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Cisco Systems, Inc. CSCO Price / earnings

Price / earnings at other companies

Ciena logo
CienaCIEN
170.2×+83.0×
Nvidia logo
NvidiaNVDA
30.4×-3.4×
F5, Inc. logo
F5, Inc.FFIV
23.1×-1.6×
Fortinet logo
FortinetFTNT
30.9×-8.5×
Super Micro Computer, Inc. logo
Super Micro Computer, Inc.SMCI
11×-6.7×
Datadog, Inc. logo
Datadog, Inc.DDOG
307.9×+23.5×

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$15.8B+12.0%
Gross profit$10.1B+8.6%
Operating income$4.0B+23.7%
Net income$3.4B+35.4%
EPS (diluted)$0.85+37.1%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$7.1B-13.2%
Total debt$33.0B+7.3%
Total equity$48.9B+6.4%
Total assets$125.55B+4.8%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$3.8B-7.4%
CapEx$414.0M+58.6%
Free cash flow$3.3B-11.9%

Valuation

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Market cap$462.45B+61.4%
Enterprise value$488.37B+57.1%
P/S7.6×+2.5×

Profitability

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Gross margin64.3%-0.9pp
Operating margin23.4%+3.1pp
Net margin19.7%+2.1pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity25.2%+3.9pp
Debt / equity0.7×0.0×
Current ratio0.9×0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Cisco Systems, Inc.’s reported figures.

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Cisco Systems, Inc.’s 10-Q, filed May 19, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Cisco Systems, Inc.'s price / earnings?
Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) reported price / earnings of 30.2× in Q1 2026.
How has Cisco Systems, Inc.'s price / earnings changed year-over-year?
Cisco Systems, Inc.'s price / earnings increased by 32.2% year-over-year, from 22.9× to 30.2×.
What is the long-term trend for Cisco Systems, Inc.'s price / earnings?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Cisco Systems, Inc.'s price / earnings has grown at a 6.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 76.1× to 98.9×.
What does price / earnings mean?
How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual profit.
How do you interpret price / earnings?
Lower can mean cheaper — or that the market expects earnings to fall. High multiples embed growth expectations. Meaningless when earnings are negative, so it is suppressed there.
How does price / earnings compare across companies?
Compare against the company's own history and sector peers, not across sectors with different growth and risk profiles.