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

Cisco Systems' (CSCO) quarterly Free Cash Flow came in at $3.3 billion in Q2 2026, down 11.93% year-on-year from $3.8 billion in Q2 2025, and up 117.22% quarter-over-quarter from $1.5 billion in Q1 2026.

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

Cisco Systems has disclosed Free Cash Flow across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $3.3 billion for Q2 2026.

  • Free Cash Flow for Q2 2026 came in at $3.3 billion, down 11.93% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was $11.8 billion (down 7.93% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $13.3 billion, up 30.15% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow came in at $3.3 billion for Q2 2026 at Cisco Systems, up 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.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $3.5 billion (2022), against an average of $3.3 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Free Cash Flow sank 86.04% in 2024 and jumped 218.34% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Cisco Systems' Free Cash Flow stood at $3.8 billion in 2022, then plunged by 40.91% to $2.2 billion in 2023, then jumped by 53.96% to $3.4 billion in 2024, then fell by 16.11% to $2.9 billion in 2025, then gained by 15.71% to $3.3 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at $3.3 billion (Q2 2026), $1.5 billion (Q1 2026), and $2.9 billion (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 480.96 Bn 464.32 Bn 10.08 Bn 3.34 Bn
2 Ciena 69.17 Bn 67.87 Bn 625.52 Mn 153.76 Mn
3 Motorola Solutions 68.03 Bn 67.17 Bn 1.36 Bn 389.00 Mn
4 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 65.63 Bn 60.79 Bn 8.25 Bn 609.00 Mn
5 Lumentum Holdings 61.32 Bn 58.15 Bn 357.00 Mn 79.10 Mn
6 Ubiquiti 34.34 Bn 33.97 Bn 370.71 Mn 155.35 Mn
7 AST SpaceMobile 27.21 Bn 27.79 Bn -69.36 Mn -309.66 Mn
8 Applied Optoelectronics 13.45 Bn 13.01 Bn 43.92 Mn -143.58 Mn
9 Zebra Technologies 11.38 Bn 11.26 Bn 742.00 Mn 163.00 Mn
10 Viavi Solutions 10.76 Bn 10.75 Bn 234.10 Mn -32.20 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