Cisco Systems (CSCO) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Cisco Systems' (CSCO) quarterly Tax Rate came in at 16.49% in Q2 2026, up 102.0% year-on-year from 8.16% in Q2 2025, and up 27.64% quarter-over-quarter from 12.92% in Q1 2026.

Cisco Systems (CSCO) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cisco Systems has disclosed Tax Rate across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 16.49% for Q2 2026.

  • Tax Rate for Q2 2026 came in at 16.49%, up 102.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 15.04% (up 832.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 8.29%, down 736.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate came in at 16.49% for Q2 2026 at Cisco Systems, up from 12.92% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Tax Rate ranged from a high of 23.17% in Q4 2022 to a low of 19.59% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 16.19% (2025), against an average of 14.4%.
  • Across the five-year window, Tax Rate plunged 3769 bps in 2024 and jumped 3524 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Cisco Systems' Tax Rate stood at 23.17% in 2022, then declined by 22 bps to 18.1% in 2023, then slumped by 208 bps to 19.59% in 2024, then jumped by 180 bps to 15.66% in 2025, then advanced by 5 bps to 16.49% in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 16.49% (Q2 2026), 12.92% (Q1 2026), and 15.66% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 480.96 Bn 464.32 Bn 10.08 Bn 16.49%
2 Ciena 69.17 Bn 67.87 Bn 625.52 Mn 17.02%
3 Motorola Solutions 68.03 Bn 67.17 Bn 1.36 Bn 16.55%
4 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 65.63 Bn 60.79 Bn 8.25 Bn -4.39%
5 Lumentum Holdings 61.32 Bn 58.15 Bn 357.00 Mn 21.55%
6 Ubiquiti 34.34 Bn 33.97 Bn 370.71 Mn 19.38%
7 AST SpaceMobile 27.21 Bn 27.79 Bn -69.36 Mn -0.47%
8 Applied Optoelectronics 13.45 Bn 13.01 Bn 43.92 Mn -7.93%
9 Zebra Technologies 11.38 Bn 11.26 Bn 742.00 Mn 19.16%
10 Viavi Solutions 10.76 Bn 10.75 Bn 234.10 Mn 53.62%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 25, 2026 16.49%
Apr 25, 2026 16.49%
Jan 24, 2026 12.92%
Jan 24, 2026 12.92%
Oct 25, 2025 15.66%
Oct 25, 2025 15.66%
Jul 26, 2025 14.97%
Jul 26, 2025 14.97%
Apr 26, 2025 15.47%
Apr 26, 2025 15.47%
Jan 25, 2025 15.90%
Jan 25, 2025 15.90%
Oct 26, 2024 -19.59%
Oct 26, 2024 -19.59%
Jul 27, 2024 9.77%
Jul 27, 2024 9.77%
Apr 27, 2024 15.62%
Apr 27, 2024 15.62%
Jan 27, 2024 16.67%
Jan 27, 2024 16.67%