Cisco Systems Stock To Go Ex-dividend Monday (CSCO)

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The ex-dividend date for Cisco Systems (Nasdaq:CSCO) is Monday, July 2, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 8 cents per share. At a price of $16.80 as of 9:30 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 1.9%.

The average volume for Cisco Systems has been 44 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Cisco Systems has a market cap of $89.62 billion and is part of the technology sector and computer hardware industry. Shares are down 7.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday.

Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells Internet protocol (IP)-based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology industry worldwide. The company has a P/E ratio of 12.3, equal to the average computer hardware industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Cisco Systems as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, revenue growth, attractive valuation levels, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and growth in earnings per share. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity. You can view the full Cisco Systems Ratings Report.

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