Dow Today: Cisco Systems (CSCO) Lower
The
Dow Jones Industrial Average
(
^DJI
) is trading down 114 points (-0.9%) at 12,776 as of Friday, Feb 10, 2012, 11:39 a.m. ET. During this time, 309.2 million shares of the 30 Dow components have changed hands vs. an average daily trading volume of 818.6 million. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 548 issues advancing vs. 2,393 declining with 71 unchanged.
Holding back the Dow today is
(Nasdaq:
), which is lagging the broader Dow index with a 15-cent decline (-0.8%) bringing the stock to $19.85. This single loss is lowering the Dow Jones Industrial Average by 1.14 points or roughly accounting for 1% of the Dow's overall loss. Volume for Cisco Systems currently sits at 29.8 million shares traded vs. an average daily trading volume of 46.8 million shares.
Cisco Systems has a market cap of $106.52 billion and is part of the
sector and
industry. Shares are up 13% year to date as of Thursday's close. The stock's dividend yield sits at 1.2%.
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 16.1, below the average computer hardware industry P/E ratio of 17.1 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.
TheStreet Ratings rates Cisco Systems as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, attractive valuation levels, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, good cash flow from operations and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.
- You can view the full Cisco Systems Ratings Report.
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