF 66.20CHF 46.34n/a22
May ’26n/a
CHF 55.87
0%
9.57%CHF 66.24CHF 44.71n/a22
Apr ’26n/a
CHF 62.20
0%
10.10%CHF 70.71CHF 47.73n/a23
Mar ’26n/a
CHF 63.32
0%
10.17%CHF 71.94CHF 48.56n/a23
Feb ’26n/a
CHF 57.52
0%
11.07%CHF 70.53CHF 45.21n/a24
Jan ’26n/a
CHF 56.52
0%
10.50%CHF 70.50CHF 45.19n/a24
Dec ’25n/a
CHF 54.84
0%
10.44%CHF 69.01CHF 44.23n/a24
Nov ’25n/a
CHF 48.93
0%
9.98%CHF 67.56CHF 42.44n/a24
Oct ’25n/a
CHF 46.17
0%
6.04%CHF 50.74CHF 41.44n/a23
Sep ’25n/a
CHF 46.06
0%
5.67%CHF 51.01CHF 41.66n/a22
Aug ’25n/a
CHF 47.79
0%
6.30%CHF 53.84CHF 41.28n/a22
Jul ’25CHF 50.00
CHF 47.71
-4.57%
6.23%CHF 53.67CHF 41.15n/a22
Jun ’25CHF 50.00
CHF 49.70
-0.60%
10.48%CHF 69.20CHF 41.88n/a23
May ’25CHF 50.00
CHF 48.62
-2.76%
11.60%CHF 69.29CHF 39.20n/a24
Apr ’25CHF 50.00
CHF 48.11
-3.78%
12.23%CHF 68.74CHF 38.89n/a21
Mar ’25CHF 50.00
CHF 46.68
-6.64%
12.81%CHF 66.97CHF 37.89n/a20
Feb ’25CHF 50.00
CHF 46.65
-6.70%
11.87%CHF 65.57CHF 37.10n/a20
Jan ’25CHF 50.00
CHF 47.04
-5.92%
12.14%CHF 65.88CHF 37.27n/a20
Dec ’24CHF 50.00
CHF 47.65
-4.69%
12.20%CHF 66.07CHF 37.38n/a19
CHF 67.29
Fair Value
8.2% undervalued intrinsic discount
21
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/12/22 16:07
End of Day Share Price 2025/12/22 00:00
Earnings2025/10/25
Annual Earnings2025/07/26

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Cisco Systems, Inc. is covered by 57 analysts. 24 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
James KelleherArgus Research Company
Jonathan RuykhaverBaird
Timothy LongBarclays