Cisco Systems drops nearly 10% after earnings beat fails to impress
As seen on the 24/7 Wall St. homepage on August 13, 2026.
Down 9.65% to $111.92, and this is a mega-cap that rarely moves this hard in a single session. The selling follows last night's Q4 earnings beat, so the market is pricing something other than the headline numbers.
Continue ReadingShow less
Cisco Systems shed nearly 10% in a single regular session, an unusual one day move for a company this large.
Cisco beat expectations on its Q4 earnings report, so the selling points to forward guidance, the composition of the results, or the valuation already priced in ahead of the report.
Disclosure
1 INVESTMENTS ARE NOT FDIC INSURED • ARE NOT BANK GUARANTEED • MAY LOSE VALUE Brokerage and Active investing products offered through SoFi Securities LLC, member FINRA( www.finra.org )/SIPC( www.sipc.org ). 2 The probability of a member receiving $3,000 is 0.028%. If you don’t make a selection in 45 days, you’ll no longer qualify for the promo. Members must fund their account with a minimum of $50.00 to qualify. The probability percentage is subject to decrease. Members are only eligible for the Stock Award promotion upon opening their first brokerage account; subsequent cash brokerage accounts are ineligible for the promo, including for members with multiple accounts. 3Other fees, such as exchange fees, may apply. Please view our fee disclosure to view a full listing of fees. 4There are limitations with fractional shares to consider before investing. During market hours fractional share orders are transmitted immediately in the order received. There may be system delays from receipt of your order until execution and market conditions may adversely impact execution prices. Outside of market hours orders are received on a not held basis and will be aggregated for each security then executed in the morning trade window of the next business day at market open. Share will be delivered at an average price received for executing the securities through a single batched order. Fractional shares may not be transferred to another firm. Fractional shares will be sold when a transfer or closure request is initiated. Please consider that selling securities is a taxable event.
SoFi Active Invest is offering a limited-time promotion. Open an account, fund it with $50 or more, and you could receive up to $3,000 in complimentary stock for Active Invest accounts. See for yourself by clicking here now. (Sponsor)
Investors need to separate the earnings beat from whatever the market found troubling enough to reprice the stock so severely in one day, and that warrants close attention before drawing conclusions about the company's direction.
A move this sharp in a name this large attracts both buyers looking for a discount and sellers who read the reaction as a signal of structural concern, so near-term statements from Cisco's leadership are worth following carefully.
Sources
Mentioned: CSCO