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Brian Colello

Cisco Continues to Shift Toward Recurring Subscription Revenue; Maintain $40 FVE

Cisco reported solid fiscal third-quarter results and provided investors with a decent fiscal fourth-quarter forecast that was in line with our expectations and Street consensus estimates. The company continues to make progress in shifting toward subscription revenue, both in infrastructure platforms boosted by early adoption of the firm’s Catalyst 9000 switches, as well as noninfrastructure businesses like applications and security. We will maintain our $40 fair value estimate for narrow-moat C...
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Cisco Systems Inc.

Cisco Systems designs and sells a range of technologies that power the Internet. The company's business is organized into the following three geographic segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa; and Asia Pacific, Japan, and China. The company's products and technologies are grouped into the following categories: Infrastructure Platforms; Applications; Security and Other Products. In addition to its product offerings, the company provides a range of service offerings, including technical support services and other services. The company delivers its technologies through software and services. The company's customers include businesses of all sizes, public institutions, governments, and service providers.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Brian Colello

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