Cisco Q4 Profit Surges on AI Demand, Stock Falls

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- Cisco reported a sharp jump in Q4 profit and beat both earnings and revenue estimates, attributing the results to AI orders and what the company called "broad-based" record demand.
- Cisco shares fell in after-hours trading despite the earnings and revenue beat, according to CNBC's headline framing.
Why it matters: Cisco delivered a clean beat on the top and bottom lines with management pointing to AI as the accelerator, yet the stock moved the wrong way — a classic signal that the bar set by the AI-infrastructure narrative had already been priced into the shares.
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