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

Cisco Systems (CSCO) has disclosed Free Cash Flow for 18 consecutive years, with $1.5 billion as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow fell 24.22% to $1.5 billion in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $12.2 billion through Jan 2026, down 4.44% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $13.3 billion for FY2025, 30.15% up from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow hit $1.5 billion in Q1 2026 for Cisco Systems, down from $2.9 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.
  • Historically, Free Cash Flow has averaged $3.3 billion across 5 years, with a median of $3.5 billion in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Free Cash Flow: tumbled 86.04% in 2024 and later soared 218.34% in 2025.
  • Year by year, Free Cash Flow stood at $3.8 billion in 2022, then tumbled by 40.91% to $2.2 billion in 2023, then soared by 53.96% to $3.4 billion in 2024, then decreased by 16.11% to $2.9 billion in 2025, then tumbled by 46.73% to $1.5 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows Free Cash Flow for CSCO at $1.5 billion in Q1 2026, $2.9 billion in Q4 2025, and $4.0 billion in Q3 2025.