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) Operating margin
Cisco Systems, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 24.3%. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 20.8% (fiscal 2025) to 27.6% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 33% of that period. That is above the Communication Equipment industry median of 2.39% and above the Technology sector median of 0.08%.
Operating margin, annual
Annual
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 24.3% | 3.51 |
| FY2025 | 20.8% | (1.88) |
| FY2024 | 22.6% | (3.73) |
| FY2023 | 26.4% | (0.72) |
| FY2022 | 27.1% | 1.33 |
| FY2021 | 25.8% | (1.87) |
| FY2020 | 27.6% | 0.24 |
| FY2019 | 27.4% | 2.44 |
| FY2018 | 25.0% | 0.01 |
| FY2017 | 24.9% | (0.77) |
Quarterly
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 24.7% | (0.28) |
| Apr 2026 | 25.0% | 0.37 |
| Jan 2026 | 24.6% | 2.03 |
| Oct 2025 | 22.6% | 1.56 |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Low 20.8%
High 27.6%
Ten-year median
25.3%
Current reading's percentile
33
Operating margin against peers
| Company | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| UI Ubiquiti Inc. compare | 36.2% |
| MSI Motorola Solutions, Inc. compare | 24.9% |
| CSCO Cisco Systems, Inc. | 24.3% |
| LITE Lumentum Holdings Inc. compare | 17.4% |
| ERIC Ericsson compare | 14.5% |
| CIEN Ciena Corporation compare | 12.3% |
| HPE Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company compare | 6.21% |
| NOK Nokia Corporation compare | 4.14% |
| ASTS AST SpaceMobile, Inc. compare | −519.5% |
| Communication Equipment industry median | 2.39% |
| Technology sector median | 0.08% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Operating margin is
EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.
EBIT ÷ Revenue
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- Return on invested capital
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- Current ratio
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