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

Cisco Systems (CSCO) reported FCF Margin of 21.1% for Q2 2026, down 573.0% on a YoY basis from 4.46% in Q2 2025, and up 110.47% sequentially from 10.03% in Q1 2026.

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

Cisco Systems (CSCO) has 18 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 21.1% in Q2 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q2 2026, FCF Margin fell 573.0% year-over-year to 21.1%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 stood at 19.41% (down 361.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 23.45%, up 448.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin improved to 21.1% in Q2 2026, from 10.03% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 37.71% in Q3 2023 to a low of 4.99% in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 23.69% and a median of 26.36% in 2025 frame the typical range for FCF Margin.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Margin surged 1513 bps in 2023 and plunged 2863 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Tracing CSCO's FCF Margin over 5 years: stood at 27.77% in 2022, then sank by 45 bps to 15.25% in 2023, then jumped by 63 bps to 24.88% in 2024, then retreated by 22 bps to 19.41% in 2025, then gained by 9 bps to 21.1% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CSCO's FCF Margin at 21.1% in Q2 2026, 10.03% in Q1 2026, and 19.41% in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 453.08 Bn 436.44 Bn 10.08 Bn 21.10%
2 Motorola Solutions 70.40 Bn 69.51 Bn 1.36 Bn 14.33%
3 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 64.04 Bn 59.20 Bn 9.10 Bn 6.55%
4 Ciena 53.20 Bn 51.90 Bn 625.52 Mn 14.91%
5 Lumentum Holdings 51.31 Bn 48.14 Bn 357.00 Mn 9.78%
6 Nokia 49.83 Bn 42.52 Bn 9.86 Bn -
7 Ubiquiti 32.53 Bn 32.16 Bn 370.71 Mn 20.58%
8 Ericsson Lm Telephone 32.22 Bn 26.54 Bn 2.53 Bn 12.01%
9 AST SpaceMobile 16.80 Bn 16.80 Bn 3.67 Mn -2,101.51%
10 Zebra Technologies 13.05 Bn 12.94 Bn 742.00 Mn 10.90%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 25, 2026 21.10%
Jan 24, 2026 10.03%
Oct 25, 2025 19.41%
Jul 26, 2025 27.38%
Apr 26, 2025 26.83%
Jan 25, 2025 14.52%
Oct 26, 2024 24.88%
Jul 27, 2024 25.89%
Apr 27, 2024 29.94%
Jan 27, 2024 4.99%
Oct 28, 2023 15.25%
Jul 29, 2023 37.71%
Apr 29, 2023 33.96%
Jan 28, 2023 33.62%
Oct 29, 2022 27.77%
Jul 30, 2022 27.00%
Apr 30, 2022 27.70%
Jan 29, 2022 18.48%
Oct 30, 2021 25.62%
Jul 31, 2021 33.08%