Cisco Systems (CSCO) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Cisco Systems (CSCO) reported Free Cash Flow of $3.3 billion for Q2 2026, down 11.93% on a YoY basis from $3.8 billion in Q2 2025, and up 117.22% sequentially from $1.5 billion in Q1 2026.

Cisco Systems (CSCO) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cisco Systems (CSCO) has 18 years of Free Cash Flow data on file, last reported at $3.3 billion in Q2 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q2 2026, Free Cash Flow fell 11.93% year-over-year to $3.3 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 stood at $11.8 billion (down 7.93% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $13.3 billion, up 30.15% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow advanced to $3.3 billion in Q2 2026, from $1.5 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $5.7 billion in Q3 2023 to a low of $638.0 million in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of $3.3 billion and a median of $3.5 billion in 2022 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
  • Across the five-year window, Free Cash Flow tumbled 86.04% in 2024 and jumped 218.34% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Tracing CSCO's Free Cash Flow over 5 years: stood at $3.8 billion in 2022, then sank by 40.91% to $2.2 billion in 2023, then soared by 53.96% to $3.4 billion in 2024, then declined by 16.11% to $2.9 billion in 2025, then rose by 15.71% to $3.3 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CSCO's Free Cash Flow at $3.3 billion in Q2 2026, $1.5 billion in Q1 2026, and $2.9 billion in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 452.66 Bn 436.02 Bn 10.08 Bn 3.34 Bn
2 Motorola Solutions 70.74 Bn 69.85 Bn 1.36 Bn 389.00 Mn
3 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 63.18 Bn 58.34 Bn 9.10 Bn 609.00 Mn
4 Ciena 52.74 Bn 51.44 Bn 625.52 Mn 212.74 Mn
5 Lumentum Holdings 51.03 Bn 47.86 Bn 357.00 Mn 79.10 Mn
6 Nokia 49.18 Bn 41.87 Bn 9.86 Bn -
7 Ubiquiti 32.37 Bn 32.00 Bn 370.71 Mn 162.23 Mn
8 Ericsson Lm Telephone 32.07 Bn 26.39 Bn 2.53 Bn 664.31 Mn
9 AST SpaceMobile 16.71 Bn 16.71 Bn 3.67 Mn -309.66 Mn
10 Zebra Technologies 12.90 Bn 12.79 Bn 742.00 Mn 163.00 Mn

Historic Data

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Apr 25, 2026 3.34 Bn
Apr 25, 2026 3.34 Bn
Jan 24, 2026 1.54 Bn
Jan 24, 2026 1.54 Bn
Oct 25, 2025 2.89 Bn
Oct 25, 2025 2.89 Bn
Jul 26, 2025 4.02 Bn
Jul 26, 2025 4.02 Bn
Apr 26, 2025 3.80 Bn
Apr 26, 2025 3.80 Bn
Jan 25, 2025 2.03 Bn
Jan 25, 2025 2.03 Bn
Oct 26, 2024 3.44 Bn
Oct 26, 2024 3.44 Bn
Jul 27, 2024 3.53 Bn
Jul 27, 2024 3.53 Bn
Apr 27, 2024 3.80 Bn
Apr 27, 2024 3.80 Bn
Jan 27, 2024 638.00 Mn
Jan 27, 2024 638.00 Mn