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Cisco Systems, Inc.

CSCO

Technology · 112.19 +4.4% today

You’ve read what changed. Here’s whether the market is confirming it.

Isolated · not yet confirmedMarket checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4

Market read

Cisco Systems, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.

The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 1 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 25 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

What changed
  • Revenue increased 12.0% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Gross margin fell 1.9 percentage points.
Company+4.4% todayVolume comparison unavailable
Market group0 of 1 activeCommunication Equipment · unavailable
Disclosed network0 of 8 confirmingNo filing-linked name is confirming now
What would change this read
  • Interest expense decreased because Cisco carried a lower average debt balance and paid lower effective commercial-paper rates.
  • Cisco attributed double-digit growth to Service Provider Routing, AI Infrastructure solutions, and several switching and routing lines.

Invalidation: The isolated read changes if CSCO's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.

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Research brief

The story so far

Technology · Communication Equipment

The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 1 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 25 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

Evidence that supports
  • Revenue increased 12.0% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating margin improved 2.4 percentage points.
  • Net income increased 35.4% versus the comparable filing period.
Evidence that challenges
  • Gross margin fell 1.9 percentage points.
What would clarify the read
  • Interest expense decreased because Cisco carried a lower average debt balance and paid lower effective commercial-paper rates.
  • Cisco attributed double-digit growth to Service Provider Routing, AI Infrastructure solutions, and several switching and routing lines.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Sep 12, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods9
Price observations602
Usable filing statements251
Verified relationships8
Evidence supporting the case
  • Latest annual revenue changed +11.8% year over year.
  • Operating margin changed +3.5 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Net margin changed +3.0 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Data center and AI demand has repeated favorable evidence across 3 filings.
Evidence challenging the case
  • Capital investment and capacity has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
  • Credit and interest rates has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
  • Restructuring and cost reductions has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
  • Supply chain and availability has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
Questions before a position

No credible peer-relative valuation comparison is available yet.

Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 11, 2026

112.19
6m+44.3%12m+64.7%24m+131.3%
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2022-07-30$51.6B+3.5%-1.0%
2023-07-29$57.0B+10.6%-2.1%
2024-07-27$53.8B-5.6%-1.0%
2025-07-26$56.7B+5.3%-1.6%
2026-07-25$63.3B+11.8%-0.3%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Capital investment and capacitynegative · 5 filings
These sources of cash were partially offset by cash returned to stockholders in the form of cash dividends of $4.9 billion and repurchases of common stock of $4.6 billion, repayment of debt of $1.8 billion, shares repurchased for tax withholdings on vesting o…
10-Q · May 19, 2026
Credit and interest ratesnegative · 5 filings
The decrease in interest expense was driven by a lower average balance of debt outstanding and lower effective interest rates on commercial paper.
10-K · Sep 2, 2026
Restructuring and cost reductionsnegative · 5 filings
Impairment charges were as a result of declines in estimated fair value resulting from the reductions in or the elimination of expected future cash flows associated with certain in-process research and development and technology intangible assets.
10-K · Sep 2, 2026
Supply chain and availabilitymixed · 5 filings
Hedge effectiveness for interest rate swaps is assessed by comparing the change in fair value of the swap with the change in the fair value of the hedged item due to changes in the benchmark interest rate.
10-K · Sep 2, 2026

Valuation discipline

Peer-relative valuation withheld

Jodie found no industry-matched filing peers suitable for a valuation comparison. It will not substitute broader financial-sector names.

Scenario scaffold

Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

112.19+4.4% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for CSCO. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Earlier comparable assessment · baseline

Fundamentals strengthened in the latest filing

10-Q filed 2026-05-19 against the comparable filing from 2025-05-20.

A newer Struct brief is shown above. This older assessment remains here for comparison, not as the current read.

constructive
OperationsconstructiveEvidence score +3
liquidityneutralEvidence score 0
valuationmixed

What improved

  • Revenue increased 12.0% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating margin improved 2.4 percentage points.
  • Net income increased 35.4% versus the comparable filing period.

What weakened

  • Gross margin fell 1.9 percentage points.

Filing receipts

Operating income as a percentage of revenue increased by 3.4 percentage points, primarily driven by higher revenue, lower restructuring and other charges and lower amortization of purchased intangible assets, partially offset by lower gross margin in the first nine months of fiscal 2026.

Amortization of Purchased Intangible Assets The following table presents the amortization of purchased intangible assets including impairment charges (in millions): Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended April 25, 2026 April 26, 2025 April 25, 2026 April 26, 2025 Amortization of purchased intangible assets: Cost of sales $ 229 $ 269 $ 704 $ 934 Operating expenses 228 244 690 774 Total $ 457 $ 513 $ 1,394 $ 1,708 For each of the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2026, the decrease in amortization of purchased intangible assets was primarily due to certain purchased intangible assets that became fully amortized and impairment charges of $19 million recognized in the first nine month...

Operating income as a percentage of revenue increased by 2.4 percentage points, primarily driven by revenue growth, partially offset by lower gross margin in the third quarter of fiscal 2026.

Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind CSCO

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Depended on by

CNXNPC Connection, Inc.supplierApr 29, 2026

We offer a broad selection of over 460,000 products at competitive prices, including products from vendors like Apple, Cisco, Dell Inc., HP Inc., Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, Intel, Lenovo, Microsoft Corporation, and VMware by Broadcom, and we partner with mor…

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

CSCO is currently a Leader in the organic co-movement group Communication Equipment. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 1 filing-linked name are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.

This group is retained as the last observed read for CSCO; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.