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Cisco gets upgrade to Buy at Morgan Stanley on security-driven trends

Published 05/15/2017, 12:00 PM
© Reuters.  Cisco gets upgrade to Buy at Morgan Stanley on security-driven trends
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  • Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) is up 2.6% today amid a Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) upgrade to Overweight ahead of earnings.
  • The company's set to take advantage of a "paradigm shift" to security-defined networking, says analyst James Faucette, pointing to channel checks showing security sales pulling through equipment upgrades.
  • That improves replacement cycle metrics, he writes. “Cisco continues to drive a mix shift towards software and recurring revenues, and in conjunction with strong firewall refresh activity, will gain share of IT budgets as customers increasingly favor Cisco’s end-to-end portfolio and architecture to improve cybersecurity.”
  • He's raised his price target on the stock to $39, from $32, implying 13.6% upside ahead.
  • Cisco is set to release earnings after the closing bell on Wednesday.
  • Now read: Cisco Earnings Expected To Plod Along


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