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Price / sales at other companies

Ciena logo
CienaCIEN
13.4×+11.3×
Nvidia logo
NvidiaNVDA
19.1×+1.6×
F5, Inc. logo
F5, Inc.FFIV
5.1×-0.2×
Fortinet logo
FortinetFTNT
8.5×-3.5×
Super Micro Computer, Inc. logo
Super Micro Computer, Inc.SMCI
0.4×-0.5×
Datadog, Inc. logo
Datadog, Inc.DDOG
11.4×-0.6×

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/E38.7×+9.4×

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 / sales?
Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) reported price / sales of 5.9× in Q1 2026.
How has Cisco Systems, Inc.'s price / sales changed year-over-year?
Cisco Systems, Inc.'s price / sales increased by 47.8% year-over-year, from 4× to 5.9×.
What is the long-term trend for Cisco Systems, Inc.'s price / sales?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Cisco Systems, Inc.'s price / sales has grown at a 1.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 16.1× to 17.4×.
What does price / sales mean?
How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual sales.
How do you interpret price / sales?
Useful when earnings are negative or volatile (e.g. early-stage or cyclical firms). Only comparable across companies with similar margins — a sales dollar is worth more at a high-margin business.
How does price / sales compare across companies?
Best compared within a margin cohort; a software P/S and a retailer P/S are not directly comparable.