Cisco Systems, Inc. Bad Debt increased by 500.0% to $12.00M in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 50.0%, from $8.00M to $12.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Bad Debt shows an upward trend with a 41.4% CAGR. This increase may warrant attention — for this metric, lower values are generally preferred.
An increase may signal deteriorating customer credit quality or aggressive sales practices.
This represents the estimated portion of accounts receivable that the company expects will not be collected from custome...
Standard across all industries; peers with large enterprise sales forces monitor this closely for credit risk.
bad_debt_expense| Q1 '21 | Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $6.00M | -$2.00M | $1.00M | $7.00M | $41.00M | $6.00M | $7.00M | -$1.00M | $5.00M | $20.00M | $4.00M | $8.00M | $7.00M | $15.00M | -$1.00M | $8.00M | $10.00M | $7.00M | -$3.00M | $12.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | -133.3% | +150.0% | +600.0% | +485.7% | -85.4% | +16.7% | -114.3% | +600.0% | +300.0% | -80.0% | +100.0% | -12.5% | +114.3% | -106.7% | +900.0% | +25.0% | -30.0% | -142.9% | +500.0% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +583.3% | +400.0% | +600.0% | -114.3% | -87.8% | +233.3% | -42.9% | +900.0% | +40.0% | -25.0% | -125.0% | +0.0% | +42.9% | -53.3% | -200.0% | +50.0% |