Cisco Systems (CSCO) Share-based Compensation (2009 - 2026)

Cisco Systems' (CSCO) quarterly Share-based Compensation came in at $914.0 million in Q2 2026, down 3.28% year-on-year from $945.0 million in Q2 2025, and down 2.14% quarter-over-quarter from $934.0 million in Q1 2026.

Cisco Systems (CSCO) Share-based Compensation (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cisco Systems has disclosed Share-based Compensation across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $914.0 million for Q2 2026.

  • Share-based Compensation for Q2 2026 came in at $914.0 million, down 3.28% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was $3.9 billion (up 10.25% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $3.6 billion, up 18.45% from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation came in at $914.0 million for Q2 2026 at Cisco Systems, down from $934.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Share-based Compensation ranged from a high of $1.1 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of $477.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Share-based Compensation is $801.0 million (2024), against an average of $744.7 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Share-based Compensation soared 33.44% in 2024 and declined 3.28% in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Cisco Systems' Share-based Compensation stood at $496.0 million in 2022, then jumped by 33.27% to $661.0 million in 2023, then grew by 25.11% to $827.0 million in 2024, then gained by 27.57% to $1.1 billion in 2025, then fell by 13.36% to $914.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Share-based Compensation figures came in at $914.0 million (Q2 2026), $934.0 million (Q1 2026), and $1.1 billion (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Share-based Compensation (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 480.96 Bn 464.32 Bn 10.08 Bn 914.00 Mn
2 Ciena 69.17 Bn 67.87 Bn 625.52 Mn 49.83 Mn
3 Motorola Solutions 68.03 Bn 67.17 Bn 1.36 Bn 100.00 Mn
4 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 65.63 Bn 60.79 Bn 8.25 Bn 216.00 Mn
5 Lumentum Holdings 61.32 Bn 58.15 Bn 357.00 Mn 41.60 Mn
6 Ubiquiti 34.34 Bn 33.97 Bn 370.71 Mn 1.61 Mn
7 AST SpaceMobile 27.21 Bn 27.79 Bn -69.36 Mn 55.35 Mn
8 Applied Optoelectronics 13.45 Bn 13.01 Bn 43.92 Mn 4.39 Mn
9 Zebra Technologies 11.38 Bn 11.26 Bn 742.00 Mn 58.00 Mn
10 Viavi Solutions 10.76 Bn 10.75 Bn 234.10 Mn 13.90 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 25, 2026 914.00 Mn
Apr 25, 2026 914.00 Mn
Jan 24, 2026 934.00 Mn
Jan 24, 2026 934.00 Mn
Oct 25, 2025 1.06 Bn
Oct 25, 2025 1.06 Bn
Jul 26, 2025 948.00 Mn
Jul 26, 2025 948.00 Mn
Apr 26, 2025 945.00 Mn
Apr 26, 2025 945.00 Mn
Jan 25, 2025 921.00 Mn
Jan 25, 2025 921.00 Mn
Oct 26, 2024 827.00 Mn
Oct 26, 2024 827.00 Mn
Jul 27, 2024 800.00 Mn
Jul 27, 2024 800.00 Mn
Apr 27, 2024 811.00 Mn
Apr 27, 2024 811.00 Mn
Jan 27, 2024 802.00 Mn
Jan 27, 2024 802.00 Mn