Cisco Systems (CSCO) FCF Payout Ratio (2011 - 2026)

Cisco Systems' (CSCO) quarterly FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.5 in Q2 2026, up 15.85% year-on-year from 0.43 in Q2 2025, and down 52.74% quarter-over-quarter from 1.05 in Q1 2026.

Cisco Systems (CSCO) FCF Payout Ratio (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cisco Systems has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 0.5 for Q2 2026.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q2 2026 came in at 0.5, up 15.85% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 0.55 (up 10.32% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.48, down 22.53% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.5 for Q2 2026 at Cisco Systems, down from 1.05 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 2.48 in Q1 2024 to a low of 0.28 in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.45 (2024), against an average of 0.62.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio surged 626.7% in 2024 and sank 68.39% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Cisco Systems' FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.41 in 2022, then soared by 71.41% to 0.71 in 2023, then sank by 34.55% to 0.46 in 2024, then rose by 21.08% to 0.56 in 2025, then slipped by 11.28% to 0.5 in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.5 (Q2 2026), 1.05 (Q1 2026), and 0.56 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 480.96 Bn 464.32 Bn 10.08 Bn 0.50
2 Ciena 69.17 Bn 67.87 Bn 625.52 Mn -
3 Motorola Solutions 68.03 Bn 67.17 Bn 1.36 Bn 0.52
4 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 65.63 Bn 60.79 Bn 8.25 Bn 0.31
5 Lumentum Holdings 61.32 Bn 58.15 Bn 357.00 Mn -
6 Ubiquiti 34.34 Bn 33.97 Bn 370.71 Mn 0.31
7 AST SpaceMobile 27.21 Bn 27.79 Bn -69.36 Mn -
8 Applied Optoelectronics 13.45 Bn 13.01 Bn 43.92 Mn -
9 Zebra Technologies 11.38 Bn 11.26 Bn 742.00 Mn -
10 Viavi Solutions 10.76 Bn 10.75 Bn 234.10 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 25, 2026 0.50
Jan 24, 2026 1.05
Oct 25, 2025 0.56
Jul 26, 2025 0.40
Apr 26, 2025 0.43
Jan 25, 2025 0.78
Oct 26, 2024 0.46
Jul 27, 2024 0.45
Apr 27, 2024 0.42
Jan 27, 2024 2.48
Oct 28, 2023 0.71
Jul 29, 2023 0.28
Apr 29, 2023 0.32
Jan 28, 2023 0.34
Oct 29, 2022 0.41
Jul 30, 2022 0.44
Apr 30, 2022 0.45
Jan 29, 2022 0.64
Oct 30, 2021 0.47
Jul 31, 2021 0.36