Cisco Systems price to free cash flow CSCO

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 32.9×
10-year median: 15.0×
Against its 10-year history: 95th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 10.2× to 40.7×
Peer median: 55.8×

Cisco Systems' price to free cash flow is 32.9× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 15.0×, higher than on 95% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 10.2× in Nov 2023 to 40.7× in Jun 2026.

The median for 3 communication equipment stocks of a similar size is 55.8×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 15×

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

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	32.9×	22.9×	40.7×
2025	24.3×	16.9×	24.3×
2024	20.8×	11.3×	22.7×
2023	11.7×	10.2×	15.8×
2022	14.8×	12.9×	18.3×
2021	18.9×	12.4×	18.9×
2020	12.4×	10.2×	14.1×
2019	13.7×	12.6×	18.9×
2018	14.3×	14.0×	17.6×
2017	14.2×	12.0×	14.3×
2016	12.3×	10.0×	12.8×
2015	11.9×	11.4×	13.8×
2014	13.3×	9.6×	13.3×
2013	9.9×	9.1×	12.9×
2012	9.8×	8.3×	11.3×
2011	10.1×	8.9×	13.3×
2010	12.2×	11.5×	14.8×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to free cash flow
CSCOCisco Systems	32.9×
MSIMotorola Solutions	29.8×
LITELumentum	226×
CIENCiena	55.8×
Peer median	55.8×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.