Better Buy: Cisco Systems vs. Microsoft
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) are generally considered solid long-term investments for conservative investors. Both tech giants have wide moats -- Cisco is the world's top maker of networking hardware, and Microsoft is its biggest software company.
But over the past 12 months, Cisco's stock only rose by the low single digits as Microsoft's stock soared more than 30%. Does that trend indicate that the former is a weaker investment than the latter? Let's dig deeper to find out.
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