CSCO PEER ANALYSIS

Cisco Systems Inc — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

CSCOCisco Systems Inc

🇺🇸 USA · US · Technology · Communication Equipment

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Communication Equipment

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

CSCOIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	CSCO	ASML	SAP	IFX	SHOP	STMPA	Ind. Median
P/E	37.95	58.91	21.55●	85.29	115.43	294.88	35.94
P/B	9.29	28.31	3.59	5.50	12.38	3.48●	3.99
EV/EBITDA	25.93	44.77	—	26.92	76.03	24.31●	21.79
P/S	7.47	17.50	4.32●	6.11	12.52	4.81	2.34

Financial Health
Metric	CSCO	ASML	SAP	IFX	SHOP	STMPA	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.92	1.36	1.07	1.59	6.20●	3.31	1.61
Debt/Equity	64.1%	13.0%	—	53.0%	1.4%●	15.7%	73.1%
NetDebt/EBITDA	0.81	-0.43	—	1.83	-2.84●	-0.72	0.85

Profitability
Metric	CSCO	ASML	SAP	IFX	SHOP	STMPA	Ind. Median
Net Margin	19.7%	29.7%●	20.0%	7.2%	10.9%	1.2%	0.3%
ROE	25.2%	52.2%●	16.5%	6.5%	11.5%	0.9%	4.8%
ROA	9.7%	21.4%●	10.0%	3.6%	9.8%	0.6%	0.6%
EBITDA Margin	29.7%	38.7%●	35.9%	24.4%	15.9%	19.2%	10.3%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	CSCO	ASML	SAP	IFX	SHOP	STMPA	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	9.2%	9.7%	6.2%	3.3%	31.9%●	4.4%	9.2%
NI Growth	22.1%	15.0%	30.5%	37.3%●	-16.0%	-86.0%	11.1%
Div. Yield	1.4%	0.4%	1.8%●	0.5%	—	0.6%	0.2%
Payout	53.8%	25.7%	36.7%	0.1%	—	208.6%	3.3%

Valuation
Metric	CSCO	MSI	LITE	CIEN	HPE	Ind. Median
P/E	37.95	33.80●	154.63	147.21	43.81	35.94
P/B	9.29	27.77	22.88	22.31	2.53●	3.99
EV/EBITDA	25.93	21.79	134.23	88.81	19.91●	21.79
P/S	7.47	5.95	27.34	11.59	1.65●	2.34

Financial Health
Metric	CSCO	MSI	LITE	CIEN	HPE	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.92	1.06	1.14	2.73●	1.09	1.61
Debt/Equity	64.1%	376.9%	111.4%	54.6%●	84.0%	73.1%
NetDebt/EBITDA	0.81	2.39	0.28●	0.52	3.97	0.85

Profitability
Metric	CSCO	MSI	LITE	CIEN	HPE	Ind. Median
Net Margin	19.7%●	17.6%	17.7%	7.9%	3.9%	0.3%
ROE	25.2%	99.9%●	22.8%	15.5%	6.2%	4.8%
ROA	9.7%	12.5%●	8.0%	7.5%	2.1%	0.6%
EBITDA Margin	29.7%	30.7%●	20.4%	13.1%	10.3%	10.3%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	CSCO	MSI	LITE	CIEN	HPE	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	9.2%	8.3%	69.0%●	30.6%	23.2%	9.2%
NI Growth	22.1%	2.2%	—	318.2%●	4.3%	11.1%
Div. Yield	1.4%●	1.1%	—	—	1.2%	0.2%
Payout	53.8%	35.7%	—	—	55.1%	3.3%

The green dot marks the best value in the group given the metric direction (higher/lower is better). All metrics use trailing-twelve-month (TTM) data.

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