CSCO vs DELL
Cisco Systems, Inc. and Dell Technologies Inc., side by side — 10 fiscal years reported in USD, drawn from SEC filings.
At a glance
Most recent reported year
| Metric | CSCO | DELL |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $56.7B | $113.5B |
| Net income | $10.2B | $5.9B |
| Gross margin | 64.9% | 20.0% |
| Net margin | 18.0% | 5.2% |
| Return on equity | 22.1% | 1401.3% |
| Diluted EPS | $2.55 | $8.68 |
| Dividend / share | $1.62 | $2.10 |
| Payout ratio | 63.2% | 24.6% |
| Free cash flow | $13.3B | $8.6B |
| Equity | $46.8B | $-2.5B |
| Net debt / equity | 0.35× | 9.70× |
| Current ratio | 1.00× | 0.91× |
| Revenue CAGR 5y | 2.8% | 5.5% |
| Profit CAGR 5y | −1.9% | 12.8% |
DELL bills 2.0× the revenue of CSCO, and CSCO keeps more of each dollar of revenue as profit (18.0% against 5.2%).
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 | CSCO | DELL |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $56.7B | $113.5B |
| FY2024 | $53.8B | $95.6B |
| FY2023 | $57.0B | $88.4B |
| FY2022 | $51.6B | $102.3B |
| FY2021 | $49.8B | $101.2B |
| FY2020 | $49.3B | $86.7B |
| FY2019 | $51.9B | $84.8B |
| FY2018 | $49.3B | $90.6B |
| FY2017 | $48.0B | $79.0B |
| FY2016 | $49.2B | $61.6B |
Net income by year
Bottom line
| Fiscal year | CSCO | DELL |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $10.2B | $5.9B |
| FY2024 | $10.3B | $4.6B |
| FY2023 | $12.6B | $3.4B |
| FY2022 | $11.8B | $2.4B |
| FY2021 | $10.6B | $5.6B |
| FY2020 | $11.2B | $3.2B |
| FY2019 | $11.6B | $4.6B |
| FY2018 | $110.0M | $-2.3B |
| FY2017 | $9.6B | $-2.8B |
| FY2016 | $10.7B | $-1.7B |
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