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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 | |
| Culture score | B+ | More |
Recent NewsAll News
- Global Software-defined Storage Market 2018-2022 with AT&T, BMC Software, Cisco, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise and IBM Dominating
- Research Reveals Potential Growth Video Conferencing Endpoint Market | Cisco (Tandberg), Polycom, Huawei, ZTE, Avaya (Radvision), Lifesize
- Make In Odisha 2.0: State eyes tie-ups with TCS, Reliance Jio, Cisco
- Macquarie and Cisco to Host SD-WAN Tech Talk
Key People/Management at Cisco
Chuck Robbins
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Mark Chandler
EVP, Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer
Amy Chang
Executive Vice President
Gerri Elliott
EVP and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer
Anuj Kapur
SVP and Chief Strategy Officer
Francine Katsoudas
EVP and Chief People Officer
Cisco Office Locations
Cisco has offices in San Jose, Albany, Albuquerque, Anchorage and in 255 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 $51.90 b in FY, 2019 which is a 5.2% increase from the previous period.
| USD | |
|---|---|
Revenue (Q2, 2020) | 12.0b |
Gross profit (Q2, 2020) | 7.8b |
Gross profit margin (Q2, 2020), % | 64.7% |
Net income (Q2, 2020) | 2.9b |
EBIT (Q2, 2020) | 3.4b |
Market capitalization (15-May-2020) | 187.7b |
Closing stock price (15-May-2020) | 44.3 |
Cash (25-Jan-2020) | 8.5b |
EV | 195.3b |
Cisco's current market capitalization is $187.7 b.
Annual
Quarterly
| USD | Q1, 2017 | Q2, 2017 | Q3, 2017 | Q1, 2018 | Q2, 2018 | Q3, 2018 | Q1, 2019 | Q2, 2019 | Q3, 2019 | Q1, 2020 | Q2, 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Revenue | 12.4b | 11.6b | 11.9b | 12.1b | 11.9b | 12.5b | 13.1b | 12.4b | 13.0b | 13.2b | 12.0b |
Cost of goods sold | 4.5b | 4.3b | 4.4b | 4.7b | 4.4b | 4.7b | 4.9b | 4.7b | 4.8b | 4.7b | 4.2b |
Gross profit | 7.9b | 7.3b | 7.5b | 7.4b | 7.5b | 7.8b | 8.1b | 7.8b | 8.2b | 8.5b | 7.8b |
Gross profit Margin, % | 64% | 63% | 63% | 61% | 63% | 62% | 62% | 62% | 63% | 64% | 65% |
Annual
Quarterly
| USD | Q1, 2017 | Q2, 2017 | Q3, 2017 | Q1, 2018 | Q2, 2018 | Q3, 2018 | Q1, 2019 | Q2, 2019 | Q3, 2019 | Q1, 2020 | Q2, 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cash | 8.6b | 10.9b | 8.1b | 11.0b | 17.6b | 6.7b | 8.4b | 9.8b | 10.3b | 8.6b | 8.5b |
Accounts Receivable | 4.8b | 4.5b | 4.6b | 4.2b | 4.0b | 4.3b | 4.5b | 3.7b | 3.8b | 4.9b | 4.3b |
Inventories | 1.2b | 1.3b | 1.4b | 1.7b | 1.9b | 1.9b | 1.6b | 1.7b | 1.5b | 1.3b | 1.4b |
Current Assets | 83.1b | 83.4b | 80.0b | 84.1b | 86.1b | 67.1b | 55.7b | 53.1b | 47.3b | 41.7b | 40.1b |
Annual
Quarterly
| USD | Q1, 2017 | Q2, 2017 | Q3, 2017 | Q1, 2018 | Q2, 2018 | Q3, 2018 | Q1, 2019 | Q2, 2019 | Q3, 2019 | Q1, 2020 | Q2, 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Net Income | 2.3b | 4.7b | 7.2b | 2.4b | (6.4b) | (3.7b) | 3.5b | 6.4b | 9.4b | 2.9b | 5.8b |
Depreciation and Amortization | 599.0m | 1.1b | 1.7b | 566.0m | 1.1b | 1.7b | 465.0m | 952.0m | 1.4b | 461.0m | 918.0m |
Inventories | 44.0m | (51.0m) | (149.0m) | (80.0m) | (276.0m) | (289.0m) | (34.0m) | (203.0m) | (1.0m) | 34.0m | 25.0m |
Accounts Payable | (63.0m) | (98.0m) | 149.0m | (235.0m) | (338.0m) | 148.0m | (153.0m) | (296.0m) | 52.0m | (45.0m) | (126.0m) |
| USD | Y, 2020 |
|---|---|
EV/EBIT | 57.8 x |
EV/CFO | 26.4 x |
Debt/Equity | 0.5 x |
Debt/Assets | 0.2 x |
Financial Leverage | 2.5 x |
Cisco Operating Metrics
Cisco's Backlog was reported to be $6.6b in FY, 2018.
| FY, 2014 | FY, 2015 | FY, 2016 | FY, 2017 | Jun, 2018 | FY, 2018 | Q1, 2019 | Q2, 2019 | Feb, 2019 | Apr, 2019 | Q3, 2019 | FY, 2019 | Q1, 2020 | Q2, 2020 | Mar, 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Remaining Performance Obligations | $22.30 b | $22.50 b | $23 b | $25.30 b | $24.90 b | $24.90 b | |||||||||
Backlog | $5.40 b | $5.10 b | $4.60 b | $4.80 b | $6.60 b | ||||||||||
Countries | 94 | 93 | 95 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Sentryo | June 06, 2019 | |
| Singularity Networks | January 30, 2019 | |
| Luxtera | December 18, 2018 | $660 m |
| EnSoft | November 21, 2018 |
Cisco Revenue Breakdown
Cisco revenue breakdown by business segment: 24.9% from Service and 75.1% from Product
Cisco revenue breakdown by geographic segment: 15.2% from APJC, 25.2% from EMEA and 59.6% from Americas
Cisco Online and Social Media Presence
702.34k Twitter followers
Cisco has 702.34k Twitter Followers. The number of followers has increased 0.6% month over month and increased 1.7% quarter over quarter
Cisco's Trends
Twitter Engagement Stats for @Cisco
18.2k
Tweets
3.1k
Following
702.3k
Followers
206
Tweets last 30 days
44.1
Avg. likes per Tweet
97.6%
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
August 23, 2018
Global Software-defined Storage Market 2018-2022 with AT&T, BMC Software, Cisco, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise and IBM Dominating
DUBLIN, Aug. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Software-defined Storage: Global Markets to 2022" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. This report will cover software-defined storage, which is defined as the combined software and hardware computer data storage product...
August 23, 2018
Research Reveals Potential Growth Video Conferencing Endpoint Market | Cisco (Tandberg), Polycom, Huawei, ZTE, Avaya (Radvision), Lifesize
HTF MI published a new industry research that focuses on and Video Conferencing Endpoint market and delivers in-depth market analysis and future prospects of Global and India Video Conferencing Endpoint market. Posted via Industry Today. Follow us on Twitter @IndustryToday
August 22, 2018
Make In Odisha 2.0: State eyes tie-ups with TCS, Reliance Jio, Cisco
In the maiden Make In Odisha campaign held in 2016, IT and electronics system design and manufacturing had attracted Rs 15 billion in investments.
August 22, 2018
Macquarie and Cisco to Host SD-WAN Tech Talk
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 22, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cisco will host a conference call with Macquarie and Cisco’s Ramesh Prabagaran, Senior Director of Product Management, SD-WAN Enterprise Routing. The discussion will focus on Cisco’s SD-WAN strategy and differentiated offerings for enterprise ro…
August 22, 2018
Carrier Wi-Fi Equipment Market to Witness Huge Growth by 2025: Key Players - Cisco Systems Inc., Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Ruckus Wireless
A new research study from HTF MI with title Global Carrier Wi-Fi Equipment Market Insights, Forecast to 2025 provides an in-depth assessment of the Carrier Wi-Fi Equipment including key market trends, upcoming technologies, industry drivers, challenges, regulatory policies, key players company profi…
August 22, 2018
Video Content Analytics (VCA) Software 2018 Global Market Key Players – IBM, Cisco Systems, Inc, Robert Bosch GmbH, Axis Communications AB, Siemens – Analysis and Forecast to 2023
WiseGuyRerports.com Presents “Global Video Content Analytics (VCA) Software Market 2018 by Manufacturers, Countries, Type and Application, Forecast to 2023” New Document to its Studies Database Posted via Industry Today. Follow us on Twitter @IndustryToday
Cisco Blogs
August 10, 2018
Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Create Your Own Crypto Currency on a Blockchain
The programming languages and tools you use to develop in the world of tokens and distributed applications, generally differ from blockchain to blockchain.
August 10, 2018
Threat Roundup for August 3-10
Today, as we do every week, Talos is giving you a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed this week — covering the dates between August 3 and 10....
August 10, 2018
Shining a Light on a New Way to Attack WPA2 Weaknesses
Throughout its history, wireless communication has been susceptible to eavesdropping. No matter the WPA standard, there will always be attempts to exploit weaknesses and breach privacy.
August 10, 2018
Network of the Future, Today. How We’re Growing WAN Capacity While Optimizing Costs
If you haven’t seen my colleague Ben Irving’s Network of the Future blog, I recommend you check it out. In this blog I’ll share what we’ve accomplished so far...
August 10, 2018
Learning to Love Social Media and Using it as a Cisco Recruiting Tool
Frances shares how she grew to love social media and how she's using it now as a recruiting to find top talent for Cisco!
August 10, 2018
SD-WAN – Hitting its Stride with Managed Services
In June, 2018, one of our service provider partners, BT, announced a new global service based on Cisco SD-WAN - “Comprehensive global managed service improves agility to deploy Cloud and accelerates digital transformation.” Great news for enterprises worldwide!
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 Amy Chang.
How many employees does Cisco have?
Cisco has 75,900 employees.
What is Cisco revenue?
Latest Cisco annual revenue is $51.9 b.
What is Cisco revenue per employee?
Latest Cisco revenue per employee is $683.8 k.
Who are Cisco competitors?
Competitors of Cisco include Datadog, Nutanix 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 255 other locations.
How many offices does Cisco have?
Cisco has 279 offices.
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