CSCO vs IBM
Cisco Systems, Inc. and International Business Machines Corporation, side by side — 10 fiscal years reported in USD, drawn from SEC filings.
At a glance
Most recent reported year
| Metric | CSCO | IBM |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $56.7B | $67.5B |
| Net income | $10.2B | $10.6B |
| Gross margin | 64.9% | 58.2% |
| Net margin | 18.0% | 15.7% |
| Return on equity | 22.1% | 35.3% |
| Diluted EPS | $2.55 | $11.17 |
| Dividend / share | $1.62 | $6.71 |
| Payout ratio | 63.2% | 59.0% |
| Free cash flow | $13.3B | $12.1B |
| Equity | $46.8B | $32.6B |
| Net debt / equity | 0.35× | 1.46× |
| Current ratio | 1.00× | 0.96× |
| Revenue CAGR 5y | 2.8% | 4.1% |
| Profit CAGR 5y | −1.9% | 13.6% |
IBM bills 1.2× the revenue of CSCO, and CSCO keeps more of each dollar of revenue as profit (18.0% against 15.7%).
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 | IBM |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $56.7B | $67.5B |
| FY2024 | $53.8B | $62.8B |
| FY2023 | $57.0B | $61.9B |
| FY2022 | $51.6B | $60.5B |
| FY2021 | $49.8B | $57.4B |
| FY2020 | $49.3B | $55.2B |
| FY2019 | $51.9B | $57.7B |
| FY2018 | $49.3B | $79.6B |
| FY2017 | $48.0B | $79.1B |
| FY2016 | $49.2B | $79.9B |
Net income by year
Bottom line
| Fiscal year | CSCO | IBM |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $10.2B | $10.6B |
| FY2024 | $10.3B | $6.0B |
| FY2023 | $12.6B | $7.5B |
| FY2022 | $11.8B | $1.6B |
| FY2021 | $10.6B | $5.7B |
| FY2020 | $11.2B | $5.6B |
| FY2019 | $11.6B | $9.4B |
| FY2018 | $110.0M | $8.7B |
| FY2017 | $9.6B | $5.8B |
| FY2016 | $10.7B | $11.9B |
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