Added to YB: 2026-06-08
Pitch date: 2026-06-04
CSCO [neutral]
Cisco Systems, Inc.
-5.46%
current return
Author Info
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Company Info
Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, develops, and sells technologies that help to power, secure, and draw insights from the internet in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, Japan, and China.
Market Cap
$479.4B
Pitch Price
$128.66
Price Target
N/A
Dividend
1.38%
EV/EBITDA
27.69
P/E
40.54
EV/Sales
8.16
Sector
Communications Equipment
Category
growth
[Company Deep Dive] CISCO: The Undisputed Leader Dominating Coherent Communications
CSCO (overview): Vertically integrated coherent optics leader via Acacia DSPs, Silicon One ASICs & systems—rare combo vs Marvell/Ciena/Nokia. Q2 FY26 rev $15.35B record; AI orders $2.1B/qtr (8x vs FY24), 40% optics. Non-hyperscaler pipeline $2.5B+. NVIDIA Spectrum-X exclusive silicon. Risks: AI inventory correction, Marvell as neutral supplier. Structural multi-year visibility, but valuation question open.
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