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CSCO vs SMCI
Side-by-side comparison of Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) and Super Micro Computer Inc. (SMCI): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- CSCO operates in Telecommunications, while SMCI operates in Technology - the two are in different parts of the market.
- CSCO is the larger of the two at $377.07B, about 21.3x SMCI ($17.71B).
- Over the past year, CSCO is up 22.9% and SMCI is down 21.2% - CSCO leads by 44.2 points.
- SMCI has been more active in the news (24 items in the past 4 weeks vs 16 for CSCO).
- Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
- Company
- Cisco Systems Inc.
- Super Micro Computer Inc.
- Price
- -
- -
- Market cap
- $377.07B
- $17.71B
- 1M return
- -12.92%
- -23.42%
- 1Y return
- +22.93%
- -21.24%
- Industry
- Computer Communications Equipment
- Computer Manufacturing
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- NASDAQ
- IPO
- 1990
- 2020
- News (4w)
- 16
- 24
- Recent ratings
- 25
- 25
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.
Super Micro Computer Inc.
Super Micro Computer, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops and manufactures high-performance server and storage solutions based on modular and open architecture. Its solutions range from complete server, storage, modular blade servers, blades, workstations, full racks, networking devices, server management software, and server sub-systems, as well as support and services. The company also provides a range of application-optimized server solutions, including rackmount and blade servers, storage systems, and subsystems and accessories; and server software management solutions, such as Server Management Suite, including Supermicro Server Manager, Supermicro Power Management software, Supermicro Update Manager, and SuperDoctor 5. In addition, it offers server subsystems and accessories comprising server boards, chassis, power supplies, and other accessories. Further, the company provides server and storage system integration, configuration, and software upgrade and update services; and technical documentation services, as well as identifies service requirements, creates and executes project plans, and conducts verification testing and training services. Additionally, it offers help desk and on-site product support services for its server and storage systems; and customer support services, including ongoing maintenance and technical support for its products. The company provides its products to enterprise data centers, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and 5G and edge computing markets. It sells its products through direct sales force, distributors, value-added resellers, system integrators, and original equipment manufacturers. The company has operations primarily in the United States, Europe, Asia, and internationally. Super Micro Computer, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Latest CSCO
- President and CPO Patel Jeetendra I was granted 112,512 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 84,525 shares, increasing direct ownership by 8% to 398,798 units (SEC Form 4)
- SVP, Chief Accounting Officer Fink Nichlas A covered exercise/tax liability with 3,366 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 9% to 35,812 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP and CFO Patterson Mark was granted 25,001 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 26,185 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 0.46% to 258,134 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chair and CEO Robbins Charles was granted 410,429 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 227,039 shares, increasing direct ownership by 24% to 956,179 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP and Chief Legal Officer Stahlkopf Deborah L was granted 104,576 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 54,075 shares, increasing direct ownership by 23% to 274,100 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP, Operations Subaiya Thimaya K. was granted 18,752 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 27,778 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 5% to 175,008 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP, Global Sales Tuszik Oliver was granted 14,376 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 20,580 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 3% to 225,069 units (SEC Form 4)
- Cisco Systems Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- CISCO REPORTS FIRST QUARTER EARNINGS
- SEC Form SCHEDULE 13G filed by Cisco Systems Inc.
Latest SMCI
- SVP, Chief Business Officer Malyala Vikranth converted options into 3,248 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 1,654 shares, increasing direct ownership by 3% to 49,471 units (SEC Form 4) (withholding obligation)
- Chief Revenue Officer Thauberger Matthew converted options into 420 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 214 shares, increasing direct ownership by 3% to 6,693 units (SEC Form 4) (for withholding tax)
- Director Liu Liang Chiu-Chu Sara converted options into 3,135 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 1,692 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.43% to 338,949 units (SEC Form 4) (withholding tax)
- President and CEO Liang Charles converted options into 3,135 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 1,692 shares (SEC Form 4) (tax withholding)
- Sr. Corporate VP, Engineering Xiao Jin converted options into 2,995 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 1,525 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.76% to 196,056 units (SEC Form 4) (for tax liability)
- SVP, Chief Accounting Officer Cheung Kenneth converted options into 2,107 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 1,074 shares, increasing direct ownership by 2% to 64,805 units (SEC Form 4) to cover taxes
- Supermicro Now Shipping Next-Generation Servers Powered by 6th Gen AMD EPYC™ 9006 Series CPUs for Cloud, HPC, and Agentic AI Workloads
- SVP, Chief Financial Officer Long Mark P was granted 120,000 restricted stock units and was granted 150,000 employee stock options (SEC Form 4)
- Director Krishnapura Sheshaprasad Govindaraju was granted 4,919 restricted stock units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Angel Scott bought $49,941 worth of shares (1,715 units at $29.12), increasing direct ownership by 24% to 8,770 units (SEC Form 4)