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Cisco Systems Q3/2025 results

First of all: Sorry for the formatting, I can't get it any better on my cell phone. Writing in bold doesn't work, and line breaks are sometimes more than strange. I'll try to change that.


Financial highlights ($CSCO (+1.73%) )

Revenue: USD 14.1 billion, an increase of 11% compared to the previous year.

GAAP net income: USD 2.5 billion (USD 0.62 per share), an increase of 32% and 35% respectively.

Non-GAAP net income: USD 3.8 billion (USD 0.96 per share), an increase of 8% and 9% respectively.

Operating cash flow: USD 4.1 billion, an increase of 2%.


Business development

Product orders: Up 20% year-on-year; up 9% excluding Splunk.

AI infrastructure: Orders from Webscale customers exceeded USD 600 million and reached the annual target of USD 1 billion one quarter early.


Regional sales development:

Americas: +14 %

EMEA: +8 %

APJC: +9 %


Product categories:

Security: +54 %

Observability: +24 %

Networks: +8 %

Collaboration: +4 %


Margins and expenses


Gross margins (GAAP):

Total: 65.6 %

Products: 64.4

Services: 68.7 %


Gross margins (non-GAAP):

Total: 68.6

Products: 67.6

Services: 71.3 %


Operating expenses:

GAAP: USD 6.1 billion (42.9% of sales)

Non-GAAP: USD 4.8 billion (34.1% of sales)


Operating result:

GAAP: USD 3.2 billion (22.6% margin)

Non-GAAP: USD 4.9 billion (34.5% margin)


Outlook


Q4 FY2025 guidance:

Sales: USD 14.5-14.7 billion

GAAP-EPS: 0.62-0.67 USD

Non-GAAP EPS: USD 0.96-0.98


FY2025 overall forecast:

Revenue: USD 56.5-56.7 bn

GAAP-EPS: 2.53-2.58 USD

Non-GAAP EPS: USD 3.77-3.79


Dividend


Cisco has announced a quarterly dividend of $0.41 per share, payable on July 23, 2025 to shareholders of record on July 3, 2025.

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