Cisco Systems Financial Ratios
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Cisco Systems ratio analysis
Cisco Systems earned a net margin of 21.0% in FY 2026, up from 18.0% a year earlier. Gross margin was 64.5% compared with a median of 63.0% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 26.4%, meaning Cisco Systems generated 0.26 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 0.59 versus 0.60 the year before, and the current ratio was 0.93. At the end of FY 2026, CSCO traded at 34.3 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 16.1 to 2128.5, with a median of 20.3. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Cisco Systems financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2026 | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 34.29 | 26.94 | 18.85 | 16.97 | 16.09 | 22.15 | 17.58 | 21.66 | 2,128.50 | 16.59 |
| Price / sales | 7.13 | 4.82 | 3.60 | 3.74 | 3.67 | 4.69 | 3.99 | 4.81 | 4.17 | 3.29 |
| Price / book | 8.98 | 5.83 | 4.26 | 4.81 | 4.76 | 5.66 | 5.18 | 7.44 | 4.77 | 2.39 |
| Gross margin | 64.5% | 64.9% | 64.7% | 62.7% | 62.5% | 64.0% | 64.3% | 62.9% | 62.0% | 63.0% |
| Operating margin | 24.3% | 20.8% | 22.6% | 26.4% | 27.1% | 25.8% | 27.6% | 27.4% | 25.0% | 24.9% |
| Net margin | 21.0% | 18.0% | 19.2% | 22.1% | 22.9% | 21.3% | 22.7% | 22.4% | 0.2% | 20.0% |
| Free cash flow margin | 20.2% | 23.5% | 19.0% | 33.4% | 24.7% | 29.6% | 29.7% | 28.7% | 26.0% | 26.9% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 26.4% | 21.7% | 22.7% | 28.4% | 29.7% | 25.7% | 29.6% | 34.6% | 0.3% | 14.5% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 10.2% | 8.3% | 8.3% | 12.4% | 12.6% | 10.9% | 11.8% | 11.9% | 0.1% | 7.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.59 | 0.60 | 0.68 | 0.19 | 0.24 | 0.28 | 0.38 | 0.73 | 0.59 | 0.51 |
| Current ratio | 0.93 | 1.00 | 0.91 | 1.38 | 1.43 | 1.49 | 1.72 | 1.51 | 2.29 | 3.03 |
| Revenue growth | 11.8% | 5.3% | -5.6% | 10.6% | 3.5% | 1.0% | -5.0% | 5.2% | 2.8% | -2.5% |
| EPS growth | 30.6% | 0.4% | -17.3% | 8.9% | 12.8% | -5.3% | 1.1% | 12,950.0% | -98.9% | -10.0% |