Cisco Stock (CSCO) News and Forecast for Dec. 21, 2025: AI Networking Boom Meets Security Headlines and Fresh Wall Street Targets
Cisco shares closed at $78.42 on Dec. 19, 2025, after briefly surpassing their March 2000 dot-com peak with an $80.25 close on Dec. 10. The company reported a 13% year-over-year rise in product orders for fiscal Q1 2026, driven by $1.3 billion in AI infrastructure orders from hyperscalers. Trading volume spiked mid-December amid renewed focus on cybersecurity risks.