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Cisco Systems, Inc. CSCO Return on equity

Return on equity at other companies

Ciena logo
CienaCIEN
15.5%+11.8pp
Nvidia logo
NvidiaNVDA
114.3%-1.2pp
Fortinet logo
FortinetFTNT
132.4%
Super Micro Computer, Inc. logo
Super Micro Computer, Inc.SMCI
17.9%-2.2pp
Datadog, Inc. logo
Datadog, Inc.DDOG
3.9%-0.7pp
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. logo
Zoom Video Communications, Inc.ZM
21.9%+9.8pp

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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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 equity?
Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) reported return on equity of 25.2% in Q1 2026.
How has Cisco Systems, Inc.'s return on equity changed year-over-year?
Cisco Systems, Inc.'s return on equity increased by 18.1% year-over-year, from 21.4% to 25.2%.
What is the long-term trend for Cisco Systems, Inc.'s return on equity?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Cisco Systems, Inc.'s return on equity has grown at a -6.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 109.6% to 84.2%.
What does return on equity mean?
How much profit the company earns on the money shareholders have invested.
How do you interpret return on equity?
Higher is better, but very high ROE can be manufactured by leverage — a thin equity base inflates the ratio. Read it next to debt-to-equity and ROIC to tell genuine returns from balance-sheet engineering.
How does return on equity compare across companies?
Comparable across peers, with the leverage caveat. Negative or near-zero equity makes ROE meaningless, so it is suppressed there.