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Re: Cisco: Slowing Capital
Returns, Executive Departures, and Here Comes HPE, Says Cautious
Goldman
Another article on the Cisco Downgrade from Goldman. It
specifically mentions Nokia:
Network-Equipment Competition Rising for Cisco -- Market Talk 10:18
AM ET 6/15/16 | Dow Jones
10:18 ET - After 5 years on Goldman Sachs' buy
list, Cisco (CSCO) gets downgraded to
neutral as the investment bank says multiple expansion might get
capped by "competitive and execution concerns." Goldman still sees
CSCO notching modest revenue and EPS growth the next several years,
with rates less than what the company generated the past 5. But it
says there's "modest downside risk to Street estimates"--which
Goldman's forecasts are in line with. That's on both recent
executive turnover and "rising competitive threats" in networking
gear from the likes of Hewlett Packard
Enterprises (HPE) and Juniper (JNPR). That adds "to the
already-significant pressure"
from Nokia(NOK)-owned Alcatel,
Arista (ANET) and Huawei. CSCO is at the bottom of the Dow
industrials with its 1.6% drop to $28.50.
(patrick.sheridan@wsj.com)
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