Analysts Part Ways on Cisco's Outlook

Yeehaw!

The Cisco (CSCO Quote) kid was rip-roarin' and rootin'-tootin' today after Lissa Bogaty, a Credit Suisse First Boston analyst, bucked a recent trend and said something nice about the company. But not everyone was in agreement with her view, like UBS PaineWebber analyst Nikos Theodosopoulos, who released a bearish note on the networking sector this morning.

"We believe Cisco will become one of the major players in optical networking over the next year or two," the bullish Bogaty wrote. "Recognizing that this may very well represent the minority point of view, we offer much of our supporting thesis in our note." ...