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<ul><li>Cisco Systems, Inc. recently reported its first quarter results for fiscal year 2025, showcasing numerous strengths as well as areas to watch closely.</li><li>The company's revenue for the quarter reached $13.8 billion, sitting at the high end of their guidance range, though it marked a 6% decline year-over-year due to the previous year’s elevated backlog shipments.</li><li>The strength across Cisco's lines of business was evident in their recurring revenue streams, which now account for 57% of total revenue.</li></ul>

Cisco Systems, Inc. recently reported its first quarter results for fiscal year 2025, showcasing numerous strengths as well as areas to watch closely.The company's revenue for the quarter reached $13.8 billion, sitting at the high end of their guidance range, though it marked a 6% decline year-over-year due to the previous year’s elevated backlog shipments.The strength across Cisco's lines of business was evident in their recurring revenue streams, which now account for 57% of total revenue.

Cisco’s Game-Changing  NVIDIA Partnership & AI Solutions Are A Potential Masterstroke? - Major Drivers

<ul><li>Cisco Systems, Inc. reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2024, demonstrating solid performance despite a challenging macroeconomic environment.</li><li>The company closed the fiscal year with $13.6 billion in revenue for the fourth quarter and $53.8 billion for the year.</li><li>Both annualized recurring revenue and subscription revenue grew, reflecting Cisco's strategic pivot towards a more sustainable, subscription-based model.</li></ul>

Cisco Systems, Inc. reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2024, demonstrating solid performance despite a challenging macroeconomic environment.The company closed the fiscal year with $13.6 billion in revenue for the fourth quarter and $53.8 billion for the year.Both annualized recurring revenue and subscription revenue grew, reflecting Cisco's strategic pivot towards a more sustainable, subscription-based model.

Cisco Systems Inc.: Networking and Security Symbiosis

<ul><li>Cisco Systems (Cisco) had a promising Q3, with organic revenue aligning with the higher end of guidance expectations.</li><li>The company has transformed its business model, with over half of its total revenue now coming from subscription services, providing the company with a robust base for potential long-term growth.</li><li>The acquisition of Splunk was also completed, adding over $4 billion in annualized recurring revenue and strengthening Cisco's position as one of the world's major software companies.</li></ul>

Cisco Systems (Cisco) had a promising Q3, with organic revenue aligning with the higher end of guidance expectations.The company has transformed its business model, with over half of its total revenue now coming from subscription services, providing the company with a robust base for potential long-term growth.The acquisition of Splunk was also completed, adding over $4 billion in annualized recurring revenue and strengthening Cisco's position as one of the world's major software companies.

<ul><li>Cisco Systems Inc.'s fiscal second-quarter results demonstrated a mix of positives and negatives, balanced by the company's flexible strategic route and shifting market conditions.</li><li>Revenue for the quarter edged at the high end of the company's guidance range, owing to robust operating leverage across business segments that surpassed margin expectations and facilitated better-than-expected earnings per share.</li><li>A total of $2.8 billion value was returned to investors through dividends and share buybacks, evidencing Cisco's ongoing commitment to its shareholders.</li></ul>

Cisco Systems Inc.'s fiscal second-quarter results demonstrated a mix of positives and negatives, balanced by the company's flexible strategic route and shifting market conditions.Revenue for the quarter edged at the high end of the company's guidance range, owing to robust operating leverage across business segments that surpassed margin expectations and facilitated better-than-expected earnings per share.A total of $2.8 billion value was returned to investors through dividends and share buybacks, evidencing Cisco's ongoing commitment to its shareholders.

Cisco Systems: How Successful Are Their Efforts Of Digging Into AI? - Major Drivers

Equity Long-Short, Semiconductors, Fabricated Knowledge

Douglas O'Laughlin

Equity Long-Short, Semiconductors

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<ul><li>It’s about to be primetime for the AI semiconductor trade, and for the first time in a long time (maybe ever), I wanted to write an earnings preview. It might be the first time (ever) and hopefully the last time.</li><li>Two critical companies report this week. I’ll start with Marvell, the less important but the one I like, and then talk about some exciting dynamics at Nvidia that could lead to volatility and why it might not even matter.</li><li>Marvell has always been a favorite of this newsletter. I won’t lie; I root for the hometown on this one. Inphi was my first paid post, and it worked out with a buyout by Marvell only two weeks later.</li></ul>

It’s about to be primetime for the AI semiconductor trade, and for the first time in a long time (maybe ever), I wanted to write an earnings preview. It might be the first time (ever) and hopefully the last time.Two critical companies report this week. I’ll start with Marvell, the less important but the one I like, and then talk about some exciting dynamics at Nvidia that could lead to volatility and why it might not even matter.Marvell has always been a favorite of this newsletter. I won’t lie; I root for the hometown on this one. Inphi was my first paid post, and it worked out with a buyout by Marvell only two weeks later.

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Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology (IT) industry and provide services associated with these products and their use. The Company provides products for transporting data, voice, and video within buildings, across campuses, and globally.

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Cisco’s Game-Changing NVIDIA Partnership & AI Solutions Are A Potential Masterstroke? - Major Drivers

Cisco Systems, Inc. recently reported its first quarter results for fiscal year 2025, showcasing numerous strengths as well as areas to watch...

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Cisco Systems Inc.: Networking and Security Symbiosis

Cisco Systems, Inc. reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2024, demonstrating solid performance despite a...

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Cisco Systems: AI Investments

Cisco Systems (Cisco) had a promising Q3, with organic revenue aligning with the higher end of guidance expectations. The company has transformed...

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Cisco Systems: How Successful Are Their Efforts Of Digging Into AI? - Major Drivers

Cisco Systems Inc.'s fiscal second-quarter results demonstrated a mix of positives and negatives, balanced by the company's flexible strategic...

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Earnings Preview (Nvidia and Marvell)

It’s about to be primetime for the AI semiconductor trade, and for the first time in a long time (maybe ever), I wanted to write an earnings...

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