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Cisco is a global company that designs and sells a broad range of technologies across networking, security, collaboration, applications, and the cloud. It offers switching, routing, wireless, and data center products, hardware and software-based solutions, network security, cloud and email security, identity and access management, advanced threat protection, and unified threat management products, as well as cloud and system management products. The company also provides technical support and advanced services to businesses of all sizes, public institutions, governments, and service providers.
| Type | Public | |
| Founded | 1984 | |
| HQ | San Jose, US | Map |
| Website | cisco.com | |
| Employee Ratings | More | |
| Overall Culture | B+ | More |
Recent NewsAll News
- The Michigan Moonshot Partners with Toyota and Cisco to Expand Wi-Fi Access in Detroit, Inkster, Flint and Washtenaw County, Michigan
- Register Now to Explore the Magic of Collaboration at Cisco’s Premier WebexOne Event Dec 8-9
- Cisco to buy Banzai Cloud, boosting rapidly emerging cloud-native portfolio
- Cisco Appoints R. Scott Herren As Executive Vice President And Chief Financial Officer
Key People/Management at Cisco
Chuck Robbins
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Mark Chandler
EVP, Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer
Gerri Elliott
EVP and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer
Francine Katsoudas
EVP and Chief People Officer
Stella Low
Chief Communications Officer
Kelly A. Kramer
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Cisco Office Locations
Cisco has offices in San Jose, Albany, Albuquerque, Anchorage and in 251 other locations
San Jose, US (HQ)
Cisco Building D, 170 W Tasman Dr
Albany, US
18 Corporate Woods Blvd #200
Albuquerque, US
2155 Louisiana Blvd NE #7100
Anchorage, US
3601 C St #1234
Atlanta, US
500 Northridge Rd #700
Baton Rouge, US
5757 Corporate Blvd #102
Cisco Financials and Metrics
Cisco Revenue
Cisco's revenue was reported to be $49.30 b in FY, 2020 which is a 5% decrease from the previous period.
| USD | |
|---|---|
Revenue (Q1, 2021) | 11.9b |
Gross profit (Q1, 2021) | 7.6b |
Gross profit margin (Q1, 2021), % | 63.6% |
Net income (Q1, 2021) | 2.2b |
EBIT (Q1, 2021) | 2.6b |
Market capitalization (24-Nov-2020) | 180.0b |
Closing stock price (24-Nov-2020) | 42.6 |
Cash (24-Oct-2020) | 10.8b |
EV | 183.8b |
Cisco's current market capitalization is $180 b.
Annual
Quarterly
| USD | Q1, 2018 | Q2, 2018 | Q3, 2018 | Q1, 2019 | Q2, 2019 | Q3, 2019 | Q1, 2020 | Q2, 2020 | Q3, 2020 | Q1, 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Revenue | 12.1b | 11.9b | 12.5b | 13.1b | 12.4b | 13.0b | 13.2b | 12.0b | 12.0b | 11.9b |
Cost of goods sold | 4.7b | 4.4b | 4.7b | 4.9b | 4.7b | 4.8b | 4.7b | 4.2b | 4.2b | 4.3b |
Gross profit | 7.4b | 7.5b | 7.8b | 8.1b | 7.8b | 8.2b | 8.5b | 7.8b | 7.8b | 7.6b |
Gross profit Margin, % | 61% | 63% | 62% | 62% | 62% | 63% | 64% | 65% | 65% | 64% |
Annual
Quarterly
| USD | Q1, 2018 | Q2, 2018 | Q3, 2018 | Q1, 2019 | Q2, 2019 | Q3, 2019 | Q1, 2020 | Q2, 2020 | Q3, 2020 | Q1, 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cash | 11.0b | 17.6b | 6.7b | 8.4b | 9.8b | 10.3b | 8.6b | 8.5b | 10.4b | 10.8b |
Accounts Receivable | 4.2b | 4.0b | 4.3b | 4.5b | 3.7b | 3.8b | 4.9b | 4.3b | 4.6b | 4.0b |
Inventories | 1.7b | 1.9b | 1.9b | 1.6b | 1.7b | 1.5b | 1.3b | 1.4b | 1.2b | 19.2b |
Current Assets | 84.1b | 86.1b | 67.1b | 55.7b | 53.1b | 47.3b | 41.7b | 40.1b | 41.3b | 43.0b |
Annual
Quarterly
| USD | Q1, 2018 | Q2, 2018 | Q3, 2018 | Q1, 2019 | Q2, 2019 | Q3, 2019 | Q1, 2020 | Q2, 2020 | Q3, 2020 | Q1, 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Net Income | 2.4b | (6.4b) | (3.7b) | 3.5b | 6.4b | 9.4b | 2.9b | 5.8b | 8.6b | 2.2b |
Depreciation and Amortization | 566.0m | 1.1b | 1.7b | 465.0m | 952.0m | 1.4b | 461.0m | 918.0m | 1.4b | 451.0m |
Inventories | (80.0m) | (276.0m) | (289.0m) | (34.0m) | (203.0m) | (1.0m) | 34.0m | 25.0m | 143.0m | (21.0m) |
Accounts Payable | (235.0m) | (338.0m) | 148.0m | (153.0m) | (296.0m) | 52.0m | (45.0m) | (126.0m) | 324.0m | 73.0m |
| USD | Q1, 2018 |
|---|---|
EV/EBIT | 70.9 x |
EV/CFO | 63.4 x |
Debt/Equity | 0.5 x |
Debt/Assets | 0.3 x |
Financial Leverage | 2 x |
P/E Ratio | 71.7 |
Cisco Operating Metrics
Cisco's Backlog was reported to be $6.6b in FY, 2018.
| FY, 2017 | Jun, 2018 | FY, 2018 | Q1, 2019 | Q2, 2019 | Feb, 2019 | Apr, 2019 | Q3, 2019 | FY, 2019 | Q1, 2020 | Q2, 2020 | Mar, 2020 | Q3, 2020 | FY, 2020 | Q1, 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Remaining Performance Obligations | $22.30 b | $22.50 b | $23 b | $25.30 b | $24.90 b | $24.90 b | $25.50 b | $28.35 b | $27.47 b | ||||||
Backlog | $4.80 b | $6.60 b | |||||||||||||
Countries | 95 | 96 | 97 | ||||||||||||
Patents (US) | 13.22 k | 13.96 k | 14.14 k | 15.07 k |
Cisco Acquisitions / Subsidiaries
| Company Name | Date | Deal Size |
|---|---|---|
| Portshift | October 01, 2020 | |
| Modcam | August 31, 2020 | |
| Babblelabs | August 26, 2020 | |
| ThousandEyes | May 29, 2020 | $1 t |
| Fluidmesh Networks | April 09, 2020 | |
| Exablaze | December 16, 2019 | |
| Wrappup | September 16, 2019 | |
| CloudCherry | August 26, 2019 | |
| Voicea | August 07, 2019 | |
| Acacia Communications | July 09, 2019 | $2.60 b |
Cisco Revenue Breakdown
Cisco revenue breakdown by business segment: 27.0% from Service and 73.0% from Product
Cisco revenue breakdown by geographic segment: 14.9% from APJC, 25.7% from EMEA and 59.4% from Americas
Cisco Cybersecurity Score
Cisco Online and Social Media Presence
714.28k Twitter followers
Cisco has 714.28k Twitter Followers. The number of followers has increased 0.3% month over month and increased 0.8% quarter over quarter
Cisco's Trends
Twitter Engagement Stats for @Cisco
19.2k
Tweets
3.1k
Following
714.3k
Followers
128
Tweets last 30 days
48.5
Avg. likes per Tweet
97.7%
Tweets with engagement
Cisco Company Culture
Overall Culture
B+
72/100
CEO Rating
A
76/100
Compensation
B
73/100
Diversity
B
70/100
Cisco News and Updates
November 23, 2020
The Michigan Moonshot Partners with Toyota and Cisco to Expand Wi-Fi Access in Detroit, Inkster, Flint and Washtenaw County, Michigan
Residents of Detroit, Inkster, Flint and Washtenaw County will soon benefit from expanded free Wi-Fi access at more than 50 community locations across S.E. Michigan. The effort, part of Merit Network’s Michigan Moonshot initiative, was supported by contributions from the Toyota USA Foundation and C…
November 18, 2020
Register Now to Explore the Magic of Collaboration at Cisco’s Premier WebexOne Event Dec 8-9
Cisco is innovating to meet the challenge. The longstanding market leader in Collaboration is set to unveil a vision for the future of work and showcase a wave of new innovation at WebexOne, the company’s inaugural two-day digital event from December 8-9, 2020.
November 17, 2020
Cisco to buy Banzai Cloud, boosting rapidly emerging cloud-native portfolio
Cisco looked to boost a rapidly expanding portfolio of cloud-native technology developing under its roof Monday with its second deal for an international startup focused on Kubernetes since last month
November 12, 2020
Cisco Appoints R. Scott Herren As Executive Vice President And Chief Financial Officer
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) announced today that R. Scott Herren will join the company as executive vice president and chief financial officer on December 18, 2020
November 12, 2020
Cisco Reports First Quarter Earnings
Cisco today reported first quarter results for the period ended October 24, 2020. Cisco reported first quarter revenue of $11.9 billion, net income on a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis of $2.2 billion or $0.51 per share, and non-GAAP net income of $3.2 billion or $0.76 per shar…
November 10, 2020
Cisco’s Duo Security Report Shows Shift to Remote Work is Accelerating Digital Adoption
A new report published today from Duo Security at Cisco, the leading multi-factor authentication (MFA) and secure access provider, reveals the unprecedented IT change organizations underwent this year amid a massive shift to remote work, accelerating adoption of cloud technology.
Cisco Blogs
August 13, 2018
Cisco Connects the Factory Floor to the World
As the manufacturing environment evolves with investments in new technologies, a commitment to employee education and an emphasis on knowledge-sharing help steady this challenging transition.
August 13, 2018
Improve Retail Experience with Collaboration Technology
Retailers have reaped the benefits of analyzing structured data for years. But they’re only now starting to tap into the power of unstructured data, like consumer behavior.
August 13, 2018
6 Leadership Qualities for the Subscription Economy
As the subscription economy has created dramatic shifts in the way we all do business, the definition of what makes an extraordinary leader has evolved. Check out the six leadership qualities you should strive to attain to keep your competitive edge.
August 13, 2018
Secrets of Highly Productive Partner AM’s
Want to know about what Cisco has to offer that can increase partner productivity? Check out some of these key resources.
August 11, 2018
Black Hat USA 2018: ATT&CK in the NOC
The Black Hat NOC is run by UBM, and Cisco Security is honored to be a technology partner for malware analysis/threat intelligence and DNS.
August 10, 2018
Fact and Fiction
In recent months, there have been erroneous competitor claims about Cisco access points. Responding to industry gossip and incorrect rumors isn’t something that we normally do, but we want to make sure that our customers are getting the correct message.
Cisco Frequently Asked Questions
When was Cisco founded?
Cisco was founded in 1984.
Who are Cisco key executives?
Cisco's key executives are Chuck Robbins, Mark Chandler and Gerri Elliott.
How many employees does Cisco have?
Cisco has 77,500 employees.
What is Cisco revenue?
Latest Cisco annual revenue is $49.3 b.
What is Cisco revenue per employee?
Latest Cisco revenue per employee is $636.1 k.
Who are Cisco competitors?
Competitors of Cisco include ZTE, Ericsson and Microsoft.
Where is Cisco headquarters?
Cisco headquarters is located at Cisco Building D, 170 W Tasman Dr, San Jose.
Where are Cisco offices?
Cisco has offices in San Jose, Albany, Albuquerque, Anchorage and in 251 other locations.
How many offices does Cisco have?
Cisco has 272 offices.
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