Filings Radar

SEC 8-K and 6-K filings classified by Claude with reasoning, plus Form 4 insider transactions. Ingested from EDGAR’s filing stream in near-real time, reconciled overnight.

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. (CSCO)

CIK 0000858877 1 material event

Insider activity (SEC Form 4)

Open-market buys and sells only — the deliberate trades. Zero here doesn’t mean no filings: grants, option exercises and tax withholding (below) are compensation, not market trades.

Open-market · last 30 days: 0 buyers bought $0 7 sellers sold $5.7M
Open-market · last 90 days: 0 buyers bought $0 7 sellers sold $6.6M
InsiderRoleDateTransactionSharesValue
Fink Nichlas A SVP, Chief Accounting Officer 2026-09-08 Open-market sell 10b5-1 2274 $249K
Subaiya Thimaya K. EVP, Operations 2026-08-19 Open-market sell 10b5-1 2227 $247K
Subaiya Thimaya K. EVP, Operations 2026-08-19 Open-market sell 10b5-1 3605 $403K
Patel Jeetendra I President and CPO 2026-08-14 Open-market sell 10b5-1 1300 $144K
Patel Jeetendra I President and CPO 2026-08-14 Open-market sell 10b5-1 4870 $543K
Patel Jeetendra I President and CPO 2026-08-14 Open-market sell 10b5-1 900 $101K
Patel Jeetendra I President and CPO 2026-08-14 Open-market sell 10b5-1 100 $11K
Patterson Mark EVP and CFO 2026-08-14 Open-market sell 10b5-1 904 $100K
Patterson Mark EVP and CFO 2026-08-14 Open-market sell 10b5-1 3788 $423K
Patterson Mark EVP and CFO 2026-08-14 Open-market sell 10b5-1 500 $56K
Robbins Charles Chair and CEO, Director 2026-08-14 Open-market sell 10b5-1 3800 $420K
Robbins Charles Chair and CEO, Director 2026-08-14 Open-market sell 10b5-1 14829 $1.7M
Robbins Charles Chair and CEO, Director 2026-08-14 Open-market sell 10b5-1 2699 $304K
Robbins Charles Chair and CEO, Director 2026-08-14 Open-market sell 10b5-1 300 $34K
Stahlkopf Deborah L EVP and Chief Legal Officer 2026-08-14 Open-market sell 10b5-1 1300 $144K
Stahlkopf Deborah L EVP and Chief Legal Officer 2026-08-14 Open-market sell 10b5-1 4487 $501K
Stahlkopf Deborah L EVP and Chief Legal Officer 2026-08-14 Open-market sell 10b5-1 700 $79K
Tuszik Oliver EVP, Global Sales 2026-08-14 Open-market sell 10b5-1 2760 $310K
Fink Nichlas A SVP, Chief Accounting Officer 2026-08-10 Tax withholding 1205 $146K
Patel Jeetendra I President and CPO 2026-08-10 Tax withholding 9400 $1.1M
Most recent 20 reported transactions. Open-market buys (P) and sells (S) are the deliberate ones; grants and option exercises are compensation. Not investment advice.

Risk Radar (year-over-year Risk Factors)

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Fiscal period ending 2026-07-25 versus 2025-07-26view filing on EDGAR →

Cybersecurity and competitive risks have materially escalated across multiple fronts, with AI acting as the common accelerant — expanding the threat surface (agentic AI, quantum, zero-minute vulnerabilities), intensifying hyperscaler customer concentration and vertical-integration risk, and straining supply chain execution. A concrete Q4 FY2026 restructuring plan adds an operational overhang, signaling internal dislocation alongside the external pressures. The breadth of worsening across four distinct themes stops short of existential distress but represents a substantive and broad-based deterioration.

5 company-specific · 3 common-mode

Company-specific changes

Revised

Risk escalated: added memory component shortages as current/ongoing issue, expanded purchase commitment scope (fiscal 2026), increased inventory deposits/prepayments, and heightened AI infrastructure demand unpredictability.

Supply chain issues, including financial problems of contract manufacturers or component suppliers, or a shortage of adequate component supply or manufacturing capacity that increase our costs or…

Revised

New material risk: AI infrastructure sales to hyperscalers now explicitly disclosed as concentrated, volatile, and dependent on limited customers' capex timing and AI deployment decisions.

Sales to the service provider and cloud market, including sales of AI infrastructure solutions to large cloud and hyperscaler customers, are especially volatile and may be concentrated among a…

Revised

New disclosure of AI/cloud infrastructure competition and hyperscaler vertical integration threat. Adds specific risk that largest customers can bypass company entirely.

The markets in which we compete are intensely competitive, which could negatively impact our achievement of revenue growth. The markets in which we compete are characterized by rapid change…

Revised

Added specific dependency on silicon/optics design and manufacturing; new emphasis on hyperscaler performance/power efficiency requirements; escalated execution risk around semiconductor technology pace.

We depend upon the development of new products and services, and enhancements to existing products and services, and if we fail to predict and respond to emerging technological trends and…

Revised

Added concrete example of Q4 FY2026 restructuring plan with expected completion by end of FY2027, escalating from generic boilerplate to specific, ongoing restructuring with quantifiable timeline and scope.

Changes in industry structure and market conditions could lead to charges related to discontinuances of certain of our products or businesses, asset impairments and workforce reductions or…

Also disclosed — common-mode (AI cybersecurity escalation ×3)
AI cybersecurity escalation Revised

Added material new risks: AI-enabled zero-minute vulnerabilities, quantum computing cryptography obsolescence, and acquired company security practices—substantively escalating threat landscape and remediation urgency.

Vulnerabilities and critical security defects, prioritization decisions regarding remedying vulnerabilities or security defects, failure of third-party providers to remedy vulnerabilities or security…

AI cybersecurity escalation Revised

New disclosure of agentic AI risks: unauthorized actions, privilege escalation, malicious exploitation, and monitoring challenges. Escalates from general AI risks to specific autonomous system vulnerabilities.

Issues related to the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) could give rise to legal and/or regulatory action, damage our reputation or otherwise materially harm our business. We…

AI cybersecurity escalation Revised

New disclosure of AI-driven cyber threat escalation. Company now explicitly warns that "increasingly powerful AI capabilities" are being disseminated among threat actors, materially elevating cybersecurity risk exposure.

Our financial performance may be negatively impacted by demand for, and costs to deliver, our software subscription offerings; and interruptions or performance problems associated with these…

Fiscal period ending 2025-07-26 versus 2024-07-27view filing on EDGAR →

Leverage jumped sharply with senior unsecured debt up 22% to $24.8B, while a $26M+ supplier settlement charge and new tariff/trade-tension disclosures signal tangible supply chain stress already hitting gross margins. Risk deterioration is broad — spanning debt, operations, litigation, AI-IP protection, and climate compliance — though no solvency or going-concern trigger has been crossed.

3 company-specific · 2 common-mode

Company-specific changes

Revised

Added specific tariff/trade tension risks, supplier delivery failures, fiscal 2025 purchase commitments for Cisco Silicon One, actual gross margin impacts, and $26M+ supplier settlement charge.

Supply chain issues, including financial problems of contract manufacturers or component suppliers, or a shortage of adequate component supply or manufacturing capacity that increase our costs or…

New

New disclosure of litigation risk with specific 2025 settlement example showing material charge to cost of sales, indicating substantive legal exposure.

Adverse resolution of claims, litigation or governmental investigations may harm our operating results or financial condition. We are a party to a variety of claims, litigation and governmental…

Revised

Senior unsecured debt increased 22% ($20.3B to $24.8B), materially worsening leverage and refinancing risk profile.

There can be no assurance that our operating results and financial condition will not be negatively impacted by our incurrence of debt. As of the end of fiscal 2025, we have senior unsecured notes…

Also disclosed — common-mode (AI regulatory compliance, ESG regulatory divergence)
AI regulatory compliance Revised

New disclosure of AI-generated IP protection risk. U.S. courts/agencies limiting copyright/patent protection for AI-created inventions materially threatens company's ability to protect proprietary technology.

Risks Related to Intellectual Property Our proprietary rights may prove difficult to enforce. We generally rely on patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secret laws to establish and maintain…

ESG regulatory divergence Revised

Escalated from reputational risk to substantive regulatory and stakeholder pressure. Added "subject to evolving and sometimes conflicting laws, regulations" and "changing and increasingly divergent views," signaling heightened external pressure and compliance complexity.

Our reputation and/or business could be negatively impacted by matters relating to environmental, social, and governance and/or our reporting of such matters. We are subject to evolving and sometimes…

Material year-over-year changes to this company's Risk Factors (Item 1A), found by comparing each annual report to the prior year, judged for materiality, and classified as company-specific or common-mode against the cross-company catalog. Common-mode changes are the macro themes many companies disclose in common; they are collapsed above. A filing marked unchanged had no material change from the prior year; its summary describes the company's standing risks, which remain in force. Fiscal periods are the reporting period ends. Not investment advice.

Earnings release

8-K filed 2026-08-12 confidence 99% Item 2.02

This Item 2.02 disclosure reports Cisco's quarterly and fiscal year 2026 financial results, with a press release attached as Exhibit 99.1. The filing explicitly states "Cisco Systems, Inc. ("Cisco") reported its results of operations for its fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal year 2026 ended July 25, 2026." The press release contains comprehensive earnings data including revenue of $63.3 billion (up 12% YoY), net income of $13.3 billion (up 30% YoY), and EPS of $3.33 (up 31% YoY), along with forward guidance for Q1 and FY 2027. This is a standard earnings release disclosure material to investors.

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