Cisco Systems (CSCO) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Cisco Systems' (CSCO) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $6.1 billion in Q2 2026, up 0.72% year-on-year from $6.1 billion in Q2 2025, and down 1.15% quarter-over-quarter from $6.2 billion in Q1 2026.

Cisco Systems (CSCO) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cisco Systems has disclosed Operating Expenses across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $6.1 billion for Q2 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q2 2026 came in at $6.1 billion, up 0.72% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was $24.9 billion (changed 0.46% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $25.0 billion, up 10.52% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at $6.1 billion for Q2 2026 at Cisco Systems, down from $6.2 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $6.8 billion in Q4 2024 to a low of $4.5 billion in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $5.7 billion (2023), against an average of $5.6 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses rose 28.06% in 2024 and slipped 5.63% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Cisco Systems' Operating Expenses stood at $4.8 billion in 2022, then advanced by 9.88% to $5.3 billion in 2023, then grew by 28.06% to $6.8 billion in 2024, then slipped by 5.63% to $6.4 billion in 2025, then slipped by 4.11% to $6.1 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $6.1 billion (Q2 2026), $6.2 billion (Q1 2026), and $6.4 billion (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 480.96 Bn 464.32 Bn 10.08 Bn 6.12 Bn
2 Ciena 69.17 Bn 67.87 Bn 625.52 Mn 436.11 Mn
3 Motorola Solutions 68.03 Bn 67.17 Bn 1.36 Bn 691.00 Mn
4 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 65.63 Bn 60.79 Bn 8.25 Bn 8.83 Bn
5 Lumentum Holdings 61.32 Bn 58.15 Bn 357.00 Mn 182.50 Mn
6 Ubiquiti 34.34 Bn 33.97 Bn 370.71 Mn 79.89 Mn
7 AST SpaceMobile 27.21 Bn 27.79 Bn -69.36 Mn 164.15 Mn
8 Applied Optoelectronics 13.45 Bn 13.01 Bn 43.92 Mn 56.91 Mn
9 Zebra Technologies 11.38 Bn 11.26 Bn 742.00 Mn 527.00 Mn
10 Viavi Solutions 10.76 Bn 10.75 Bn 234.10 Mn 209.30 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 25, 2026 6.12 Bn
Jan 24, 2026 6.19 Bn
Oct 25, 2025 6.38 Bn
Jul 26, 2025 6.19 Bn
Apr 26, 2025 6.08 Bn
Jan 25, 2025 6.00 Bn
Oct 26, 2024 6.76 Bn
Jul 27, 2024 6.16 Bn
Apr 27, 2024 6.08 Bn
Jan 27, 2024 5.12 Bn
Oct 28, 2023 5.28 Bn
Jul 29, 2023 5.50 Bn
Apr 29, 2023 5.29 Bn
Jan 28, 2023 5.14 Bn
Oct 29, 2022 4.81 Bn
Jul 30, 2022 4.59 Bn
Apr 30, 2022 4.51 Bn
Jan 29, 2022 4.56 Bn
Oct 30, 2021 4.62 Bn
Jul 31, 2021 4.77 Bn