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NASDAQ: CSCO · USD

Cisco Systems cash flow and EPS90

Operating cash flow, capital investment, free cash flow and earnings per share.

Capital allocation

% of tracked cash uses

$4,020M
Cisco Systems capital allocation. Quarterly values. Missing values are unavailable.
PeriodCapexAcquisitionsBuybacksDividendsDebt repaymentsTracked uses
FY 2010 Q17.89% · $160M0% · $0M92.11% · $1,869MUnavailableUnavailable100% · $2,029M
FY 2010 Q26.31% · $248M58.71% · $2,308M34.98% · $1,375MUnavailableUnavailable100% · $3,931M
FY 2010 Q35.67% · $291M51.51% · $2,642M42.82% · $2,196MUnavailableUnavailable100% · $5,129M
FY 2010 Q410.09% · $309M10.74% · $329M79.16% · $2,424MUnavailable0% · $0M100% · $3,062M
FY 2011 Q110.53% · $326M2.23% · $69M87.24% · $2,701MUnavailableUnavailable100% · $3,096M
FY 2011 Q214.82% · $326M1.14% · $25M84.05% · $1,849MUnavailableUnavailable100% · $2,200M
FY 2011 Q318.99% · $278M11.75% · $172M69.26% · $1,014MUnavailableUnavailable100% · $1,464M
FY 2011 Q412.09% · $244M0% · $0M66.01% · $1,332M16.3% · $329M5.6% · $113M100% · $2,018M
FY 2012 Q110.57% · $265M1.52% · $38M75.06% · $1,881M12.85% · $322MUnavailable100% · $2,506M
FY 2012 Q224.67% · $284M6.17% · $71M41.18% · $474M27.98% · $322MUnavailable100% · $1,151M
FY 2012 Q319.38% · $281M15.45% · $224M35.38% · $513M29.79% · $432MUnavailable100% · $1,450M
FY 2012 Q411.15% · $296M1.58% · $42M71.26% · $1,892M16.01% · $425MUnavailable100% · $2,655M
FY 2013 Q14.34% · $265M80.47% · $4,912M3% · $183M12.19% · $744MUnavailable100% · $6,104M
FY 2013 Q210.98% · $287M42.94% · $1,123M17.67% · $462M28.41% · $743MUnavailable100% · $2,615M
FY 2013 Q311.92% · $291M13.76% · $336M37.24% · $909M37.07% · $905M0% · $0M100% · $2,441M
FY 2013 Q411.06% · $317M13.79% · $395M42.55% · $1,219M32.04% · $918M0.56% · $16M100% · $2,865M
FY 2014 Q15.65% · $315M43.9% · $2,447M34.05% · $1,898M16.4% · $914M0% · $0M100% · $5,574M
FY 2014 Q24.94% · $262M6.36% · $337M71.37% · $3,782M16.91% · $896M0.42% · $22M100% · $5,299M
FY 2014 Q35.42% · $373M0% · $0M33.19% · $2,285M14.15% · $974M47.24% · $3,252M100% · $6,884M
FY 2014 Q411% · $325M6.94% · $205M49.02% · $1,448M32.97% · $974M0.07% · $2M100% · $2,954M
FY 2015 Q111.25% · $285M7.26% · $184M42.95% · $1,088M38.41% · $973M0.12% · $3M100% · $2,533M
FY 2015 Q29.19% · $265M1.14% · $33M38.43% · $1,108M33.78% · $974M17.45% · $503M100% · $2,883M
FY 2015 Q313.85% · $357M0.81% · $21M43.79% · $1,129M41.51% · $1,070M0.04% · $1M100% · $2,578M
FY 2015 Q412.92% · $320M3.55% · $88M40.33% · $999M43.16% · $1,069M0.04% · $1M100% · $2,477M
FY 2016 Q16.54% · $262M15.33% · $614M30.2% · $1,210M26.66% · $1,068M21.27% · $852M100% · $4,006M
FY 2016 Q210.47% · $314M15.84% · $475M37.83% · $1,134M35.52% · $1,065M0.33% · $10M100% · $2,998M
FY 2016 Q34.06% · $304M27.65% · $2,072M10.81% · $810M17.45% · $1,308M40.04% · $3,001M100% · $7,495M
FY 2016 Q411.42% · $266M0% · $0M32.4% · $755M56.18% · $1,309M0% · $0M100% · $2,330M
FY 2017 Q19.62% · $275M8.78% · $251M35.79% · $1,023M45.77% · $1,308M0.03% · $1M100% · $2,858M
FY 2017 Q29.95% · $251M0% · $0M38.37% · $968M51.68% · $1,304M0% · $0M100% · $2,523M
FY 2017 Q32.47% · $230M31.77% · $2,960M5.64% · $525M15.58% · $1,451M44.55% · $4,150M100% · $9,316M
FY 2017 Q47.08% · $208M3.85% · $113M39.79% · $1,169M49.29% · $1,448M0% · $0M100% · $2,938M
FY 2018 Q13.53% · $168M15.22% · $725M35.4% · $1,686M30.15% · $1,436M15.7% · $748M100% · $4,763M
FY 2018 Q21.94% · $211M0.27% · $29M34.62% · $3,771M12.85% · $1,400M50.33% · $5,482M100% · $10,893M
FY 2018 Q31.77% · $241M14.93% · $2,035M44.8% · $6,105M11.74% · $1,600M26.75% · $3,645M100% · $13,626M
FY 2018 Q42.05% · $214M2.08% · $217M57.27% · $5,985M14.69% · $1,535M23.92% · $2,500M100% · $10,451M
FY 2019 Q12.42% · $212M22.44% · $1,964M58% · $5,076M17.14% · $1,500M0% · $0M100% · $8,752M
FY 2019 Q23.87% · $261MUnavailable73.9% · $4,986M22.23% · $1,500M0% · $0M100% · $6,747M
FY 2019 Q31.76% · $228MUnavailable46.15% · $5,980M11.58% · $1,500M40.52% · $5,250M100% · $12,958M
FY 2019 Q42.63% · $208MUnavailable59.15% · $4,675M18.85% · $1,490M19.36% · $1,530M100% · $7,903M
FY 2020 Q13.89% · $202MUnavailable15.1% · $784M28.62% · $1,486M52.39% · $2,720M100% · $5,192M
FY 2020 Q23.74% · $189MUnavailable17.1% · $864M29.69% · $1,500M49.48% · $2,500M100% · $5,053M
FY 2020 Q36.38% · $171MUnavailable37.7% · $1,011M55.93% · $1,500M0% · $0M100% · $2,682M
FY 2020 Q46.43% · $208MUnavailable0% · $0M47.17% · $1,525M46.4% · $1,500M100% · $3,233M
FY 2021 Q16.86% · $171MUnavailable32.12% · $800M61.02% · $1,520M0% · $0M100% · $2,491M
FY 2021 Q27.61% · $187MUnavailable31.31% · $769M61.07% · $1,500M0% · $0M100% · $2,456M
FY 2021 Q33.25% · $172MUnavailable9.95% · $527M30.19% · $1,600M56.61% · $3,000M100% · $5,299M
FY 2021 Q46.47% · $162MUnavailable31.18% · $781M62.36% · $1,562M0% · $0M100% · $2,505M
FY 2022 Q13.08% · $122MUnavailable6.9% · $273M39.46% · $1,561M50.56% · $2,000M100% · $3,956M
FY 2022 Q21.71% · $110MUnavailable75.01% · $4,832M23.28% · $1,500M0% · $0M100% · $6,442M
FY 2022 Q33.54% · $106MUnavailable8.07% · $242M53.37% · $1,600M35.02% · $1,050M100% · $2,998M
FY 2022 Q43.06% · $139MUnavailable51.5% · $2,342M34.45% · $1,567M10.99% · $500M100% · $4,548M
FY 2023 Q17.68% · $176MUnavailable24.26% · $556M68.06% · $1,560M0% · $0M100% · $2,292M
FY 2023 Q25.79% · $170MUnavailable41.04% · $1,204M53.17% · $1,560M0% · $0M100% · $2,934M
FY 2023 Q37.25% · $270M2.5% · $93M34.07% · $1,269M42.77% · $1,593M13.42% · $500M100% · $3,725M
FY 2023 Q47.08% · $233M6.23% · $205M38.41% · $1,264M48.28% · $1,589M0% · $0M100% · $3,291M
FY 2024 Q12.89% · $134M18.88% · $876M28.02% · $1,300M34.05% · $1,580M16.16% · $750M100% · $4,640M
FY 2024 Q25.75% · $170M0.07% · $2M40.69% · $1,204M53.5% · $1,583M0% · $0M100% · $2,959M
FY 2024 Q30.57% · $168M84.76% · $24,996M4.3% · $1,268M5.48% · $1,615M4.9% · $1,445M100% · $29,492M
FY 2024 Q45.03% · $198M3.05% · $120M51.16% · $2,015M40.77% · $1,606M0% · $0M100% · $3,939M
FY 2025 Q12.45% · $217M2.45% · $217M22.63% · $2,003M17.99% · $1,592M54.47% · $4,821M100% · $8,850M
FY 2025 Q22.18% · $210M0.41% · $40M12.86% · $1,240M16.52% · $1,593M68.03% · $6,561M100% · $9,644M
FY 2025 Q32.46% · $261M0.32% · $34M14.21% · $1,505M15.36% · $1,627M67.64% · $7,163M100% · $10,590M
FY 2025 Q47.01% · $217M0% · $0M40.47% · $1,252M52.52% · $1,625M0% · $0M100% · $3,094M
FY 2026 Q14.8% · $323M0.1% · $7M29.61% · $1,992M24.04% · $1,617M41.44% · $2,788M100% · $6,727M
FY 2026 Q28.07% · $283M1.11% · $39M38.88% · $1,363M46.12% · $1,617M5.82% · $204M100% · $3,506M
FY 2026 Q35.06% · $414M0% · $0M15.27% · $1,250M20.28% · $1,660M59.39% · $4,862M100% · $8,186M
FY 2026 Q49.7% · $390M11.69% · $470M37.34% · $1,501M41.27% · $1,659MUnavailable100% · $4,020M
Oct 24, 2009 through Jul 25, 2026

Operating cash flow

USD millions

$5,386M

Capital expenditures

USD millions

$390M

Free cash flow

USD millions

$4,996M

Stock-based compensation

USD millions

$927M

SBC / free cash flow

% · FCF before SBC deduction

18.55%

SBC / operating cash flow

%

17.21%

Software & intangible investment

USD millions

—

Separately disclosed software and intangible investment is unavailable in the extracted statements for this period.

Diluted EPS

USD per share

—

Quarterly data

Cisco Systems cash-flow history. Each metric has its own unit. A dash means inputs are missing or the calculation is undefined.
Fiscal periodEndedOperating cash flowUSD millionsCapital expendituresUSD millionsFree cash flowUSD millionsStock-based compensationUSD millionsSBC / free cash flow%SBC / operating cash flow%Software & intangible investmentUSD millionsDiluted EPSUSD per share
FY 2026 Q4Jul 25, 20265,3863904,99692718.55%17.21%——
FY 2026 Q3Apr 25, 20263,7574143,34391427.34%24.33%—$0.85
FY 2026 Q2Jan 24, 20261,8222831,53993460.69%51.26%—$0.8
FY 2026 Q1Oct 25, 20253,2123232,8891,05536.52%32.85%—$0.72
FY 2025 Q4Jul 26, 20254,2342174,01794823.6%22.39%——
FY 2025 Q3Apr 26, 20254,0572613,79694524.89%23.29%—$0.62
FY 2025 Q2Jan 25, 20252,2412102,03192145.35%41.1%—$0.61
FY 2025 Q1Oct 26, 20243,6612173,44482724.01%22.59%—$0.68
FY 2024 Q4Jul 27, 20243,7301983,53280022.65%21.45%——
FY 2024 Q3Apr 27, 20243,9711683,80381121.33%20.42%—$0.46
FY 2024 Q2Jan 27, 2024808170638802125.71%99.26%—$0.65
FY 2024 Q1Oct 28, 20232,3711342,23766129.55%27.88%—$0.89
FY 2023 Q4Jul 29, 20235,9662335,73363311.04%10.61%——
FY 2023 Q3Apr 29, 20235,2192704,94962312.59%11.94%—$0.78
FY 2023 Q2Jan 28, 20234,7391704,56960113.15%12.68%—$0.67
FY 2023 Q1Oct 29, 20223,9621763,78649613.1%12.52%—$0.65
FY 2022 Q4Jul 30, 20223,6771393,53847913.54%13.03%——
FY 2022 Q3Apr 30, 20223,6611063,55547713.42%13.03%—$0.73
FY 2022 Q2Jan 29, 20222,4611102,35147720.29%19.38%—$0.71
FY 2022 Q1Oct 30, 20213,4271223,30545313.71%13.22%—$0.7
FY 2021 Q4Jul 31, 20214,5041624,3424249.77%9.41%——
FY 2021 Q3May 1, 20213,8801723,70846312.49%11.93%—$0.68
FY 2021 Q2Jan 23, 20212,9741872,78743615.64%14.66%—$0.6
FY 2021 Q1Oct 24, 20204,0961713,92543811.16%10.69%—$0.51
FY 2020 Q4Jul 25, 20203,8022083,59439911.1%10.49%—$0.62
FY 2020 Q3Apr 25, 20204,2371714,0663919.62%9.23%—$0.65
FY 2020 Q2Jan 25, 20203,8001893,61138410.63%10.11%—$0.68
FY 2020 Q1Oct 26, 20193,5872023,38539511.67%11.01%—$0.68
FY 2019 Q4Jul 27, 20193,9422083,73440410.82%10.25%—$0.51
FY 2019 Q3Apr 27, 20194,3292284,1013749.12%8.64%—$0.69
FY 2019 Q2Jan 26, 20193,7972613,53638911%10.24%—$0.63
FY 2019 Q1Oct 27, 20183,7632123,55140311.35%10.71%—$0.77
FY 2018 Q4Jul 28, 20184,1002143,88639210.09%9.56%—$0.81
FY 2018 Q3Apr 28, 20182,4162412,17539918.34%16.51%—$0.56
FY 2018 Q2Jan 27, 20184,0702113,85939310.18%9.66%—$-1.78
FY 2018 Q1Oct 28, 20173,0801682,91239213.46%12.73%—$0.48
FY 2017 Q4Jul 29, 20174,0012083,79340210.6%10.05%—$0.48
FY 2017 Q3Apr 29, 20173,3732303,14340012.73%11.86%—$0.5
FY 2017 Q2Jan 28, 20173,7722513,52135210%9.33%—$0.47
FY 2017 Q1Oct 29, 20162,7302752,45537215.15%13.63%—$0.46
FY 2016 Q4Jul 30, 20163,8182663,55235710.05%9.35%—$0.56
FY 2016 Q3Apr 30, 20163,0643042,76039514.31%12.89%—$0.46
FY 2016 Q2Jan 23, 20163,9223143,6083309.15%8.41%—$0.62
FY 2016 Q1Oct 24, 20152,7662622,50437615.02%13.59%—$0.48
FY 2015 Q4Jul 25, 20154,1383203,81839610.37%9.57%——
FY 2015 Q3Apr 25, 20153,0403572,68336713.68%12.07%—$0.47
FY 2015 Q2Jan 24, 20152,8832652,61830811.76%10.68%—$0.46
FY 2015 Q1Oct 25, 20142,4912852,20636916.73%14.81%—$0.35
FY 2014 Q4Jul 26, 20143,6123253,28733910.31%9.39%——
FY 2014 Q3Apr 26, 20143,1983732,82535312.5%11.04%—$0.42
FY 2014 Q2Jan 25, 20142,8732622,61134713.29%12.08%—$0.27
FY 2014 Q1Oct 26, 20132,6493152,33430913.24%11.66%—$0.37
FY 2013 Q4Jul 27, 20133,9863173,6692406.54%6.02%——
FY 2013 Q3Apr 27, 20133,0942912,8032729.7%8.79%—$0.46
FY 2013 Q2Jan 26, 20133,3492873,0623029.86%9.02%—$0.59
FY 2013 Q1Oct 27, 20122,4652652,20030613.91%12.41%—$0.39
FY 2012 Q4Jul 28, 20123,0882962,79236913.22%11.95%——
FY 2012 Q3Apr 28, 20122,9692812,68833712.54%11.35%—$0.4
FY 2012 Q2Jan 28, 20123,1012842,81735412.57%11.42%—$0.4
FY 2012 Q1Oct 29, 20112,3332652,06834116.49%14.62%—$0.33
FY 2011 Q4Jul 30, 20112,8242442,58038314.84%13.56%—$0.22
FY 2011 Q3Apr 30, 20112,9792782,70140014.81%13.43%—$0.33
FY 2011 Q2Jan 29, 20112,6093262,28343018.83%16.48%—$0.27
FY 2011 Q1Oct 30, 20101,6673261,34140730.35%24.42%—$0.34
FY 2010 Q4Jul 31, 20103,2323092,92339113.38%12.1%—$0.33
FY 2010 Q3May 1, 20102,9672912,67643416.22%14.63%—$0.37
FY 2010 Q2Jan 23, 20102,4862482,23837116.58%14.92%—$0.32
FY 2010 Q1Oct 24, 20091,4881601,32832124.17%21.57%—$0.3
Sources and calculations

Financial inputs from company filings. Last checked Oct 18, 2026. A dash means missing inputs or an undefined calculation.

Period changes use the preceding fiscal quarter or year. Percentage changes divide by the absolute prior value; a zero or missing baseline has no percentage change. Percentage metrics show changes in percentage points.

FCF subtracts reported cash capital investment. PPE purchases are preferred; the productive-assets fallback also includes software and intangibles. Acquisitions and noncash lease additions are excluded. EPS and weighted shares are not summed across quarters. Annual figures use annual reports.

SBC / FCF always uses FCF before SBC deduction; both SBC ratios compare amounts from the same period. A zero or negative cash-flow denominator is undefined, and values above 100% are retained.

Each reported nonnegative cash use / sum of available tracked nonnegative cash uses × 100. Missing categories are omitted, never set to zero. This is the composition of tracked uses, not a complete cash-flow reconciliation or a percentage of OCF. SBC is noncash and excluded. Negative amounts are excluded as reversals or net receipts; they are not converted to spending. Annual bars use reported annual amounts. Turning off a category hides its share without changing the denominator. Debt repayments prefer a reported aggregate, with long-term or convertible-only scope identified in the tooltip. Acquisitions are net of cash acquired. Dividend payments use the aggregate where reported, including dividend equivalents when part of that concept.

The SBC option subtracts reported share-based compensation from FCF as an economic-cost scenario. Missing SBC never becomes zero.

Market prices: Yahoo Finance · CSCO, USD. Latest completed close Sep 25, 2026. Price data retrieved Sep 28, 2026.

Operating cash flow
Reported net cash provided by or used in operating activities.
Capital expenditures
Reported cash capital investment. Uses purchases of property, plant and equipment where disclosed; otherwise purchases of productive assets, which can also include software and intangibles. Excludes acquisitions and noncash lease additions.
Free cash flow
Operating cash flow − reported cash capital investment. PPE purchases are preferred; the productive-assets fallback also includes software and intangibles. Reflects the SBC option and can differ from issuer-defined FCF.
Stock-based compensation
Reported share-based compensation addback in the cash-flow statement. Missing disclosure is not treated as zero.
SBC / free cash flow
Reported share-based compensation / (operating cash flow − cash capital investment) × 100, for the same fiscal period. Always uses FCF before SBC deduction. Zero or negative FCF is undefined; values above 100% are retained.
SBC / operating cash flow
Reported share-based compensation / reported operating cash flow × 100, for the same fiscal period. Zero or negative operating cash flow is undefined. Unaffected by the SBC deduction scenario.
Software & intangible investment
Separately tagged payments for capitalized software under US GAAP, or purchases of intangible assets under IFRS. This optional disclosure is not inferred from total capex or deducted a second time from FCF.
Diluted EPS
Reported diluted earnings per share, normalized for recorded subsequent stock splits. Quarterly EPS is never subtracted from annual or YTD EPS.