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Cisco Systems forward PE CSCO

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 1996.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
20.9×
10-year median
15.3×
Against its 10-year history
95th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
10.8× to 24.5×
Peer median
30.8×

Cisco Systems' forward PE is 20.9× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 15.3×, higher than on 95% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 10.8× in Sep 2022 to 24.5× in Jun 2026.

The median for 3 communication equipment stocks of a similar size is 30.8×.

Forward PE over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far20.9×16.2×24.5×
202517.2×14.0×17.9×
202415.7×12.8×15.8×
202314.9×11.9×16.3×
202212.2×10.8×18.5×
202119.1×13.7×19.1×
202013.9×11.5×16.8×
201916.4×13.8×18.8×
201813.7×13.4×17.7×
201715.6×12.7×15.7×
201613.2×10.7×14.1×
201512.7×12.2×14.3×
201413.8×11.1×13.8×
201311.6×10.7×13.7×
201210.5×8.8×12.3×
201111.1×9.7×15.9×
201014.6×13.7×17.2×
200915.2×11.9×16.9×
200813.6×12.5×19.4×
200719.4×19.4×24.4×

Against its peers

Companies in Communication Equipment nearest Cisco Systems' size, closest first, today.

CompanyForward PE
CSCOCisco Systems20.9×
MSIMotorola Solutions26.6×
LITELumentum34.8×
CIENCiena30.8×
Peer median30.8×

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What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.