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CSCO vs PANW

Side-by-side comparison of Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) and Palo Alto Networks Inc. (PANW): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • CSCO operates in Telecommunications, while PANW operates in Technology - the two are in different parts of the market.
  • CSCO is the larger of the two at $397.26B, about 1.5x PANW ($273.74B).
  • Over the past year, CSCO is up 36.3% and PANW is up 59.1% - PANW leads by 22.9 points.
  • PANW has been more active in the news (10 items in the past 4 weeks vs 8 for CSCO).
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformanceCSCO+36.29%PANW+59.15%
2025-11-12+0.00%2026-11-11
MetricCSCOPANW
Company
Cisco Systems Inc.
Palo Alto Networks Inc.
Price
-
-
Market cap
$397.26B
$273.74B
1M return
-12.40%
-15.80%
1Y return
+36.29%
+59.15%
Industry
Computer Communications Equipment
Computer peripheral equipment
Exchange
NASDAQ
NASDAQ
IPO
1990
News (4w)
8
10
Recent ratings
25
25
CSCO

Cisco Systems Inc.

Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells Internet Protocol based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology industry in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, Japan, and China. It provides infrastructure platforms, including networking technologies of switching, routing, wireless, and data center products that are designed to work together to deliver networking capabilities, and transport and/or store data. The company also offers collaboration products comprising unified communications, Cisco TelePresence, and conferencing, as well as the Internet of Things and analytics software. In addition, it provides security products, such as network security, cloud and email security, identity and access management, advanced threat protection, and unified threat management products; and cloud and system management products. Further, the company offers a range of service and support options for its customers, including technical support and advanced services. It serves businesses of various sizes, public institutions, governments, and service providers. The company sells its products and services directly, as well as through systems integrators, service providers, other resellers, and distributors. Cisco Systems, Inc. has strategic alliances with Internet2 to deliver next-generation capabilities and software solutions; and Tele2 Iot on connectivity management platform 2CONTROL. Cisco Systems, Inc. was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

PANW

Palo Alto Networks Inc.

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. provides cybersecurity platform solutions worldwide. The company provides firewall appliances and software; Panorama, a security management solution for the control of appliances and software deployed on an end-customer's network as a virtual or a physical appliance; and virtual system upgrades, which are available as extensions to the virtual system capacity that ships with physical appliances. It also offers subscription services covering the areas of threat prevention, uniform resource locator filtering, malware and persistent threat, laptop and mobile device protection, and firewall, as well as cyberattacks, threat intelligence, and data loss prevention. In addition, the company provides professional services, including architecture design and planning, configuration, and firewall migration, as well as online and in-classroom education training services, as well as support services. Palo Alto Networks, Inc. sells its products and services through its channel partners, as well as directly to medium to large enterprises, service providers, and government entities operating in various industries, including education, energy, financial services, government entities, healthcare, Internet and media, manufacturing, public sector, and telecommunications. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

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