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

Cisco Systems' (CSCO) quarterly FCF Margin came in at 21.1% in Q2 2026, down 573.0% year-on-year from 4.46% in Q2 2025, and up 110.47% quarter-over-quarter from 10.03% in Q1 2026.

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

Cisco Systems has disclosed FCF Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 21.1% for Q2 2026.

  • FCF Margin for Q2 2026 came in at 21.1%, down 573.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 19.41% (down 361.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 23.45%, up 448.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin came in at 21.1% for Q2 2026 at Cisco Systems, up 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.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 26.36% (2025), against an average of 23.69%.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Margin surged 1513 bps in 2023 and slumped 2863 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Cisco Systems' FCF Margin stood at 27.77% in 2022, then plunged by 45 bps to 15.25% in 2023, then surged by 63 bps to 24.88% in 2024, then decreased by 22 bps to 19.41% in 2025, then advanced by 9 bps to 21.1% in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 21.1% (Q2 2026), 10.03% (Q1 2026), and 19.41% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 480.96 Bn 464.32 Bn 10.08 Bn 21.10%
2 Ciena 69.17 Bn 67.87 Bn 625.52 Mn 10.77%
3 Motorola Solutions 68.03 Bn 67.17 Bn 1.36 Bn 14.33%
4 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 65.63 Bn 60.79 Bn 8.25 Bn 6.55%
5 Lumentum Holdings 61.32 Bn 58.15 Bn 357.00 Mn 9.78%
6 Ubiquiti 34.34 Bn 33.97 Bn 370.71 Mn 19.71%
7 AST SpaceMobile 27.21 Bn 27.79 Bn -69.36 Mn -2,101.51%
8 Applied Optoelectronics 13.45 Bn 13.01 Bn 43.92 Mn -94.99%
9 Zebra Technologies 11.38 Bn 11.26 Bn 742.00 Mn 10.90%
10 Viavi Solutions 10.76 Bn 10.75 Bn 234.10 Mn -7.92%

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%