Cisco Systems (Cisco Systems) Operating Income

: $15,996 Mil (TTM As of Jan. 2024)

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Cisco Systems's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $3,108 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $15,996 Mil.

Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. Cisco Systems's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $3,108 Mil. Cisco Systems's Revenue for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $12,791 Mil. Therefore, Cisco Systems's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 24.30%.

Good Sign:

Cisco Systems Inc operating margin is expanding. Margin expansion is usually a good sign.

Cisco Systems's 5-Year average Growth Rate for Operating Margin % was 0.50% per year.

Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. Cisco Systems's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 12.34%. Cisco Systems's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 654.73%.

Cisco Systems Operating Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cisco Systems's Operating Income can be seen below:

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Cisco Systems Annual Data

Trend

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Jul23

Operating Income

14,541.00

14,101.00

13,719.00

13,975.00

15,562.00

Cisco Systems Quarterly Data
	Apr19	Jul19	Oct19	Jan20	Apr20	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24
Operating Income																3,535.00	4,033.00	4,456.00	4,399.00	3,108.00

Cisco Systems Operating Income Calculation

Operating Income, is the profit a company earned through operations. All expenses, including cash expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), research & development, wages, and non-cash expenses, such as depreciation, depletion and amortization, have been deducted from the sales.

Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $15,996 Mil.

Cisco Systems (NAS:CSCO) Operating Income Explanation

1. Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

Cisco Systems's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

	ROC % (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=	NOPAT	/	Average Invested Capital
=	Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )	/	( (Invested Capital (Q: Oct. 2023 )	+	Invested Capital (Q: Jan. 2024 ))	/ count )
=	12432 * ( 1 - 16.67% )	/	( (81694	+	86174)	/ 2 )
=	10359.5856	/	83934
=	12.34 %

where

	Invested Capital		(Q: Oct. 2023 )
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	Excess Cash
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	-	max(0, Total Current Liabilities	-	Total Current Assets	+	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	))
=	98782	-	4464	-	( 23523	-	max(0, 27035	-	39659	+	23523	))
=	81694

	Invested Capital		(Q: Jan. 2024 )
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	Excess Cash
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	-	max(0, Total Current Liabilities	-	Total Current Assets	+	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	))
=	101174	-	3724	-	( 25671	-	max(0, 30851	-	42127	+	25671	))
=	86174

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Jan. 2024) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

Cisco Systems's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

	ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %		(Q: Jan. 2024 )
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Net fixed Assets	+	Net Working Capital)
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment	+	Net Working Capital)
			Q: Oct. 2023		Q: Jan. 2024
=	EBIT	/	( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital)	+	(Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )	/	count )
=	13124	/	( ( (2004 + max(-13323, 0))	+	(2005 + max(-12935, 0)) )	/	2 )
=	13124	/	( ( 2004	+	2005 )	/	2 )
=	13124	/	2004.5
=	654.73 %

where Working Capital is:

	Working Capital		(Q: Oct. 2023 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(4833	+	3342	+	4547)	-	(4464	+	13812	+	7769)
=	-13323

	Working Capital		(Q: Jan. 2024 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(4884	+	3209	+	4887)	-	(3724	+	14011	+	8180)
=	-12935

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Jan. 2024) EBIT data.

3. Operating Income is also linked to Operating Margin %:

Cisco Systems's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %	=	Operating Income (Q: Jan. 2024 )	/	Revenue (Q: Jan. 2024 )
	=	3108	/	12791
	=	24.30 %

4. 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 Operating Income growth rate using Operating Income per share data.

Be Aware

Compared with a company's EBITDA margin, Operating Margin can be manipulated by adjusting the rate of depreciation, depletion and amortization (DDA).

If a company is facing competition, its Operating Margin may decline. Often the Operating Margin declines well before the company's revenue or even profit decline. Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important indicator of whether the company is facing problems.

For instance, by 2012, Nokia (NOK)'s problems were well known and its stock had lost more than 90% of its market value since 2007. But Nokia's Operating Margin had already been in decline since 2002, although its earnings per share were still rising. Investors who paid attention to Operating Margin would have avoided this huge loss. The same can be said for Research-in-Motion (RIMM).

Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important screening filter for GuruFocus. GuruFocus's Buffett-Munger screener requires that the profit margin is either consistent or expanding. The Model Portfolio of the Buffett-Munger screener has outperformed the market every year since inception in 2009.

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170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA, USA, 95134-1706

Website

https://www.cisco.com

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