Cisco Systems (Cisco Systems) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.25 (As of Jan. 2024)

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Cisco Systems's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $4,936 Mil. Cisco Systems's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $6,669 Mil. Cisco Systems's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $46,251 Mil. Cisco Systems's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 0.25.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Cisco Systems's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

CSCO' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.17 Med: 0.39 Max: 0.76
Current: 0.25

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Cisco Systems was 0.76. The lowest was 0.17. And the median was 0.39.

CSCO's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
54.76% of 2195 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 0.28 vs CSCO: 0.25

Cisco Systems Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cisco Systems's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Cisco Systems Annual Data

Trend

Jul14

Jul15

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Jul17

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Jul19

Jul20

Jul21

Jul22

Jul23

Debt-to-Equity

0.74

0.39

0.28

0.24

0.19

Cisco Systems Quarterly Data
	Apr19	Jul19	Oct19	Jan20	Apr20	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24
Debt-to-Equity																0.21	0.20	0.19	0.17	0.25

Competitive Comparison

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Cisco Systems's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Cisco Systems Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Cisco Systems's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cisco Systems's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Cisco Systems Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Cisco Systems's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(1733	+	6658)	/	44353
	=	0.19

Cisco Systems's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(4936	+	6669)	/	46251
	=	0.25

Cisco Systems (NAS:CSCO) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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Cisco Systems (Cisco Systems) Business Description

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Address

170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA, USA, 95134-1706

Website

https://www.cisco.com

Cisco Systems is the largest provider of networking equipment in the world and one of the largest software companies in the world. Its largest businesses are selling networking hardware and software (where it has leading market shares) and cybersecurity software like firewalls. It also has collaboration products, like its Webex suite, and observability tools. It primarily outsources its manufacturing to third parties and has a large sales and marketing staff—25,000 strong across 90 countries. Overall, Cisco employees 80,000 employees and sells its products globally.

Executives

Richard Scott Herren	officer: EVP and CFO	851 WEST CYPRESS CREEK ROAD, FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33309
Maria Victoria Wong	officer: SVP & Chief Acctg Officer	C/O CISCO SYSTEMS, INC., 170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Deborah L Stahlkopf	officer: EVP and Chief Legal Officer	C/O CISCO SYSTEMS, INC., 170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Jeffery S. Sharritts	officer: EVP & Chief Cust & Prtnr Offcr	1200 ABERNATHY RD., NE, STE 1200, ATLANTA GA 30328
Mark Garrett	director	106 EAST BABCOCK STREET SUITE 3A, BOZEMAN MT 59715
Maria Martinez	officer: EVP, Chief Customer Exp Offcr	THE LANDMARK @ 1 MARKET STREET, SUITE 300, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Charles Robbins	officer: SVP, Worldwide Sales	170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Daniel H Schulman	director	C/O PAYPAL HOLDINGS, INC., 2211 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Roderick C Mcgeary	director	1421 MCCRTHY BLVD, MILPITAS CA 95035
Prat Bhatt	officer: VP, Corporate Controller & PAO	170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Kristina M Johnson	director	19 HEATH PL, DURHAM NC 27705
Sarah Rae Murphy	director	C/O CISCO SYSTEMS, INC., 170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Geraldine Elliott	officer: EVP, Chief Sales & Mktg Offcr	1194 N. MATHILDA AVE., SUNNYVALE CA 94089
M Michele Burns	director	C/O MARSH &MCLENNAN COMPANIES, INC., 1166 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036-2774
Mark D Chandler	officer: SVP, LglSrvs, GenCnsl & Secty	170 W TASMAN DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95134