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Cisco

Information TechnologyIndustrial MachineryS&P 500
Ticker CSCOSAN JOSE, CAFiscal year ends JulyBook value per share $12.61Diluted shares 4.0B

Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) designs and sells hardware, software and AI-powered digital infrastructure, including networking, security, collaboration and observability products, along with technical support and professional services. Its networking portfolio includes switching, routing, wireless, servers and optical… From the company’s description.

In fiscal 2026, Cisco reported revenue of $63.33B, up 11.8% from fiscal 2025, and net income of $13.27B. Its operating margin was 24.3%, and operations generated $14.18B in cash.

Fiscal year 2026 · ends 07-31Changes are against fiscal 2025
Sales & profitability
$63.33BFY2026
+11.8% year over year
24.27%FY2026
+3.5 percentage points
$13.27BFY2026
+30.3% year over year
27.53%FY2026
+4.3 percentage points
Cash & financing
$14.18BFY2026
−0.1% year over year
$12.77BFY2026
−3.9% year over year
0.59FY2026
Was 0.60× a year earlier
4.0BFY2026
−0.3% year over year

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure.

What Cisco does

In the company’s own words

Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) designs and sells hardware, software and AI-powered digital infrastructure, including networking, security, collaboration and observability products, along with technical support and professional services. Its networking portfolio includes switching, routing, wireless, servers and optical connectivity; security offerings cover network protection, identity and access management, and threat detection and response. Collaboration products include Webex software, devices, contact center and cloud communications, while observability offerings include Splunk and ThousandEyes. Customers include businesses of all sizes, governments, educational institutions, public agencies, service providers and hyperscalers, served directly and through channel partners. Cisco manages its business through three geographic segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East and Africa; and Asia Pacific, Japan and China. Its services support customers through technology planning, implementation, maintenance and issue resolution. Cisco had approximately 82,400 employees as of July 25, 2026. Major brands and products include Webex, Splunk, ThousandEyes, AppDynamics, Cisco Silicon One and Nexus. The company was incorporated in 1984 and reincorporated in Delaware in 2021. Its website is www.cisco.com.

Company details
Sector
Information Technology
Industry (SIC)
Industrial Machinery
Headquarters
SAN JOSE, CA
Fiscal year end
July
CIK
858877
SIC
3576

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2012–2026 · USD
$-6.33B$12.66B$31.66B$50.66B$69.66B201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Cisco — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

1.5K
funds hold it
2 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$145.96B
held by funds, at market
32.9%
of shares held by funds

Superinvestors in Cisco · what they did last quarter

Tom GaynerUNCHANGED
Markel Group (Markel-Gayner)
0.3%of 13F portfolio
Tweedy BrowneDECREASED -46.7%
Tweedy, Browne
0.3%of 13F portfolio

Share of each manager’s reported 13F portfolio. Change is in shares held, since the previous quarter.

Largest fund holders · Cisco’s weight in each

VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.58%of fund net assets
VANGUARD 500 INDEX FUND
VOO · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.72%of fund net assets
2.01%of fund net assets
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
IVV · iShares Trust
0.72%of fund net assets
Fidelity 500 Index Fund
FXAIX · Fidelity Concord Street Trust
0.73%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Fund ownership is a subset of institutional 13F ownership — the two describe overlapping populations and must not be added together.

Could not be determined for this company: bond issues.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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