TTM
19.7%
YoY change
−1.21pp
Trough year (2001)
-4.5%
Peak year (1993)
26.5%
Latest annual
18.0%
Net Profit Margin history chart for Cisco (CSCO) from 1988 to 2025
Latest: 18.0%
Net Profit Margin change chart for Cisco (CSCO) from 1988 to 2025
Latest: −1.21pp
Net Profit Margin history table for Cisco (CSCO) from 1988 to 2025
| 2025 | 18.0% | -1.21pp | ||
| 2024 | 19.2% | -2.95pp | ||
| 2023 | 22.1% | -0.78pp | ||
| 2022 | 22.9% | +1.65pp | ||
| 2021 | 21.3% | -1.49pp | ||
| 2020 | 22.7% | +0.36pp | ||
| 2019 | 22.4% | +22.17pp | ||
| 2018 | 0.2% | -19.79pp | ||
| 2017 | 20.0% | -1.79pp | ||
| 2016 | 21.8% | +3.54pp | ||
| 2015 | 18.3% | +1.61pp | ||
| 2014 | 16.7% | -3.88pp | ||
| 2013 | 20.5% | +3.08pp | ||
| 2012 | 17.5% | +2.44pp | ||
| 2011 | 15.0% | -4.38pp | ||
| 2010 | 19.4% | +2.41pp | ||
| 2009 | 17.0% | -3.38pp | ||
| 2008 | 20.4% | -0.63pp | ||
| 2007 | 21.0% | +1.41pp | ||
| 2006 | 19.6% | -3.56pp | ||
| 2005 | 23.1% | +3.18pp | ||
| 2004 | 20.0% | +1.01pp | ||
| 2003 | 19.0% | +8.95pp | ||
| 2002 | 10.0% | +14.56pp | ||
| 2001 | -4.5% | -18.64pp | ||
| 2000 | 14.1% | -3.15pp | ||
| 1999 | 17.2% | +1.28pp | ||
| 1998 | 16.0% | -0.32pp | ||
| 1997 | 16.3% | -6.01pp | ||
| 1996 | 22.3% | +1.02pp | ||
| 1995 | 21.3% | -4.06pp | ||
| 1994 | 25.3% | -1.17pp | ||
| 1993 | 26.5% | +1.65pp | ||
| 1992 | 24.9% | +1.27pp | ||
| 1991 | 23.6% | +3.67pp | ||
| 1990 | 19.9% | +4.75pp | ||
| 1989 | 15.2% | +7.89pp | ||
| 1988 | 7.3% | — |
- 202518.0%-1.21pp
- 202419.2%-2.95pp
- 202322.1%-0.78pp
- 202222.9%+1.65pp
- 202121.3%-1.49pp
- 202022.7%+0.36pp
- 201922.4%+22.17pp
- 20180.2%-19.79pp
- 201720.0%-1.79pp
- 201621.8%+3.54pp
- 201518.3%+1.61pp
- 201416.7%-3.88pp
- 201320.5%+3.08pp
- 201217.5%+2.44pp
- 201115.0%-4.38pp
- 201019.4%+2.41pp
- 200917.0%-3.38pp
- 200820.4%-0.63pp
- 200721.0%+1.41pp
- 200619.6%-3.56pp
- 200523.1%+3.18pp
- 200420.0%+1.01pp
- 200319.0%+8.95pp
- 200210.0%+14.56pp
- 2001-4.5%-18.64pp
- 200014.1%-3.15pp
- 199917.2%+1.28pp
- 199816.0%-0.32pp
- 199716.3%-6.01pp
- 199622.3%+1.02pp
- 199521.3%-4.06pp
- 199425.3%-1.17pp
- 199326.5%+1.65pp
- 199224.9%+1.27pp
- 199123.6%+3.67pp
- 199019.9%+4.75pp
- 198915.2%+7.89pp
- 19887.3%—
Net Profit Margin values are taken from Cisco's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Net Profit Margin at Cisco (CSCO)
According to Cisco's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported net margin is 19.7%. Net profit margin is net income divided by revenue — the bottom-line share of each sales dollar that remains after all costs, including operating expenses, interest, and taxes. It is the most comprehensive profitability ratio, though it can swing on one-off items, so read it alongside the multi-year trend below.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
The 2025 reading of Cisco (CSCO) net margin is 17.97% – contracted 1.2 percentage points year-over-year.
1993 marks the peak net margin at 26.50%, with the historical low of -4.55% recorded in 2001.
Cisco Net Profit Margin by Year
Cisco Net Profit Margin 2025: 18.0%
Cisco net margin in 2025 was 17.97%, contracted 1.2 percentage points from 2024.
Cisco Net Profit Margin 2024: 19.2%
2024's net margin for Cisco came in at 19.18%, contracted 2.9 percentage points from 2023.
Cisco Net Profit Margin 2023: 22.1%
Cisco posted net margin of 22.13% in 2023, contracted 0.8 percentage points from 2022.
Cisco Net Profit Margin 2022: 22.9%
In 2022, Cisco reported net margin of 22.91%, expanded 1.7 percentage points from 2021.
Cisco Net Profit Margin 2021: 21.3%
Cisco net margin in 2021 was 21.26%.
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| 47.0% | |
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| 27.2% | |
| 13.4% |
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