By Trefis Team
Publication Date: 2026-10-15 16:52:00
Cisco Systems (CSCO) posted a 17.6% sales increase for the quarter ended July 2026 compared with the same period a year earlier. This marks the fastest quarterly sales growth the company has recorded in ten years. Take a guess before reading on: how fast do Cisco’s sales grow in a normal quarter?
How Unusual Is This For Cisco?
The latest result is highly unusual. In a typical quarter over the last ten years, Cisco’s sales grew 4.5% from a year earlier. The latest quarter saw sales increase roughly four times as fast. Over this ten-year period, the company has seen sales fall in some quarters and grow in others.
| Quarter ended | Sales, change from the same quarter a year earlier |
|---|---|
| Jul 2017 | -4.0% |
| Jul 2018 | 5.9% |
| Jul 2019 | 4.5% |
| Jul 2020 | -9.5% |
| Jul 2021 | 8.0% |
| Jul 2022 | -0.183% |
| Jul 2023 | 16.0% |
| Jul 2024 | -10.3% |
| Jul 2025 | 7.6% |
| Jul 2026 | 17.6% |
One fiscal quarter in each row: the same fiscal quarter in each year, Jul 2017 to Jul 2026.
Cisco’s previous…
