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Cisco Systems, Inc.

CSCODividend Contender • 14yrs
Technology · Communication Equipment🇺🇸 United States
$104.89
Dividend Yield1.60%
Annual Dividend$1.68
Ex-Dividend DateOct 2, 2026
Market Cap$419.89B
100/ 100
Financial Health
Healthy
Well-covered payout (50%)Conservative leverage (D/E 0.6x)Strong ROE (27%)Revenue growing (18%)

Automated dividend-safety read-out from payout, leverage, yield, profitability and track record. See the Financials tab for the full per-statement Financial Investigation. Educational only — not investment advice.

At a glance

Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) operates in the Communication Equipment industry and is based in the United States. It pays a quarterly dividend of $1.68 a year, a yield of 1.60% at the current price of $104.89. Cisco Systems has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years, which makes it a Dividend Contender. Over the last five years the dividend has grown by an average of 2.6% a year. It paid out 50% of its earnings as dividends, leaving most of its profit in the business. 29 analysts cover it; their average 12-month price target of $136.16 is 29.8% above the current price.

Written automatically from the figures on this page, as of Oct 23, 2026. Facts only, not a recommendation.

Price History
Dividend payment dates
Analyst Consensus
Buy
Bullish sentiment
66% of 29 analysts bullish
12-Month Price Target
$136.16
+29.8% vs current price

About Cisco Systems, Inc.

Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, develops, and sells technologies to power, help, secure, and draw insights from the internet in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, Japan, and China. The company provides data center switching; network security, identity and access management, and secure access service edge; identity and agentic security solutions; interconnects public and private wireline and mobile networks, delivering connectivity to campus, data center, and branch networks; WEBEX suite, collaboration devices, and contact center; communication platform as a service software, including perpetual licenses, subscription arrangements, and hardware solutions; network assurance and observability suite; accelerated issue resolution, software support, and hardware replacement; professional services, such as planning, design, implementation, and high-value consulting; service and support packages, financing, and managed network services; and regional, national, and international wireline carriers, webscale products, internet, and cable.

Business description sourced from Yahoo Finance / company filings. Not affiliated with SimplyWallStreet.

Key Metrics

Valuation

P/E Ratio
32.3
P/B Ratio
8.36
EV/EBITDA
23.3
Beta
0.98
vs S&P 500
52W High
$130.37
52W Low
$69.85

Profitability

Gross Margin
64.52%
Operating Margin
27.72%
Net Margin
20.95%
ROE
27.32%
Free Cash Flow
$11.18B

Financial Health

Debt / Equity
62.02
lower is safer
Current Ratio
0.93
>1 healthy
Quick Ratio
0.69
>1 healthy
Employees
82,400
HQ
San Jose, CA, United States
Data: Yahoo Finance (yfinance)|Updated: Oct 23, 2026 09:11

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Data Sources: Yahoo Finance via yfinance (real-time prices, dividend history, financial statements, analyst ratings and price targets) · S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index (official constituent list) · Dividend Kings public records (companies with 50+ years of consecutive dividend increases) · SEC EDGAR company filings (10-K annual reports — primary source for all financial statement data). Data is fetched automatically each day and may be delayed up to 24 hours. All figures are in USD unless otherwise stated.