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Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO)

Cash Flow Statement 
Quarterly Data

The cash flow statement provides information about a company cash receipts and cash payments during an accounting period, showing how these cash flows link the ending cash balance to the beginning balance shown on the company balance sheet.

The cash flow statement consists of three parts: cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities, cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities, and cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities.

Cisco Systems Inc., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: Jan 24, 2026 Oct 25, 2025 Jul 26, 2025 Apr 26, 2025 Jan 25, 2025 Oct 26, 2024 Jul 27, 2024 Apr 27, 2024 Jan 27, 2024 Oct 28, 2023 Jul 29, 2023 Apr 29, 2023 Jan 28, 2023 Oct 29, 2022 Jul 30, 2022 Apr 30, 2022 Jan 29, 2022 Oct 30, 2021 Jul 31, 2021 May 1, 2021 Jan 23, 2021 Oct 24, 2020 Jul 25, 2020 Apr 25, 2020 Jan 25, 2020 Oct 26, 2019
Net income 3,175 2,860 2,550 2,491 2,428 2,711 2,162 1,886 2,634 3,638 3,958 3,212 2,773 2,670 2,815 3,044 2,973 2,980 3,009 2,863 2,545 2,174 2,636 2,774 2,878 2,926
Depreciation, amortization, and other 659 606 635 626 761 789 823 861 422 401 422 451 438 415 430 478 516 533 489 486 436 451 444 446 457 461
Share-based compensation expense 934 1,055 948 945 921 827 800 811 802 661 633 623 601 496 479 477 477 453 424 463 436 438 399 391 384 395
Provision for (benefit from) receivables 12 (3) 7 10 8 (1) 15 7 8 4 20 5 (1) 7 6 41 7 1 (2) 6 (23) 13 33 14 (4) 50
Deferred income taxes (89) 25 (341) (410) (101) (281) (727) 571 (303) (513) (742) (498) (479) (366) (142) (29) (40) (98) (295) 2 29 (120) (141) (25) 47 81
(Gains) losses on divestitures, investments and other, net (59) (178) (90) 57 55 (60) (9) 19 116 89 (37) 134 (22) 131 17 (147) (112) (211) (153) (115) (27) (59) 47 (23) (154) (8)
Accounts receivable (1,803) 1,857 (1,428) 437 (1,258) 2,227 (1,575) 345 (38) 979 (760) 101 274 1,119 (875) 174 (735) 427 (1,357) 5 (281) 1,526 (881) (310) 569 515
Inventories (527) (234) (332) 100 212 229 (255) 88 135 307 (175) (325) (461) (108) (347) (177) (231) (275) 16 (115) (124) (21) (59) 118 (9) 34
Financing receivables 192 (312) (291) 175 157 173 (16) 125 (58) 25 (24) 292 278 556 (190) 190 569 672 417 412 581 167 (1,177) (28) 262 146
Other assets (50) (592) 17 (89) (237) (190) (289) 21 (113) (290) 433 (218) 106 (316) (320) (515) (610) (170) (564) (21) 47 (259) (49) 15 71 59
Accounts payable 344 (108) 267 349 (90) (269) 210 176 (241) (235) (129) 114 42 (1) 196 (157) (93) (77) 382 (431) 73 (183) 450 (81) (45)
Income taxes, net (2,375) (128) 163 283 (1,479) (806) 684 (567) (2,883) (1,773) 98 1,002 98 20 40 146 (893) 17 279 8 (752) (84) 378 307 (677) (330)
Accrued compensation 419 (539) 378 (138) 461 (754) 396 (329) 145 (908) 626 171 238 (384) 303 (293) 148 (585) 498 20 290 (165) 142 301 (48) (473)
Deferred revenue 433 (723) 772 31 416 (971) 1,009 (82) 34 259 1,271 422 711 (78) 1,036 90 297 (95) 1,297 37 271 (45) 1,678 97 78 158
Other liabilities 557 (374) 979 (810) (13) 37 502 39 148 (273) 372 (267) 185 (242) 426 (14) 252 (129) 523 (553) (23) 7 535 (290) 27 (382)
Change in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions and divestitures (2,810) (1,153) 525 338 (1,831) (324) 666 (184) (2,871) (1,909) 1,712 1,292 1,429 609 72 (203) (1,360) (231) 1,032 175 (422) 1,199 384 660 192 (318)
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities (1,353) 352 1,684 1,566 (187) 950 1,568 2,085 (1,826) (1,267) 2,008 2,007 1,966 1,292 862 617 (512) 447 1,495 1,017 429 1,922 1,166 1,463 922 661
Net cash provided by operating activities 1,822 3,212 4,234 4,057 2,241 3,661 3,730 3,971 808 2,371 5,966 5,219 4,739 3,962 3,677 3,661 2,461 3,427 4,504 3,880 2,974 4,096 3,802 4,237 3,800 3,587
Purchases of investments (2,244) (1,984) (1,523) (805) (486) (1,775) (1,186) (791) (403) (1,850) (3,219) (3,855) (1,854) (1,943) (687) (1,446) (986) (2,951) (1,473) (1,830) (2,269) (3,756) (2,332) (2,630) (2,222) (2,028)
Proceeds from sales of investments 176 1,269 415 437 301 1,490 262 1,390 1,204 1,280 252 215 180 407 172 1,086 822 580 649 1,350 717 657 894 1,327 1,068 2,342
Proceeds from maturities of investments 1,081 1,222 958 1,282 1,539 1,164 563 1,760 1,547 2,497 2,189 1,473 1,345 971 1,378 1,123 1,329 1,856 1,964 3,072 1,948 1,425 2,267 1,664 2,078 1,966
Acquisitions, net of cash and cash equivalents acquired and divestitures (39) (7) (34) (40) (217) (120) (24,996) (2) (876) (205) (93) (3) (12) (25) (336) (705) (5,473) (30) (830) (90) (74) (163)
Purchases of investments in privately held companies (47) (18) (118) (128) (95) (42) (202) (32) (37) (13) (23) (92) (22) (48) (28) (34) (23) (101) (37) (43) (27) (68) (47) (46) (43) (54)
Return of investments in privately held companies 36 19 198 14 17 77 56 23 76 47 18 33 29 10 88 45 51 53 98 38 29 29 11 122 34 57
Acquisition of property and equipment (283) (323) (217) (261) (210) (217) (198) (168) (170) (134) (233) (270) (170) (176) (139) (106) (110) (122) (162) (172) (187) (171) (208) (171) (189) (202)
Other 14 (22) 14 (4) (1) (3) (1) (2) 1 1 (5) 1 (20) 85 (3) (7) 1 14 (47) 1 4 4 44 117 4
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (1,306) 156 (273) 505 1,022 479 (828) (22,815) 2,213 952 (1,220) (2,594) (494) (799) 869 653 1,051 (1,020) 348 (3,105) 182 (2,710) 499 236 843 1,922
Issuances of common stock 354 416 320 367 (2) 349 384 316 354 306 336 1 305 1 320 1 332 2
Repurchases of common stock, repurchase program (1,363) (1,992) (1,252) (1,505) (1,240) (2,003) (2,015) (1,268) (1,204) (1,300) (1,264) (1,269) (1,204) (556) (2,342) (242) (4,832) (273) (781) (527) (769) (800) (1,011) (864) (784)
Shares repurchased for tax withholdings on vesting of restricted stock units (784) (284) (312) (255) (490) (165) (227) (184) (428) (153) (153) (134) (202) (108) (146) (135) (278) (133) (217) (102) (228) (89) (208) (82) (243) (194)
Short-term borrowings, original maturities of 90 days or less, net (510) 1,260 448 (1,491) 944 68 (1,069) 149 1,398 (602) 597 (950) 959 (5) (3,470)
Issuances of debt 2,682 1,559 1,904 6,982 4,674 5,732 7,659 21,622 2,537 1,049
Repayments of debt (204) (2,788) (3,528) (7,163) (6,561) (4,821) (7,631) (1,445) (750) (500) (500) (1,050) (2,000) (3,000) (1,500) (2,500) (2,720)
Repayments of Splunk convertible debt, net of capped call proceeds (3,140)
Dividends paid (1,617) (1,617) (1,625) (1,627) (1,593) (1,592) (1,606) (1,615) (1,583) (1,580) (1,589) (1,593) (1,560) (1,560) (1,567) (1,555) (1,541) (1,561) (1,562) (1,560) (1,521) (1,520) (1,525) (1,519) (1,486) (1,486)
Other 3 (1) (78) 1 (3) 15 (45) 10 (17) (28) 1 24 (29) (14) (68) (37) (3) (40) (31) 35 35 54 9 4 (16)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (1,439) (3,863) (3,949) (5,137) (3,945) (2,784) (4,507) 14,072 1,079 (3,800) (2,650) (3,495) (2,626) (2,855) (3,618) (4,000) (4,374) (3,970) (2,269) (5,219) (2,178) (2,373) (2,859) (2,602) (4,757) (8,668)
Effect of foreign currency exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents (19) (14) (20) (15) (18) 10 8 (7) 13 (45) (15) (93) 98 (95) (58) (97) (25)
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents (942) (509) (8) (590) (700) 1,366 (1,597) (4,779) 4,113 (522) 2,081 (963) 1,717 213 870 217 (887) (1,563) 2,583 (4,444) 978 (987) 1,442 1,871 (114) (3,159)

Based on: 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), 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).


Over the observed period, net income exhibited fluctuations, generally ranging between approximately $2.4 billion and $3.9 billion. A notable dip occurred in the October 2022 quarter, followed by a recovery in subsequent periods. Share-based compensation expense demonstrated a consistent upward trend, nearly tripling from approximately $395 million in late 2019 to over $1,000 million in the final quarters of the observed period. Provision for receivables showed variability, oscillating between positive and negative values, indicating changes in credit risk assessment. Deferred income taxes were highly volatile, with significant negative values in several quarters, potentially impacting cash flow.

Operating cash flow generally remained positive throughout the period, typically between $3.4 billion and $5.9 billion, although it experienced periods of decline. Investing activities consistently involved substantial purchases of investments, often exceeding proceeds from sales, resulting in significant net cash outflows. Financing activities were characterized by substantial negative cash flow, primarily driven by significant share repurchases and debt repayments. A large positive inflow from debt issuances was observed in the January 2025 quarter, followed by substantial repayments.

Net Income Trend
Net income peaked in the July 2021 quarter at $3.009 billion, experienced a decline through late 2022 and early 2023, and then showed some recovery, though remaining below the peak. The January 2024 and April 2024 quarters showed particularly low net income figures.
Share-Based Compensation
A clear and consistent upward trend in share-based compensation expense is evident. This suggests an increasing reliance on equity-based compensation, potentially impacting future earnings per share. The expense more than doubled over the period.
Operating Cash Flow Drivers
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities were consistently positive and substantial, indicating non-cash items significantly contributed to operating cash flow. Changes in operating assets and liabilities also played a significant role, with large fluctuations observed throughout the period.
Investing Activities
The consistent net cash outflow from investing activities, primarily due to purchases of investments, suggests a strategic focus on long-term growth through investment. However, the large acquisition activity in the January 2026 quarter resulted in a substantial cash outflow.
Financing Activities
Significant share repurchases consistently drove negative cash flow from financing activities. The substantial debt issuance in January 2025 was followed by aggressive debt repayment, indicating a shift in capital structure management. Dividend payments also represented a consistent and substantial cash outflow.
Foreign Exchange Impact
The effect of foreign currency exchange rate changes on cash was relatively small, though consistently negative, suggesting a modest adverse impact from currency fluctuations.

Overall, the observed period demonstrates a company generating substantial operating cash flow, strategically investing in growth, and actively managing its capital structure through share repurchases and debt management. The volatility in deferred income taxes and the increasing share-based compensation expense warrant further investigation.

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