SuperworthCisco Systems dividend yield CSCO
Dividends per share over the last twelve months divided by the share price, since 2011.
- Today, Oct 23, 2026
- 1.57%
- 10-year median
- 2.9%
- Against its 10-year history
- 4th
- percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
- 10-year range
- 1.4% to 4.0%
- Peer median
- 1.0%
Cisco Systems pays 1.57% of its share price in dividends over a year, as of Oct 23, 2026.
That is below its ten-year median of 2.9%, lower than on 96% of days in the last ten years.
Over that time it ranged from 1.4% in Jun 2026 to 4.0% in Oct 2020.
The median for 3 communication equipment stocks of a similar size is 1.0%.
Dividend yield over time
The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.
Year by year
| Year | End of year | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 1.6% | 1.4% | 2.2% |
| 2025 | 2.1% | 2.1% | 3.0% |
| 2024 | 2.7% | 2.7% | 3.5% |
| 2023 | 3.1% | 2.7% | 3.3% |
| 2022 | 3.2% | 2.4% | 3.8% |
| 2021 | 2.3% | 2.3% | 3.2% |
| 2020 | 3.2% | 2.9% | 4.0% |
| 2019 | 2.9% | 2.3% | 3.1% |
| 2018 | 3.0% | 2.5% | 3.1% |
| 2017 | 3.0% | 2.9% | 3.6% |
| 2016 | 3.3% | 2.9% | 3.7% |
| 2015 | 3.0% | 2.6% | 3.2% |
| 2014 | 2.6% | 2.6% | 3.2% |
| 2013 | 3.0% | 2.0% | 3.2% |
| 2012 | 2.3% | 1.1% | 2.3% |
| 2011 | 1.0% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
Against its peers
Companies in Communication Equipment nearest Cisco Systems' size, closest first, today.
| Company | Dividend yield |
|---|---|
| CSCOCisco Systems | 1.57% |
| MSIMotorola Solutions | 1.00% |
| LITELumentum | n/m |
| CIENCiena | n/m |
| Peer median | 1.00% |
Where Cisco Systems ranks
What the dividend yield tells you
Yearly dividends per share divided by the share price.
A yield that suddenly looks high often means the price fell because the dividend is at risk.
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