Cisco's $830M Volume Ranks 74th as Mixed Signals Emerge from Insiders and Institutional Moves Amid Strong Earnings

Cisco Systems (CSCO) closed 0.13% lower on August 21, 2025, with a trading volume of $0.83 billion, ranking 74th in market activity. The stock traded below its 50-day moving average of $68.09 but above the 200-day average of $63.47, reflecting mixed short-term momentum.

Executive insider activity highlighted the week, with EVP Thimaya Subaiya selling 7,511 shares for $502,035.24, reducing his stake by 4.44%. CEO Charles Robbins also sold 29,784 shares, a 4.15% cut in his holdings, while SVP Maria Victoria Wong sold 4,185 shares. Institutional investors showed divergent moves, with Norges Bank acquiring $3.8 billion in new shares and DZ BANK AG boosting its stake by 413.3%. Conversely, Global View Capital Management reduced its position by 46.4%.

Cisco’s Q2 earnings report bolstered fundamentals, with $0.99 per share, exceeding estimates by $0.01, and revenue rising 7.6% year-over-year to $14.67 billion. The company declared a $0.41 quarterly dividend, yielding 2.4% annually, while analysts raised price targets following upgrades from Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley. Despite mixed analyst ratings—ranging from “Strong Buy” to “Hold”—the stock maintains a “Moderate Buy” consensus with a $74.53 price target.

The strategy of buying the top 500 stocks by daily trading volume and holding for one day from 2022 to 2025 yielded a 31.52% total return, averaging 0.98% per day. It achieved a 7.02% gain in June 2023 but lost 4.20% in September 2022, underscoring its sensitivity to market volatility.