Cisco Systems Inc. managed to put up a strong “beat and raise” in its fiscal second-quarter earnings this week, and investors took the news positively as the stock is trading at an all-time high, excluding the overvaluation during the dot-com bubble.

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Five thoughts from Cisco’s second-quarter earnings

Cisco Systems Inc. provided positive numbers in its fiscal fourth-quarter results Wednesday, and there’s a story behind those numbers. The networking giant posted a modest revenue beat of $13.64 billion, $100 million more than consensus estimates. Gross margin, boosted by the acquisition of Splunk Inc., came in at a whopping 67.5%, the highest number for Cisco in 20 years. Product order growth rose 14% year over year, 6% excluding Splunk.

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Five takeaways from Cisco’s fourth quarter

Contact-center-as-a-service provider Five9 Inc. broke the billion-dollar revenue run rate mark today as it posted second-quarter sales of $252.1 million, up 13% from a year ago and surpassing analysts’ expectations. Even more promising as it focused on larger customers, its enterprise subscription revenue grew 21%. Its adjusted profit of 52 cents also beat estimates.

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Billion-dollar revenue run rate, AI and an acquisition highlight Five9’s latest quarter despite weak forecast

In its recently reported fourth-quarter results, Zoom Video Communications Inc. put up strong numbers, beating revenue expectations by $17 million and operating income by $32 million.
Looking ahead to fiscal year 2025, Zoom management projected revenue of about $4.6 billion, representing revenue growth of 1.6%, in line with Wall Street expectations.

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Zoom’s most recent quarter checks all the right boxes

Cisco Systems Inc.‘s fiscal second-quarter earnings report today was certainly a mix of good and bad. The networking giant put up a solid quarter, with earnings per share of 87 cents, slightly ahead of its guide, and revenue of $12.8 billion, which was at the high end of its estimate from last quarter.

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Unpacking Cisco’s mixed quarter