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Cisco Systems (CSCO) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2026)

Cisco Systems' Free Cash Flow history spans 18 years, with the latest figure at $1.5 billion for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Free Cash Flow fell 24.22% year-over-year to $1.5 billion; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached $12.2 billion, down 4.44%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $13.3 billion, 30.15% up from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 was $1.5 billion at Cisco Systems, down from $2.9 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $5.7 billion in Q3 2023 and bottomed at $638.0 million in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $3.5 billion (2022), against an average of $3.3 billion.
  • The largest annual shift saw Free Cash Flow plummeted 86.04% in 2024 before it surged 218.34% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $3.8 billion in 2022, then plummeted by 40.91% to $2.2 billion in 2023, then surged by 53.96% to $3.4 billion in 2024, then dropped by 16.11% to $2.9 billion in 2025, then plummeted by 46.73% to $1.5 billion in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CSCO's Free Cash Flow are $1.5 billion (Q1 2026), $2.9 billion (Q4 2025), and $4.0 billion (Q3 2025).