What does the company do?
Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures and sells Internet protocol (IP)-based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology (IT) industry, and provides services associated with these products and their use. The Company provides a line of products for transporting data, voice, and video within buildings, across campuses, and around the world. Its products are designed to transform how people connect, communicate and collaborate. The Company’s products are installed at enterprise businesses, public institutions, telecommunications companies, commercial businesses and personal residences. It has five segments: United States and Canada, European Markets, Emerging Markets, Asia Pacific, and Japan. The Emerging Markets theater consists of Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa and Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
How much does the company sell and earn?
Investors need to know how much stuff or services a company sells, and how much of that total it keeps as income (or profit) to grow its business or return to shareholders. The more of each, the better. In general, look for companies that sell and earn more than peers.
- Cisco Systems one-year sales: 34.81 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Networking & Communication Devices group: 20.06% - Cisco Systems one-year income: 5.72 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Networking & Communication Devices group: 20.91%| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Sales | 34.81 Bil | 28.99 Bil | | Income | 5.72 Bil | 4.73 Bil |
How fast is the company growing?
- Cisco Systems one-year sales growth: -12.70%.
Difference from the average for the Networking & Communication Devices group: -1.40 pct. pts. - Cisco Systems one-year income growth: -18.80%.
Difference from the average for the Networking & Communication Devices group: 4.30 pct. pts.| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales Growth | -12.70% | -11.30% | | Income Growth | -18.80% | -23.10% |
How profitable is the company?
Investors prefer companies that increase profit margins -- the percentage of sales that they keep -- every year. This is accomplished either by lowering expenses or raising prices. Look for companies that consistently find ways to squeeze more profits out of sales than their peers.
- Cisco Systems one-year net profit margin: 16.4%
Difference from the company's 5-year average net profit margin: -3.6 pct. pts.
Difference from the average for the Networking & Communication Devices group: 2.4 pct. pts.
| Net profit margins (%) |
|---|
| Company | 16.4% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | 20.0% | | Industry | 14.0% |
How is the company's financial health?
The debt/equity ratio shows how much a firm has borrowed as a percentage of its stock equity. The lower, the better.
- Cisco Systems debt/equity ratio: 0.26.
Difference from the average for the Networking & Communication Devices group: 13.04%.
| | Company | Industry |
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| Debt/equity ratio | 0.26 | 0.23 |
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