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Cisco Systems, Inc. CSCO

18 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY14 YEARS OF DIVIDEND GROWTH
Revenue · FY2025
$56.7B
▲ 5.3% vs FY2024
Dividend streak
14 yrs
Raised every year since 2012
EPS · FY25
$2.55
Dividend / sh · FY25
$1.62
Payout · FY25
63%
ROE · FY25
22.1%
Net margin · FY25
18.0%
Dividend coverage
1.6×
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Result
USD 56.7B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 18-year series below
Revenue Net income
20406056.710.22008201120142017202020232025
20406056.710.22016201920222025

18 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.

Per share
USD 2.55
Diluted EPS, FY2025
EPS Dividend
241.622.552008201120142017202020232025
241.622.552016201920222025

Earnings covered the dividend 1.6 times — the rest stayed in the company.

Profitability
22.1%
Return on equity, FY2025
ROE
816243222.1%2008201120142017202020232025
816243222.1%2016201920222025
Operating margin20.8%
Net margin18.0%
Return on assets8.3%

Each USD of equity produced 22 cents of profit this year.

Returned to shareholders
USD 11.7B
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paidUSD 6.4B
Net buybacksUSD 5.3B
Share of profit114.9%
Consecutive raises14 years

USD 6.4B in dividends and USD 5.3B in buybacks — 115% of the year's profit, so the payout drew on cash built up earlier.

Growth
+2.8% a year
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
+3.2%
+2.8%
+1.4%
+2.3%
Net income
−4.8%
−1.9%
+1.3%
+1.8%
EPS, diluted
−3.3%
−0.7%
+3.8%
+4.4%
Dividend / share
+2.6%
+2.7%
+7.3%
Returned to shareholders
−4.1%
+7.8%
+6.2%
+6.4%

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.

Share base
3.96B
Shares outstanding, FY2025
5.793.962008201120142017202020232025
5.033.962016201920222025
Change, 5 years−6.5%
Change, 10 years−22.1%

The share count shrank 7% in five years — the same company, cut into fewer, larger slices.

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Balance sheet
USD 122.3B
total assets, end of FY2025
Total assetsUSD 122.3B
EquityUSD 46.8B
CashUSD 8.3B
Gross debtUSD 24.6B
Net debtUSD 16.3B
Current ratio1.00×

Net debt stands at 35% of equity.

History
18 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
Metric
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
Revenue $B
56.7
53.8
57.0
51.6
49.8
49.3
51.9
49.3
48.0
49.2
49.2
47.1
48.6
46.1
43.2
40.0
36.1
39.5
Operating income $B
11.8
12.2
15.0
14.0
12.8
13.6
14.2
12.3
12.0
12.7
10.8
9.3
11.2
10.1
7.7
9.2
7.3
9.4
EBITDA $B
12.5
12.9
15.7
14.8
13.6
14.5
15.2
13.4
13.1
13.7
11.9
10.5
12.4
11.2
·
·
·
·
Income tax $B
0.9
1.9
2.7
2.7
2.7
2.8
3.0
12.9
2.7
2.2
2.2
1.9
1.2
2.1
1.3
1.6
1.6
2.2
Net income $B
10.2
10.3
12.6
11.8
10.6
11.2
11.6
0.1
9.6
10.7
9.0
7.9
10.0
8.0
6.5
7.8
6.1
8.1
EPS, diluted $
2.55
2.54
3.07
2.82
2.50
2.64
2.61
0.02
1.90
2.11
1.75
1.49
1.86
1.49
1.17
1.33
1.05
1.31
Dividend / sh $
1.62
1.58
1.54
1.50
1.46
1.42
1.36
1.24
1.10
0.94
0.80
0.72
0.62
0.28
0.12
·
·
·
Payout %
63
62
50
53
58
54
51
5425
57
44
45
48
33
19
10
·
·
·
ROE %
22.1
23.0
30.0
29.1
26.7
31.4
30.3
0.2
14.8
17.4
15.4
13.6
18.1
16.3
14.2
18.7
15.9
·
Shares out B
3.96
4.01
4.07
4.11
4.22
4.24
4.25
4.61
4.98
5.03
5.08
5.11
5.39
5.30
5.43
5.66
5.79
·

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.

How we verifyAUDITED
70 of 70
checks passed before publication
EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidity

Every figure was compared against the original statement: 0 failures and 0 presentation gaps.

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