Cisco Systems (CSCO) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Cisco Systems' (CSCO) quarterly EBIT Margin came in at 25.0% in Q2 2026, up 237.0% year-on-year from 7.42% in Q2 2025, and up 1.48% quarter-over-quarter from 24.63% in Q1 2026.

Cisco Systems (CSCO) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cisco Systems has disclosed EBIT Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 25.0% for Q2 2026.

  • EBIT Margin for Q2 2026 came in at 25.0%, up 237.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 23.36% (up 306.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 20.76%, down 188.0% from the prior year.
  • EBIT Margin came in at 25.0% for Q2 2026 at Cisco Systems, up from 24.63% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBIT Margin ranged from a high of 29.15% in Q4 2023 to a low of 17.04% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for EBIT Margin is 24.43% (2023), against an average of 24.0%.
  • Across the five-year window, EBIT Margin plunged 1212 bps in 2024 and soared 556 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Cisco Systems' EBIT Margin stood at 25.97% in 2022, then grew by 12 bps to 29.15% in 2023, then plunged by 42 bps to 17.04% in 2024, then soared by 33 bps to 22.6% in 2025, then gained by 11 bps to 25.0% in 2026.
  • The last three EBIT Margin figures came in at 25.0% (Q2 2026), 24.63% (Q1 2026), and 22.6% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBIT Margin (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 480.96 Bn 464.32 Bn 10.08 Bn 25.00%
2 Ciena 69.17 Bn 67.87 Bn 625.52 Mn 13.27%
3 Motorola Solutions 68.03 Bn 67.17 Bn 1.36 Bn 19.34%
4 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 65.63 Bn 60.79 Bn 8.25 Bn 5.05%
5 Lumentum Holdings 61.32 Bn 58.15 Bn 357.00 Mn 21.59%
6 Ubiquiti 34.34 Bn 33.97 Bn 370.71 Mn 36.90%
7 AST SpaceMobile 27.21 Bn 27.79 Bn -69.36 Mn -1,584.72%
8 Applied Optoelectronics 13.45 Bn 13.01 Bn 43.92 Mn -8.60%
9 Zebra Technologies 11.38 Bn 11.26 Bn 742.00 Mn 14.38%
10 Viavi Solutions 10.76 Bn 10.75 Bn 234.10 Mn 6.10%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 25, 2026 25.00%
Jan 24, 2026 24.63%
Oct 25, 2025 22.60%
Jul 26, 2025 21.04%
Apr 26, 2025 22.63%
Jan 25, 2025 22.25%
Oct 26, 2024 17.04%
Jul 27, 2024 19.19%
Apr 27, 2024 17.25%
Jan 27, 2024 24.20%
Oct 28, 2023 29.15%
Jul 29, 2023 27.97%
Apr 29, 2023 27.08%
Jan 28, 2023 24.22%
Oct 29, 2022 25.97%
Jul 30, 2022 26.21%
Apr 30, 2022 28.13%
Jan 29, 2022 27.41%
Oct 30, 2021 26.65%
Jul 31, 2021 27.24%