CSCOCisco

$118.38+75% 1Y

Is the price fair?

Watch

A demanding price: priced for +14% a year vs +4% a year delivered and at the top of its own P/E range.

2 to watch, 1 neutral
What the price assumes~+14% a year

Priced for ~14% a year FCF growth. The price demands more than its three-year revenue growth of 4% a year, priced for acceleration.

Vs its own P/E rangedearest in 38 quartersderived

Expensive vs its own history: P/E 35.4 vs a 15.7 median over 38 quarters (+125% vs median).

Vs sector (EV/EBIT)31.1×

Sector median 30.5× across 203 covered peers. EV/EBIT counts debt as part of the price, so a cash-rich and a borrowed company can be compared on the same footing.

Unless marked, from derived, as of Jul 25, 2026.

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

P/E (valuation)behind 76% of the market
FCF yieldbehind 76% of the market

Where this answer is blind. The growth-implied estimate assumes a fixed discount rate; capital-heavy sectors look structurally rich on it.

What CSCO's price assumes

Cisco trades at 35.4× earnings against 39.8× for the median Communication Equipment name, cheaper than its own group.

35.4

Trailing P/E · Communication Equipment median 39.8 · cheaper than the typical name in its group

Price / sales
7.44

Price / sales · today's price, trailing year to Jul 25, 2026

Free cash flow yield
2.7%

Free cash flow yield · Communication Equipment median 3.0%

Growth the price implies
+14%

Growth the price implies · The price pays for +14% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; the business has delivered −12% a year over the last three.

Details›
Price / booktoday's price, trailing year to Jul 25, 2026
9.37
EV / EBITtoday's price, trailing year to Jul 25, 2026
31.1
EV / salestoday's price, trailing year to Jul 25, 2026
7.55
Technology median P/E459 names
37.7
Communication Equipment median P/E27 names
39.8
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
$12.8B
Market capitalisation
$471.2B
3-year revenue growth
+3.6%
3-year free cash flow growth
−12%
CSCO has re-rated away from its own history, so multiplying the old multiple by today's earnings prices a full reversal, not the business
MethodPer share
What its own history would implynot meaningful, 35.4× today against a 15.7× median
52-week range$66.10 – $130.00
Today$118.38

Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.