Balance Sheet: Assets
Quarterly Data
The balance sheet provides creditors, investors, and analysts with information on company resources (assets) and its sources of capital (its equity and liabilities). It normally also provides information about the future earnings capacity of a company assets as well as an indication of cash flows that may come from receivables and inventories.
Assets are resources controlled by the company as a result of past events and from which future economic benefits are expected to flow to the entity.
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- Income Statement
- Common-Size Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
- Analysis of Liquidity Ratios
- DuPont Analysis: Disaggregation of ROE, ROA, and Net Profit Margin
- Enterprise Value to EBITDA (EV/EBITDA)
- Enterprise Value to FCFF (EV/FCFF)
- Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
- Net Profit Margin since 2005
- Current Ratio since 2005
- Analysis of Revenues
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Cisco Systems Inc., consolidated balance sheet: assets (quarterly data)
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Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2026-07-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-04-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-01-24), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-10-25), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-07-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-04-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-01-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-10-26), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-07-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-04-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-01-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-07-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-01-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-07-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-01-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-05-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-01-23), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-24).
The total asset trajectory exhibits two distinct phases: a period of relative stability from late 2020 through early 2024, followed by a substantial expansion starting in April 2024. Total assets grew from 95,003 million USD in October 2020 to 129,637 million USD by July 2026, representing a significant increase in the overall balance sheet scale.
- Liquidity and Short-Term Asset Trends
- Cash and cash equivalents demonstrate significant volatility, peaking at 13,715 million USD in January 2024 before trending downward to 7,218 million USD by July 2026. Simultaneously, short-term investments show a long-term declining trend, falling from 19,190 million USD in October 2020 to 8,700 million USD in July 2026. This suggests a strategic reallocation of liquid capital over the observed period.
- Operational Asset Growth
- Inventories have experienced a consistent and marked upward trend, rising from 1,303 million USD in October 2020 to 5,694 million USD by July 2026. This growth indicates an expansion in operational scale or a shift in supply chain management. Accounts receivable exhibit cyclical fluctuations, ending the period at a high of 7,470 million USD, suggesting an increase in credit extended to customers.
- Impact of Strategic Acquisitions
- A transformative shift occurred in April 2024, characterized by a sharp spike in non-physical assets. Goodwill increased abruptly from 39,087 million USD in January 2024 to 58,633 million USD in April 2024, while purchased intangible assets rose from 1,678 million USD to 11,819 million USD in the same window. This pattern is indicative of a major acquisition that significantly altered the composition of the balance sheet, shifting the weight toward long-term intangible assets.
- Long-Term Asset Composition
- Long-term assets grew from 52,014 million USD in October 2020 to 90,972 million USD by July 2026. While the acquisition-driven jump in goodwill and intangibles provided the primary impetus, other assets also showed a steady increase from 3,832 million USD to 9,129 million USD over the duration of the period.
The transition from a liquid-heavy asset base to one dominated by intangible assets and higher inventory levels suggests a strategic pivot toward growth through acquisition and operational expansion. By the end of the reported period, the asset structure is significantly more weighted toward long-term strategic investments than at the start of the analysis.