247wallst.com's Jeremy Phillips looks at Cisco's 5.1% jump to $98.65 ahead of Thursday's fiscal 2027 first-quarter report, which has moved the stock 8% or more three quarters running, and follows Dennis, a retired engineer whose 1,000 shares bought at $48.04 are now up $50,610. The article weighs Cisco's $9.3 billion in AI orders and its $7.5 billion fiscal 2027 AI revenue target against margin pressure and a Morgan Stanley downgrade, and recommends most holders of small stakes sit tight, since selling 300 shares would cost Dennis $2,277 in tax to shed $2,368 of risk.