Cisco Systems, Inc.

SWX:CSCO Stock Report

Market Cap: CHF 240.5b

Cisco Systems Valuation

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

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow 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.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: CSCO (CHF60.73) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value (CHF76.12)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: CSCO is trading below future cash flow value by more than 20%.

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 Ratio28.2x
EarningsUS$11.08b
Market CapUS$310.30b

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 Average72.8x
ANET Arista Networks
47.5x15.93%US$172.4b
MSI Motorola Solutions
35.6x8.20%US$75.2b
LOGN Logitech International
18.5x4.20%CHF 10.2b
LITE Lumentum Holdings
189.5x62.64%US$45.4b
CSCO Cisco Systems
28.2x10.57%CHF 310.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CSCO is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (28.2x) compared to the peer average (72.8x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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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 28.2xIndustry Avg. 38.4xNo. 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 (28.2x) compared to the European Communications industry average (38x).

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 Ratio28.2x
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 60.73
CHF 68.19
+12.29%
9.03%CHF 76.79CHF 57.59n/a21
Feb ’27CHF 60.19
CHF 67.53
+12.19%
9.90%CHF 77.66CHF 52.03n/a21
Jan ’27CHF 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 45.21CHF 60.1924
Jan ’26n/a
CHF 56.52
0%
10.50%CHF 70.50CHF 45.19CHF 61.7724
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
CHF 68.1
Fair Value
10.8% 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 Analysis2026/02/20 15:28
End of Day Share Price 2026/02/20 00:00
Earnings2026/01/24
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

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Cisco Systems, Inc. is covered by 59 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
Jeffrey KvaalBarclays