Cisco Systems Valuation

Is CIS0 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • 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 CIS0 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CIS0 (€18.6) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€24.02)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CIS0 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CIS0?

Key metric: As CIS0 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CIS0. This is calculated by dividing CIS0's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CIS0's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio24.2x
EarningsUS$9.39b
Market CapUS$228.71b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CIS0's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CIS0 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average32.6x
MSI Motorola Solutions
52.2x17.2%US$81.5b
ANET Arista Networks
44.6x13.0%US$119.0b
FEW Funkwerk
10.1xn/a€162.8m
NOKIA Nokia Oyj
23.5x18.0%€21.5b
CIS0 Cisco Systems
24.2x8.1%€228.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CIS0 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.2x) compared to the peer average (32.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CIS0's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Communications Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CIS0 24.2xIndustry Avg. 30.1xNo. of Companies7PE020406080100+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CIS0 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.2x) compared to the European Communications industry average (30.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CIS0'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.

CIS0 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio24.2x
Fair PE Ratio17.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CIS0 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.2x).


Analyst Price Targets

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

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.


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