CSCO
Cisco's ownership profile tells a fairly conventional story for a mature large-cap tech name.
What's notably absent is almost any activist presence (0.0%) and very little growth or momentum money (0.1% each). Deep value funds are also basically nonexistent at 0.1%. That combination suggests the market views Cisco as neither a turnaround candidate nor a high-growth story — it's sitting firmly in the "steady compounder" camp in investors' minds, which at a P/E of 28.2 prices in moderate expectations rather than excitement. The institutional pressure score of essentially zero (0.00) and a neutral market regime reading (0.01) reinforce that there's no strong directional thesis being expressed by the institutional base right now. A few important caveats: the 13F ownership data used to construct behavioral breakdowns is filed quarterly and can be 45 to 90 days stale by the time it's public, meaning any recent repositioning won't be visible here. The market cap figure in the source data also appears corrupted, so treat any valuation context loosely. None of this is predictive — ownership snapshots describe where money has been, not where it's headed.
§ 03 · SIGNAL STACK · WHAT THE INPUTS SAY
§ 04 · FUNDAMENTALS · THE BOOKS
| P/E | 28.2 | P/S | — |
| EV/EBITDA | — | P/B | 5.74 |
| Revenue (TTM) | — | Rev YoY | — |
| Gross margin | — | Op margin | — |
| Net income | — | FCF | — |
| Cash | — | Debt | — |
| Dividend | 2.10% | Buybacks 1Y | — |
Cisco's ownership profile tells a fairly conventional story for a mature large-cap tech name. Passive index funds dominate at 27.5%, which is more or less expected given Cisco's long tenure in major indices — that chunk of ownership isn't going anywhere based on conviction, it's just tracking. The more interesting signal is the 12.2% held by quality compounder-style institutions, the type of long-duration holders who care about returns on capital and durable competitive moats. That's a meaningful vote of confidence in Cisco's ability to generate steady cash flows, particularly as it pushes further into software and subscription-based networking revenue. Income and defensive-oriented holders add another 1.7%, consistent with Cisco's reputation as a reliable dividend payer.
| Fund | Shares | % port | Δ Q/Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Group | 359.2M | 0.4% | — |
| State Street | 195.5M | 0.5% | — |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 144.0M | 0.2% | +804% |
| Geode Capital Management | 87.6M | 0.4% | +671% |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 83.1M | 0.1% | +421% |
| Charles Schwab Investment Mgmt | 70.2M | 0.8% | −8% |
Top institutional owners for CSCO as of the most recent 13F window (Dec 2025). Δ Q/Q reflects share-count change vs. the prior filing — positive green means adding, negative red means trimming. Cross-reference with the ownership-mix bars below to see which strategy cohort is driving the flow.
§ 06 · WHO OWNS IT · BY STRATEGY
Ownership mix by behavioral cohort. Top bars indicate which style of capital dominates the float — passive indexing, quality compounders, dealer/bank, systematic quant, etc. Big quality-compounder share means concentrated active conviction; heavy passive share means flows are dictated by index rebalances, not fundamentals.
§ 07 · INSIDER ACTIVITY · LAST 180 DAYS
| Date | Insider | Role | Action | Shares | $ value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JUN 11 | Patterson Mark | — | SELL | 178K | −$0 |
| JUN 11 | Tuszik Oliver | — | SELL | 173K | −$0 |
| MAY 27 | Robbins Charles | — | SELL | 637K | −$0 |
| MAY 19 | Patterson Mark | — | SELL | 191K | −$0 |
| MAY 19 | Patel Jeetendra I | — | SELL | 247K | −$0 |
| MAY 19 | Tuszik Oliver | — | SELL | 181K | −$0 |
0 insider buys, 7 sells in the last 180 days. Scheduled 10b5-1 sales are pre-programmed and neutral; discretionary clusters are the tape worth reading. Cross-reference with the signal stack above for context.