AAPL vs CSCO
Apple Inc. and Cisco Systems, Inc., side by side — 10 fiscal years reported in USD, drawn from SEC filings.
At a glance
Most recent reported year
| Metric | AAPL | CSCO |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $416.2B | $56.7B |
| Net income | $112.0B | $10.2B |
| Gross margin | 46.9% | 64.9% |
| Net margin | 26.9% | 18.0% |
| Return on equity | 171.4% | 22.1% |
| Diluted EPS | $7.46 | $2.55 |
| Dividend / share | $1.02 | $1.62 |
| Payout ratio | 13.8% | 63.2% |
| Free cash flow | $98.8B | $13.3B |
| Equity | $73.7B | $46.8B |
| Net debt / equity | 0.74× | 0.35× |
| Current ratio | 0.89× | 1.00× |
| Revenue CAGR 5y | 8.7% | 2.8% |
| Profit CAGR 5y | 14.3% | −1.9% |
AAPL bills 7.3× the revenue of CSCO, and keeps more of each dollar of revenue as profit (26.9% against 18.0%).
The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner.
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Revenue by year
10 years side by side
| Fiscal year | AAPL | CSCO |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $416.2B | $56.7B |
| FY2024 | $391.0B | $53.8B |
| FY2023 | $383.3B | $57.0B |
| FY2022 | $394.3B | $51.6B |
| FY2021 | $365.8B | $49.8B |
| FY2020 | $274.5B | $49.3B |
| FY2019 | $260.2B | $51.9B |
| FY2018 | $265.6B | $49.3B |
| FY2017 | $229.2B | $48.0B |
| FY2016 | $215.6B | $49.2B |
Net income by year
Bottom line
| Fiscal year | AAPL | CSCO |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $112.0B | $10.2B |
| FY2024 | $93.7B | $10.3B |
| FY2023 | $97.0B | $12.6B |
| FY2022 | $99.8B | $11.8B |
| FY2021 | $94.7B | $10.6B |
| FY2020 | $57.4B | $11.2B |
| FY2019 | $55.3B | $11.6B |
| FY2018 | $59.5B | $110.0M |
| FY2017 | $48.4B | $9.6B |
| FY2016 | $45.7B | $10.7B |
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