Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
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.
Liabilities represents obligations of a company arising from past events, the settlement of which is expected to result in an outflow of economic benefits from the entity.
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- Income Statement
- DuPont Analysis: Disaggregation of ROE, ROA, and Net Profit Margin
- Enterprise Value (EV)
- Enterprise Value to EBITDA (EV/EBITDA)
- Dividend Discount Model (DDM)
- Selected Financial Data since 2005
- Debt to Equity since 2005
- Total Asset Turnover since 2005
- Price to Earnings (P/E) since 2005
- Analysis of Debt
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Cisco Systems Inc., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)
US$ in millions
Based on: 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), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-07-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-01-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-10-26).
- Short-term debt
- Short-term debt exhibits significant fluctuations with notable peaks around early 2024, reaching a maximum exceeding 11 billion USD. The values demonstrate a recurring pattern of sharp increases followed by reductions, suggesting active management of short-term obligations and possibly seasonal financing strategies or refinancing activities.
- Accounts payable
- Accounts payable remain relatively stable across the periods, with minor fluctuations between approximately 1.8 and 2.4 billion USD. The modest variation indicates consistent supplier payment cycles without significant disruptions or scaling changes in operating activities.
- Income taxes payable (current)
- Income taxes payable show a gradually increasing trend, especially from early 2022 onward, reaching above 4 billion USD at times. This rise points toward higher tax liabilities, potentially due to improved profitability or changes in tax regulations affecting current portions of tax obligations.
- Accrued compensation
- Accrued compensation generally trends upward with noticeable peaks, reaching nearly 4 billion USD during some quarters. This indicates an increase in employee-related liabilities, which might align with workforce expansion, bonus accruals, or compensation restructuring.
- Deferred revenue (current)
- Deferred revenue steadily increases over time, from about 10.6 billion USD in late 2019 to a peak around 16.2 billion USD in late 2024. This upward movement suggests growing customer prepayments and contractual obligations, reflecting potentially higher sales, longer-term contracts, or shifts towards subscription-based revenue models.
- Other current liabilities
- Other current liabilities fluctuate moderately around the 4.3 to 5.6 billion USD range. The variations indicate routine adjustments in miscellaneous short-term accounts payable, taxes, or accruals, without a clear long-term trend.
- Current liabilities (total)
- Total current liabilities show an overall increasing trend with some volatility, particularly notable spikes in 2024 surpassing 40 billion USD. This increase aligns with the rise in short-term debt and deferred revenue, reflecting an expanding current liability base that might influence liquidity management considerations.
- Long-term debt, excluding current portion
- Long-term debt steadily decreases from roughly 14.5 billion USD in 2019 to around 6.6 billion USD by early 2023, followed by a sharp surge in 2024 to over 20 billion USD. This pattern could imply initial debt repayments or refinancing, with substantial new long-term borrowings in 2024, possibly for expansion or capital expenditures.
- Income taxes payable (long-term)
- Long-term income taxes payable consistently decline after 2019, dropping from over 8.9 billion USD to below 2 billion USD by 2024 and 2025. This decline may result from tax settlements, changes in deferred tax assets/liabilities, or tax planning strategies reducing long-term tax obligations.
- Deferred revenue (long-term)
- Long-term deferred revenue remains relatively steady with slight growth over the entire timeframe, typically fluctuating between 7.9 and 12.4 billion USD. This supports the notion of ongoing long-term contractual obligations that contribute to the company’s revenue recognition patterns.
- Other long-term liabilities
- Other long-term liabilities slightly increase over time, rising from approximately 2.1 billion USD to 3.1 billion USD. The moderate growth indicates an expansion in miscellaneous long-term obligations which may include pension liabilities, legal reserves, or other accruals.
- Total long-term liabilities
- Total long-term liabilities show a decreasing trend until 2023, followed by a pronounced increase in 2024, reaching upward of 38 billion USD. This reflects the combined effect of changes in debt, deferred revenue, and other long-term obligations, highlighting increased long-term financial commitments recently.
- Total liabilities
- Total liabilities generally trend upward with marked volatility, peaking at nearly 79 billion USD in 2024. The sharp increase during this period is driven predominantly by growth in current liabilities and a spike in long-term debt, indicating amplified financial leverage or contractual obligations.
- Common stock and additional paid-in capital
- Equity attributed to common stock and additional paid-in capital steadily increases from about 40.3 billion USD to over 48 billion USD, reflecting gradual capital infusions or retained earnings reinvested, consistent with equity strengthening over time.
- Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)
- Retained earnings shift from a significant negative balance in 2019 to positive territory by mid-2021, followed by variability without a clear upward or downward trend. This movement indicates recovery and improvement in accumulated profits, but recent volatility suggests periods of net losses or dividend payments affecting cumulative earnings.
- Accumulated other comprehensive loss
- The accumulated other comprehensive loss oscillates without a strong directional trend, ranging approximately between -2000 million USD and -700 million USD. This balance reflects unrealized gains and losses on items such as foreign currency translations or hedging instruments that fluctuate with market conditions.
- Total equity
- Total equity increases consistently from about 34.4 billion USD in late 2019 to over 46 billion USD by early 2025, denoting overall growth in shareholder value despite fluctuations in retained earnings and comprehensive income components.
- Total liabilities and equity
- The sum of liabilities and equity rises steadily from approximately 92.5 billion USD to over 122 billion USD by 2024, indicating overall balance sheet growth driven by expanded liabilities and strengthened equity positions, which together suggest increasing scale of operations and financial activity.