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Cisco Systems (CSCO) Return on Sales (2016 - 2026)

Cisco Systems' Return on Sales history spans 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.21% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Sales rose 3.0% year-over-year to 0.21%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 0.19%, up 2.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.18%, 1.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales for Q1 2026 was 0.21% at Cisco Systems, up from 0.19% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.26% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 0.15% in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.2% (2023), against an average of 0.2%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Sales increased 5bps in 2023 before it fell -10bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.2% in 2022, then increased by 27bps to 0.25% in 2023, then dropped by -21bps to 0.2% in 2024, then fell by -2bps to 0.19% in 2025, then increased by 8bps to 0.21% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CSCO's Return on Sales are 0.21% (Q1 2026), 0.19% (Q4 2025), and 0.17% (Q3 2025).