Why Cisco Systems Is The ‘Top Dividend Stock Of The Dow’ With 3.2% Yield

Cisco Systems has been named as the ”Top Dividend Stock of the Dow”, according to Dividend Channel, which published its most recent ”DividendRank” report. The report noted that...

Cisco Stock Rallies on Earnings and Guidance Beat

Cisco Systems shares are trading sharply higher in late trading Wednesday after the networking equipment provider posted solid results for its fiscal second quarter ended Jan. 28, while sharply increa...

Fastly Stock Jumps Ahead of Earnings. Analyst Says Shares Can Soar 62%.

A BofA Securities analyst turned bullish on Fastly, upgrading shares to Buy on optimism about the company’s recently appointed CEO. The cloud computing company’s stock surged as a result. Tal Liani, B...

Quality Merchandise On Sale & Marked Down MegaCap Darlings

While the new year had been off to a terrific start, stocks have retreated in price of late with renewed concerns about the health of the U.S. economy giving investors pause. In addition to disappoint...

Why Cisco Systems Is A Top 25 Dividend Giant

Cisco Systems has been named as a Top 25 ”Dividend Giant” by ETF Channel, with a stunning $29.03B worth of stock held by ETFs, and above-average ”DividendRank” statistics inclu...

New CIO Wants Cisco to Be a Model for Hybrid Work

Fletcher Previn, Cisco Systems Inc.’s new chief information officer, said he is working to help position the networking-equipment maker as a leader in hybrid work. “Everybody being remote in the pande...

Cisco Stock Gains on Earnings. Layoffs Are Coming. 

Cisco Systems shares are trading higher after the networking-infrastructure company posted better-than-expected revenue and profit growth for its fiscal first quarter, ended Oct. 29. The company also ...

Cisco’s Earnings Are Today. What to Expect.

Cisco Systems could report a sharp falloff in orders when the networking giant reports October quarter earnings after the close of trading on Wednesday, but its huge backlog should help drive solid fi...

Cisco Shares Slip Ahead Of Next Week’s Earnings Amid Demand Worries

Cisco Systems shares were sagging ahead of the company’s earnings report next week amid concerns about softening demand, among other factors. Cisco (ticker: CSCO) shares on Friday were down 2.2%, to $...

Cisco And Four Other Fat-Margin Buys

A Texas Instruments circuit board.Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg © 2021 Bloomberg Finance LP The point of business is not revenue or growth. It’s profit. If oil sells for $80 a barrel, and yo...

HP Enterprise’s Earnings Match Forecasts. The CEO Sees ‘Enduring Demand.’

Text size The strength of the dollar hit revenue far harder than HP Enterprise expected at the start of the year. Dreamstime Showing resilience in the face of a difficult economic environment and grow...

Tech Stocks Are Due for Another Fall

Text size Technology fundamentals are getting worse, not better. One example is weakening demand for consumer electronics. Illustration by Barron’s (Dreamtime 4) For years, tech investors seemed...

Dow Futures Steady as Fed Signals Need to Keep Raising Interest Rates

Text size Federal Reserve officials agreed they need to keep raising interest rates to cool inflation. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Stock futures fluctuated Th...

Cisco Reports Earnings Today. What Wall Street Expects.

Text size Cisco shares closed up 0.4% on Tuesday, at $46.77, off 26% for 2022. Angel Garcia/Bloomberg Investors are eagerly awaiting the latest results from technology bellwether Cisco to get an updat...

When Is Tesla’s 3-for-1 Stock Split?

Illustration by Elias Stein Text size Tesla has given investors something to look forward to this coming week: a three-for-one stock split. As of the close of trading on Aug. 24, Tesla shareholders wi...

Walmart, Target, Cisco, Deere, Housing Data, and Other Things for Investors to Watch This Week

Text size Earnings season continues next week in what will be an action-packed stretch for retail stocks. Walmart and Home Depot report results on Tuesday, followed by Bath & Body Works , Lowe’s, ...

Tesla’s Stock Will Split on Aug. 24

Illustration by Elias Stein Text size Tesla has given investors something to look forward to this coming week: a three-for-one stock split. As of the close of trading on Aug. 24, Tesla shareholders wi...

Pfizer, Cisco, and 5 Other Stocks With the Cash Flow to Raise Their Dividends

A company’s free cash is a lifeline for dividends, buybacks and other uses of capital. If that well runs dry or even slows down, a company can be forced to dial down its spending. For this screen, Bar...

Al Gore’s Firm Bought Alibaba Stock and Salesforce. It Sold Cisco, Microsoft.

Text size Former Vice President Al Gore in 2019. Scott Heins/Getty Images The investment firm co-founded and chaired by former Vice President Al Gore has made big changes in its U.S.-traded investment...

Cisco Systems’ Earnings Are Today. Here’s What to Expect.

Text size Barclays analyst Tim Long says order growth at Cisco is likely to slow down. Josep Lago/AFP via Getty Images Wall Street is optimistic about Cisco Systems’ quarterly results, due after the c...

Out With The Old — Why Arista Networks Is Crushing Cisco

Arista Networks, Inc. logo s(Photo Illustration by Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty … [+] Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Supply chain challenges since the pande...

Inflation Is Here to Stay. How to Adjust Your Portfolio.

Inflation is rampant and ubiquitous today, from the gas pump to the grocery store. The U.S. consumer price index has quadrupled in the past year, from a 1.7% annual rate in February 2021 to 7.9% this ...

Splunk Stock Rises as Hellman & Friedman Takes 7.5% Stake

Text size Dreamstime Private-equity firm Hellman & Friedman has acquired a 7.5% stake in software solutions company Splunk , sending the stock rising Friday. The stake is worth about $1.4 billion,...

Coke, Walmart, and 8 More Companies That Boosted Their Stock Dividends

Text size Things go better with Coke, as the company’s long-ago jingle proclaimed. Things are also going better for the beverage company’s stockholders, thanks to the news that its dividend will be in...

Cisco Stock Jumps on Strong Earnings and a Growing Buyback

Text size Cisco Systems reported better-than-expected earnings on Wednesday. Gabriel Bouys/AFP via Getty Images Cisco Systems shares are trading higher after the company posted better-than-expected re...

Splunk Stock Surges on Report of $20 Billion Cisco Buyout Offer

Text size Cisco made an offer to acquire Splunk for more than $20 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Shares of Splunk were rising sharply Monday on a report th...

Nvidia, Walmart, Airbnb, Shopify, Marriott, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

Text size Uncredited It’s another busy week of fourth-quarter earnings reports, with close to 60 S&P 500 components scheduled to present to investors. Advance Auto Parts and Vornado Realty Trust w...