Down 12% from Oct 27 to Nov 10.
Up 39% over the year to Nov 9 while the S&P 500 rose 12%; down 12% since Oct 27.
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CSCO's Quality Score fell 2 points on Tue, Nov 10, to 5. It closed away from its high of the day (2 chart checks stopped).
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| The company | Profit up 30% to $13.3B |
| Its score | Down:Down to Below Average for the first time since Apr 2025 |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Oct 9 |
ReportReports Thursday, after the close. Every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. It rose after 2 and fell after 2 of its last 4 reports, -0.7% on average. Past reports ›
Tue Dec 15: Annual meeting, online11:00 AM ET. Proxy filed Oct 29.
After its last 4 reports it closed -0.7% on average, higher 2 of 4 times.
Below Averagefor quality, not price, 0 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
CSCO is #6 of 9 by Quality Score.
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Net income over four quarters: CSCO $13.3B, ANET $4.75B.
Reports Thu Nov 12, after the close (in 2 days). Confirmed.
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
The figures are not read from the release yet.
CSCO's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $72.2B to $73.4B |
Sales grew 4.9% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2021 to 2026.
Pays $1.68 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | -8.0% | -8.4% | -10.8% |
| May 13, 2026 | +15.4% | +13.4% | +12.3% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | -6.9% | -12.3% | -8.2% |
Sales grew in five of the last seven years, to $63B in 2026. It made a profit in each of the eight years.
RSI 37.9, MACD below signal, below both averages. Not scored.
Its dividends come to 52% of its free cash flow.
| Dividend | $1.68 a share a year |
| Paid out | About $6.7B a year |
| Free cash flow | $13B |
| Record | Raised every year since 2011 |
21 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: CSCO is 2.4% of XLK, 1.9% of SPMO, and 1.8% of QQQ, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Aug 31, 2026.
Cisco Systems is the largest provider of networking equipment in the world and one of the largest software companies in the world. Its largest businesses are selling networking hardware and software (where it has leading market shares) and cybersecurity software such as firewalls. It also has collaboration products, like its Webex suite, and observability tools. It primarily outsources its manufacturing to third parties and has a large sales and marketing staff-25,000 strong across 90 countries. Overall, Cisco employs 80,000 people and sells its products globally.
“We compete in the networking and communications equipment markets, providing products and services designed to transport, and help secure data, voice, and video traffic across cloud, private and public networks and the Internet.”
CSCO scores 5 today, which Breakaway calls Below Average. It is #6 of 9 in Computer Communications Equipment by Quality Score, with 0 of 14 chart checks firing. Down 12% from Oct 27 to Nov 10. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
CSCO scores 5 today, which Breakaway calls Below Average (0 to 5). That is #6 of 9 in Computer Communications Equipment by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind CSCO's 5.
Reports Thu Nov 12, after the close, a date the company confirmed. CSCO closed higher after 2 of its last 4 reports. Past behavior, not a forecast.
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