Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) closed in green for the seventh consecutive trading session, with the stock trading 0.94% higher at $80.26 on Wednesday.
CSCO has added 4.56% over the course of the last six trading sessions compared to a rise of 0.41% in the benchmark S&P 500 Index during the same period. While in 2025, the stock posted a substantial growth of 33.89% compared to a rise of 16.30% in the S&P 500 Index.
In November 2025, CSCO announced a new AI-powered, agent-driven network management and services tool called Cisco IQ, along with an interesting new edge computing platform called the Cisco Unified Edge.
The basic concept behind Cisco IQ is to integrate the company’s services capabilities and network monitoring and management tools with a Cisco-trained LLM. The agentic side of Cisco IQ helps with the real-time monitoring and assessment capabilities and, importantly, sets the stage for when potential fixes can be handled automatically.
According to Bay Area Ideas, “CSCO was upgraded to a BUY as AI infrastructure momentum accelerates and demand solidifies post-Q4 weakness”.
According to Steven Fiorillo, who suggested a strong BUY, “CSCO remains undervalued, despite a strong rally, trading below 20x earnings, with robust dividend growth and significant buybacks. CSCO’s Q1 FY2026 delivered a double beat, with 8% Y/Y revenue growth, 10% non-GAAP EPS growth, and expanding recurring revenue streams. Networking hardware demand is surging, fueled by hyperscaler CapEx and AI infrastructure, with CSCO guiding for $60.2B revenue and $4.08 non-GAAP EPS in FY2026”.
However, looking at Seeking Alpha’s Quant rating, CSCO was rated as a HOLD with a score of 3.47 out of 5. The company was rated A+ for profitability, while it got a D- for growth and a C- for valuation.
According to Wall Street analysts, 15 rated the stock a BUY or above, 10 rated it a HOLD, while only 1 considered it a SELL or lower.
Similarly, Seeking Alpha analysts appeared rather bullish about the stock, issuing a BUY call with a rating of 3.60 out of 5