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Cisco Systems, Inc. CSCO Return on assets

Return on assets at other companies

Ciena logo
CienaCIEN
7.5%+5.6pp
Nvidia logo
NvidiaNVDA
83%+7.1pp
F5, Inc. logo
F5, Inc.FFIV
11.4%+0.4pp
Fortinet logo
FortinetFTNT
19.3%-1.5pp
Super Micro Computer, Inc. logo
Super Micro Computer, Inc.SMCI
7.3%-4.4pp
Datadog, Inc. logo
Datadog, Inc.DDOG
2.1%-0.3pp

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×
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 trailing twelve months.

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 return on assets?
Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) reported return on assets of 9.7% in Q1 2026.
How has Cisco Systems, Inc.'s return on assets changed year-over-year?
Cisco Systems, Inc.'s return on assets increased by 20.9% year-over-year, from 8.1% to 9.7%.
What is the long-term trend for Cisco Systems, Inc.'s return on assets?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Cisco Systems, Inc.'s return on assets has grown at a -7.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 44.1% to 33%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.