Cisco earnings: 53 cents per share, vs. expected EPS of 51 cents per share

Analysts had expected Cisco Systems to post earnings of 51 cents per share on $11.8 billion in revenue, according to a consensus estimate from Thomson Reuters. Track Cisco shares after the announcement.. Cisco shares have climbed about 20 percent in the last year, slightly outpacing a roughly 15 percent gain for the wider Nasdaq.