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Even after the run Cisco stock has had over the past few years, the stock is still a buy. Cisco has reported earnings of $1.73 per share over the past four quarters, which puts the stock's P/E ratio at just about 17. This doesn't seem all that inexpensive, but there are a couple of things skewing Cisco's valuation.
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