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Cisco’s sales by business, quarter by quarter, its AI orders, the money it hands back to shareholders, plus results, directors’ share deals and the latest news.
Sales by business
Networking is Cisco’s biggest business and its fastest-growing, helped by AI data centres.
May–Jul 2026
- Networking+28% on a year ago$9.79bn57%
- Security+14% on a year ago$2.23bn13%
- Collaboration and observability+11% on a year ago$1.44bn8%
- Services+0.2% on a year ago$3.79bn22%
The last five quarters
| Q4 FY25May–Jul 2025 | Q1 FY26Aug–Oct 2025 | Q2 FY26Nov 2025–Jan 2026 | Q3 FY26Feb–Apr 2026 | Q4 FY26May–Jul 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Networking | $7.63bn | $7.77bn | $8.29bn | $8.82bn | $9.79bn |
| Security | $1.95bn | $1.98bn | $2.02bn | $2.01bn | $2.23bn |
| Collaboration and observability | $1.30bn | $1.33bn | $1.33bn | $1.29bn | $1.44bn |
| Services | $3.79bn | $3.81bn | $3.71bn | $3.72bn | $3.79bn |
Money back to shareholders
Cisco hands cash back by buying its own shares (which leaves fewer shares, so each one owns more of the company) and by paying dividends. Read automatically from its quarterly filings with the US regulator.
- Shares bought back, last 12 months
- $6.11bn
- Dividends paid, last 12 months
- $6.55bn
- Shares in issue
- 3.98bn
- −2.6% since Aug–Oct 2023
Cash handed back each quarter
Cash paid out in each quarter; the year is Cisco’s own. Shares in issue is the average number in the quarter, counting options. SEC filings
Products and progress
Where each Cisco product has got to, from first announcement to widely available. Checked against Cisco’s Q4 FY26 report (12 Aug 2026).
AI
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AI networking for cloud giants Widely available
$9.3bn of orders in the year to July 2026
Networking for the data centres that big cloud companies use for AI. Cisco expects $7.5bn of these sales in the year to July 2027. Cisco Q4 FY26 results
Networking
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Networking Widely available
$9.8bn of sales in May–Jul 2026, up 28%
Switches, routers and wireless kit. Orders grew 40% on a year earlier. Cisco Q4 FY26 results
Security
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Security, including Splunk Widely available
$2.2bn of sales in May–Jul 2026, up 14%
Firewalls and security software. Cisco Q4 FY26 results
What’s new
- Filing Oliver Tuszik: shares kept back for tax 2,260 shares SEC,
- Filing Girish D Rishi: awarded shares 419 shares SEC,
- Filing Company announcement: board or management change SEC,
The last 30 days. Headlines link to the full stories on the publishers’ own sites.
Numbers
Sales each quarter
Net profit each quarter
| Quarter | Months | Sales | Net profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 FY26 | May–Jul 2026 | $17.3bn | $3.86bn |
| Q3 FY26 | Feb–Apr 2026 | $15.8bn | $3.37bn |
| Q2 FY26 | Nov 2025–Jan 2026 | $15.3bn | $3.18bn |
| Q1 FY26 | Aug–Oct 2025 | $14.9bn | $2.86bn |
| Q4 FY25 | May–Jul 2025 | $14.7bn | $2.55bn |
Cisco’s financial year ends in late July, so its Q4 FY26 is May to July 2026. From Cisco’s results filed with the SEC; newer quarters appear automatically, with the business split added after each report is checked.
Directors’ share deals
Directors and senior staff must tell the SEC within two business days when they buy, sell or are given shares.
| Reported | Who | What happened |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2026 | Oliver TuszikEVP, Global Sales | Shares kept back for tax 2,260 shares |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Girish D RishiDirector | Awarded shares 419 shares |
| 18 Sep 2026 | Jeetendra I PatelPresident and CPO | Awarded shares 139,225 shares |
| 18 Sep 2026 | Mark PattersonEVP and CFO | Awarded shares 92,817 shares |
| 18 Sep 2026 | Charles RobbinsChair and CEO, Director | Awarded shares 167,069 shares |
| 18 Sep 2026 | Deborah L StahlkopfEVP and Chief Legal Officer | Awarded shares 55,690 shares |
| 18 Sep 2026 | Thimaya K. SubaiyaEVP, Operations | Awarded shares 55,690 shares |
| 18 Sep 2026 | Oliver TuszikEVP, Global Sales | Awarded shares 69,613 shares |
From Form 4 filings on SEC EDGAR. ‘Used options’ means turning share options into shares; it is not a purchase on the market.
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Timeline
- Aug 2026Reports record sales of $63.3bn for the year.
- Mar 2024Completes its purchase of Splunk.
- Jul 2015Chuck Robbins becomes chief executive.
- Mar 2000Briefly becomes the world’s most valuable company.
- Feb 1990Shares listed on Nasdaq.
- Dec 1984Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner found Cisco.
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