Cisco Systems, Inc. CSCO

106.70 (0.27) (0.25%) as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$422.0B
P/E
31.8×
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Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) Debt to equity

Cisco Systems, Inc.'s debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 31 July 2026 was 0.4×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.2× (fiscal 2023) to 0.5× (fiscal 2025); the current reading is higher than 58% of that period. That is above the Communication Equipment industry median of 0.1× and above the Technology sector median of 0.1×.

Debt to equity, annual

Annual

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2026 0.4× (21.07%)
FY2025 0.5× 13.07%
FY2024 0.4× 187.54%
FY2023 0.2× (29.06%)
FY2022 0.2× (3.16%)
FY2021 0.2× (28.43%)
FY2020 0.3× (29.20%)
FY2019 0.4× (8.37%)
FY2018 0.5× 20.98%
FY2017 0.4× 1.04%

Quarterly

Period Debt to equity Change
Jul 2026 0.4× (2.85%)
Apr 2026 0.4× (11.44%)
Jan 2026 0.4× (1.78%)
Oct 2025 0.5× (6.60%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.2× High 0.5×
Ten-year median 0.4×
Current reading's percentile 58

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
UI Ubiquiti Inc. compare 0.0×
NOK Nokia Corporation compare 0.1×
ERIC Ericsson compare 0.3×
LITE Lumentum Holdings Inc. compare 0.4×
CSCO Cisco Systems, Inc. 0.4×
HPE Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company compare 0.7×
CIEN Ciena Corporation compare 1.1×
ASTS AST SpaceMobile, Inc. compare 1.2×
MSI Motorola Solutions, Inc. compare 3.4×
Communication Equipment industry median 0.1×
Technology sector median 0.1×
Market median 0.2×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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