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Cisco Systems (BSP:CSCO34) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 17.94 (As of Jun. 06, 2025)


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What is Cisco Systems Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-06), Cisco Systems's current share price is R$74.98. Cisco Systems's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2025 was R$4.18. Cisco Systems's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 17.94.

The historical rank and industry rank for Cisco Systems's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

BSP:CSCO34' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 11.92   Med: 15.92   Max: 24.74
Current: 17.46

During the past years, Cisco Systems's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 24.74. The lowest was 11.92. And the median was 15.92.

BSP:CSCO34's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
66.87% of 1005 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 27.34 vs BSP:CSCO34: 17.46

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Cisco Systems's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Apr. 2025 was R$1.098. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is R$4.18 for the trailing ten years ended in Apr. 2025.

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Cisco Systems Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cisco Systems's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* 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 Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Cisco Systems Annual Data
Trend Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23 Jul24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 18.00 18.97 14.03 14.79 13.48

Cisco Systems Quarterly Data
Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25 Apr25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 13.13 13.48 15.07 16.65 15.60

Competitive Comparison of Cisco Systems's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Cisco Systems's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Cisco Systems's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cisco Systems's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Cisco Systems Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Cisco Systems's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=74.98/4.18
=17.94

* 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.

Cisco Systems's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Cisco Systems's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Apr. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Apr. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Apr. 2025)
=1.098/135.3468*135.3468
=1.098

Current CPI (Apr. 2025) = 135.3468.

Cisco Systems Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201507 0.481 100.691 0.647
201510 0.380 100.346 0.513
201601 0.574 99.957 0.777
201604 0.388 100.947 0.520
201607 0.460 101.524 0.613
201610 0.309 101.988 0.410
201701 0.446 102.456 0.589
201704 0.391 103.167 0.513
201707 0.483 103.278 0.633
201710 0.372 104.070 0.484
201801 0.503 104.578 0.651
201804 0.306 105.708 0.392
201807 0.613 106.324 0.780
201810 0.579 106.695 0.734
201901 0.586 106.200 0.747
201904 0.724 107.818 0.909
201907 0.659 108.250 0.824
201910 0.647 108.577 0.807
202001 0.704 108.841 0.875
202004 1.019 108.173 1.275
202007 0.894 109.318 1.107
202010 1.040 109.861 1.281
202101 0.707 110.364 0.867
202104 0.974 112.673 1.170
202107 1.059 115.183 1.244
202110 0.863 116.696 1.001
202201 0.618 118.619 0.705
202204 0.811 121.978 0.900
202207 0.914 125.002 0.990
202210 0.966 125.734 1.040
202301 1.153 126.223 1.236
202304 1.209 127.992 1.278
202307 1.347 128.974 1.414
202310 0.553 129.810 0.577
202401 0.154 130.124 0.160
202404 0.961 132.289 0.983
202407 0.971 132.708 0.990
202410 0.966 133.182 0.982
202501 0.610 134.029 0.616
202504 1.098 135.347 1.098

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Cisco Systems  (BSP:CSCO34) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Cisco Systems Business Description

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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 such as 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 employs 80,000 people and sells its products globally.

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