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Cisco Systems (Cisco Systems) 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate

: 2.70% (As of Jan. 2024)
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Cisco Systems's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $0.39.

The historical rank and industry rank for Cisco Systems's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate or its related term are showing as below:

CSCO' s 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.7   Med: 14   Max: 81.7
Current: 2.7

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Cisco Systems was 81.70% per year. The lowest was 2.70% per year. And the median was 14.00% per year.

CSCO's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate is ranked worse than
72.92% of 890 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 14.15 vs CSCO: 2.70

During the past 12 months, Cisco Systems's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 2.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 2.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 4.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 9.80% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.

Cisco Systems's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was 0.58. As of today, Cisco Systems's Dividend Yield % is 3.25%.

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Competitive Comparison

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Cisco Systems's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Cisco Systems 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Distribution

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Cisco Systems's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cisco Systems's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate falls into.



Cisco Systems 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Calculation

This is the average annual rate that a company has been raising its dividends. The growth rate is calculated with expontential compound based on the latest four year annual data.

Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.


Cisco Systems  (NAS:CSCO) 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Explanation

1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

Cisco Systems's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Jan. 2024 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=0.39/ 0.675
=0.58

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Cisco Systems was 42.76. The lowest was 0.44. And the median was 0.52.

2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Cisco Systems Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.4002024-04-032024-04-042024-04-24Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.3902024-01-032024-01-042024-01-24Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.3902023-10-032023-10-042023-10-25Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.3902023-07-052023-07-062023-07-26Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

Cisco Systems's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Dividend Yield %=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.57/48.1014
=3.26 %

Current Share Price is $48.1014.
Cisco Systems's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.57.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Cisco Systems was 3.96%. The lowest was 2.04%. And the median was 2.96%.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


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Cisco Systems (Cisco Systems) Business Description

Industry
Address
170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA, USA, 95134-1706
Cisco Systems is the largest provider of networking equipment in the world and one of the largest software companies in the world. Its largest businesses are selling networking hardware and software (where it has leading market shares) and cybersecurity software like firewalls. It also has collaboration products, like its Webex suite, and observability tools. It primarily outsources its manufacturing to third parties and has a large sales and marketing staff—25,000 strong across 90 countries. Overall, Cisco employees 80,000 employees and sells its products globally.
Executives
Richard Scott Herren officer: EVP and CFO 851 WEST CYPRESS CREEK ROAD, FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33309
Maria Victoria Wong officer: SVP & Chief Acctg Officer C/O CISCO SYSTEMS, INC., 170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Deborah L Stahlkopf officer: EVP and Chief Legal Officer C/O CISCO SYSTEMS, INC., 170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Jeffery S. Sharritts officer: EVP & Chief Cust & Prtnr Offcr 1200 ABERNATHY RD., NE, STE 1200, ATLANTA GA 30328
Mark Garrett director 106 EAST BABCOCK STREET SUITE 3A, BOZEMAN MT 59715
Maria Martinez officer: EVP, Chief Customer Exp Offcr THE LANDMARK @ 1 MARKET STREET, SUITE 300, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Charles Robbins officer: SVP, Worldwide Sales 170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Daniel H Schulman director C/O PAYPAL HOLDINGS, INC., 2211 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Roderick C Mcgeary director 1421 MCCRTHY BLVD, MILPITAS CA 95035
Prat Bhatt officer: VP, Corporate Controller & PAO 170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Kristina M Johnson director 19 HEATH PL, DURHAM NC 27705
Sarah Rae Murphy director C/O CISCO SYSTEMS, INC., 170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Geraldine Elliott officer: EVP, Chief Sales & Mktg Offcr 1194 N. MATHILDA AVE., SUNNYVALE CA 94089
M Michele Burns director C/O MARSH &MCLENNAN COMPANIES, INC., 1166 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036-2774
Mark D Chandler officer: SVP, LglSrvs, GenCnsl & Secty 170 W TASMAN DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95134