Cisco Systems, Inc’s recently made public that its Director CAPELLAS MICHAEL D unloaded Company’s shares for reported $1.25 million on Dec 18 ’25. In the deal valued at $77.28 per share,16,150 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, CAPELLAS MICHAEL D now holds 157,218 shares worth roughly $11.64 million.
Then, CAPELLAS MICHAEL D sold 10,850 shares, generating $836,860 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $77.13, the Director now owns 146,368 shares.
Before that, JOHNSON KRISTINA M sold 13,481 shares. Cisco Systems, Inc shares valued at $1,039,845 were divested by the Director at a price of $77.13 per share. As a result of the transaction, JOHNSON KRISTINA M now holds 61,630 shares, worth roughly $4.56 million.
Erste Group upgraded its Cisco Systems, Inc [CSCO] rating to a Buy from a a Hold in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including UBS’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in early November from “a Neutral” to “a Buy”. HSBC Securities also remained covering CSCO and has decreased its forecast on August 15, 2025 with a “Hold” recommendation from previously “Buy” rating. Evercore ISI revised its rating on July 28, 2025. It rated CSCO as “an In-line” which previously was an “an Outperform”.
Price Performance Review of CSCO
On Monday, Cisco Systems, Inc [NASDAQ:CSCO] saw its stock jump 0.18% to $74.01. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -2.08%. Cisco Systems, Inc shares have risen nearly 25.02% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -3.92% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Cisco Systems, Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Cisco Systems, Inc stocks on 2025-12-31, growing by 9.71 million shares to a total of 60.93 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-11-28 was 51.22 million shares. There was a rise of 15.94%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on July 08, 2025 when Wolfe Research began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Peer perform”‘ rating.






