CiscoCSCODON'T BUYMay 19, 2017Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Jun 08, 2026. Market Open.
Kudos on that choice, because it's not been a market darling (since the dot-com bubble). Riding coattails of stronger players in the space, catching the halo effect. The old adage: "No one ever went broke taking a profit" -- good risk management.
Prefers, and owns, ANET.
Part of IT infrastructure, but $27B acquisition of Splunk really helped drive security business. Finally hit a new high (previous high was March 27, 2000). Phenomenal allocator of capital. Compelling buy. Every year, buys back stock and raises dividend.
Finally growing revenues again, he's looking for mid-high single-digit revenue growth. AI will bring a much higher recurring revenue stream. Its solutions are so embedded in businesses, he's not worried about clients trying to go it alone with AI.
Mostly hardware, but also getting into software security. It's finally gotten back to its breakeven price from the year 2000 :) Climbing higher, up 23% in last 12 months. Not on his buy list. He owns FIX, LRCX, and ADI. His tech exposure is ~10-20%.
Should do well. Only downside questions are whether it can keep up with demand, and whether it will be the prime provider within data centres? If they have the upper hand and pricing power, great. If not, they'll just trundle along with everybody else.
Lately, it's been getting new clients from competitors. It's been putting up stellar quarters. It had a strong 2025, but got hammered in December, surprisingly. But it is bouncing off lows. The On Balance Volume only now is moving higher. Lang thinks the sell off is ending. A few good days should see this rise, returning to its $80 highs, then up to $100 later this year.
Another play in Edge AI. Kinetic for Cities is Edge AI that you can put on sensors around a city for water, traffic, air, everything. Poster child for this application is Singapore. King of routers and switches, but Edge AI will be very intriguing for them. His 12-month price target is $75.50. Yield is 2.44%.
(Analysts’ price target is $71.54)
There is a split right now in the technology space. If you think of Cisco, Intel, and even IBM, they are old legacy businesses and are starting to drop off the vine. It is commoditized and they are not making much money off of it. They are desperately hurrying into the tech side of the business. With this one, you are getting away from the set-top boxes, and getting into Cloud and other services. Everybody is up in the Cloud right now and you are starting to get commoditization on prices, which is not going to help this company over time. If they start to see a slowdown on their upscale business, then of course, with a slowdown in the hardware side, it is going to hurt. People are investing for the yield, and he thinks there are better tech stocks out there. 3.7% dividend yield.