Analysis of Liquidity Ratios
Quarterly Data
Liquidity ratios measure the company ability to meet its short-term obligations.
Liquidity Ratios (Summary)
Cisco Systems Inc., liquidity ratios (quarterly data)
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-10-26), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-07-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-04-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-01-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-07-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-01-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-07-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-01-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-05-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-01-23), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-24), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-07-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-01-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-10-26), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-07-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-04-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-01-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-10-27).
| Liquidity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as current assets divided by current liabilities. | Cisco Systems Inc. current ratio improved from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024 but then deteriorated significantly from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025. |
| Quick ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments plus receivables) divided by current liabilities. | Cisco Systems Inc. quick ratio improved from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024 but then deteriorated significantly from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025. |
| Cash ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments) divided by current liabilities. | Cisco Systems Inc. cash ratio deteriorated from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024 but then improved from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 not reaching Q3 2024 level. |
Current Ratio
Cisco Systems Inc., current ratio calculation (quarterly data)
| Oct 26, 2024 | Jul 27, 2024 | Apr 27, 2024 | Jan 27, 2024 | Oct 28, 2023 | Jul 29, 2023 | Apr 29, 2023 | Jan 28, 2023 | Oct 29, 2022 | Jul 30, 2022 | Apr 30, 2022 | Jan 29, 2022 | Oct 30, 2021 | Jul 31, 2021 | May 1, 2021 | Jan 23, 2021 | Oct 24, 2020 | Jul 25, 2020 | Apr 25, 2020 | Jan 25, 2020 | Oct 26, 2019 | Jul 27, 2019 | Apr 27, 2019 | Jan 26, 2019 | Oct 27, 2018 | |||||||||
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| Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current assets | 35,752) | 36,862) | 35,886) | 42,127) | 39,659) | 43,348) | 39,950) | 38,515) | 36,141) | 36,717) | 35,981) | 36,799) | 37,588) | 39,112) | 37,060) | 43,911) | 42,989) | 43,573) | 41,307) | 40,053) | 41,716) | 47,755) | 47,311) | 53,117) | 55,686) | ||||||||
| Current liabilities | 40,542) | 40,584) | 40,108) | 30,851) | 27,035) | 31,309) | 28,719) | 27,252) | 24,896) | 25,640) | 24,150) | 25,915) | 23,238) | 26,257) | 24,262) | 27,268) | 26,991) | 25,331) | 25,937) | 22,088) | 24,597) | 31,712) | 27,913) | 29,479) | 26,414) | ||||||||
| Liquidity Ratio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ratio1 | 0.88 | 0.91 | 0.89 | 1.37 | 1.47 | 1.38 | 1.39 | 1.41 | 1.45 | 1.43 | 1.49 | 1.42 | 1.62 | 1.49 | 1.53 | 1.61 | 1.59 | 1.72 | 1.59 | 1.81 | 1.70 | 1.51 | 1.69 | 1.80 | 2.11 | ||||||||
| Benchmarks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current Ratio, Competitors2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Apple Inc. | — | 0.87 | 0.95 | 1.04 | 1.07 | 0.99 | 0.98 | 0.94 | 0.94 | 0.88 | 0.86 | 0.93 | 1.04 | 1.07 | 1.06 | 1.14 | 1.16 | 1.36 | 1.47 | 1.50 | 1.60 | 1.54 | 1.50 | 1.32 | 1.30 | ||||||||
| Arista Networks Inc. | — | — | 4.47 | 4.55 | 5.01 | 4.39 | 4.15 | 4.14 | 3.96 | 4.29 | 4.01 | 3.70 | 3.73 | 4.34 | 5.06 | 5.03 | 5.09 | 4.99 | 5.50 | 5.59 | 5.82 | 5.81 | 5.91 | 5.77 | 5.34 | ||||||||
| Dell Technologies Inc. | 0.73 | 0.74 | 0.76 | 0.77 | 0.80 | 0.82 | 0.75 | 0.77 | 0.78 | 0.80 | 0.82 | 0.79 | 0.77 | 0.80 | 0.77 | 0.76 | 0.82 | 0.70 | 0.71 | 0.75 | 0.77 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Super Micro Computer Inc. | — | — | 4.69 | 2.43 | 2.23 | 2.31 | 2.49 | 2.89 | 2.13 | 1.91 | 1.79 | 1.91 | 1.85 | 1.93 | 2.10 | 2.29 | 2.51 | 2.25 | 2.10 | 2.26 | 2.41 | 2.35 | 2.40 | 2.10 | 2.02 | ||||||||
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-10-26), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-07-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-04-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-01-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-07-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-01-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-07-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-01-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-05-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-01-23), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-24), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-07-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-01-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-10-26), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-07-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-04-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-01-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-10-27).
1 Q1 2025 Calculation
Current ratio = Current assets ÷ Current liabilities
= 35,752 ÷ 40,542 = 0.88
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| Liquidity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as current assets divided by current liabilities. | Cisco Systems Inc. current ratio improved from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024 but then deteriorated significantly from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025. |
Quick Ratio
Cisco Systems Inc., quick ratio calculation (quarterly data)
| Oct 26, 2024 | Jul 27, 2024 | Apr 27, 2024 | Jan 27, 2024 | Oct 28, 2023 | Jul 29, 2023 | Apr 29, 2023 | Jan 28, 2023 | Oct 29, 2022 | Jul 30, 2022 | Apr 30, 2022 | Jan 29, 2022 | Oct 30, 2021 | Jul 31, 2021 | May 1, 2021 | Jan 23, 2021 | Oct 24, 2020 | Jul 25, 2020 | Apr 25, 2020 | Jan 25, 2020 | Oct 26, 2019 | Jul 27, 2019 | Apr 27, 2019 | Jan 26, 2019 | Oct 27, 2018 | |||||||||
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| Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 9,065) | 7,508) | 8,913) | 13,715) | 9,602) | 10,123) | 8,044) | 9,009) | 7,292) | 7,079) | 6,952) | 6,731) | 7,619) | 9,175) | 7,350) | 11,793) | 10,822) | 11,809) | 10,366) | 8,475) | 8,587) | 11,750) | 10,251) | 9,835) | 8,410) | ||||||||
| Investments | 9,606) | 10,346) | 9,857) | 11,956) | 13,921) | 16,023) | 15,244) | 13,052) | 12,492) | 12,188) | 13,156) | 14,382) | 15,727) | 15,343) | 16,229) | 18,795) | 19,190) | 17,610) | 18,208) | 18,587) | 19,448) | 21,663) | 24,392) | 30,548) | 34,183) | ||||||||
| Accounts receivable, net of allowance | 4,457) | 6,685) | 5,127) | 4,884) | 4,833) | 5,854) | 5,104) | 5,237) | 5,439) | 6,622) | 5,783) | 6,003) | 5,306) | 5,766) | 4,425) | 4,307) | 3,980) | 5,472) | 4,569) | 4,330) | 4,878) | 5,491) | 3,795) | 3,745) | 4,536) | ||||||||
| Financing receivables, net | 3,123) | 3,338) | 3,443) | 3,476) | 3,414) | 3,352) | 3,402) | 3,557) | 3,683) | 3,905) | 3,804) | 3,997) | 4,070) | 4,380) | 4,648) | 5,027) | 5,105) | 5,051) | 4,703) | 4,827) | 5,026) | 5,095) | 5,029) | 5,057) | 4,851) | ||||||||
| Total quick assets | 26,251) | 27,877) | 27,340) | 34,031) | 31,770) | 35,352) | 31,794) | 30,855) | 28,906) | 29,794) | 29,695) | 31,113) | 32,722) | 34,664) | 32,652) | 39,922) | 39,097) | 39,942) | 37,846) | 36,219) | 37,939) | 43,999) | 43,467) | 49,185) | 51,980) | ||||||||
| Current liabilities | 40,542) | 40,584) | 40,108) | 30,851) | 27,035) | 31,309) | 28,719) | 27,252) | 24,896) | 25,640) | 24,150) | 25,915) | 23,238) | 26,257) | 24,262) | 27,268) | 26,991) | 25,331) | 25,937) | 22,088) | 24,597) | 31,712) | 27,913) | 29,479) | 26,414) | ||||||||
| Liquidity Ratio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Quick ratio1 | 0.65 | 0.69 | 0.68 | 1.10 | 1.18 | 1.13 | 1.11 | 1.13 | 1.16 | 1.16 | 1.23 | 1.20 | 1.41 | 1.32 | 1.35 | 1.46 | 1.45 | 1.58 | 1.46 | 1.64 | 1.54 | 1.39 | 1.56 | 1.67 | 1.97 | ||||||||
| Benchmarks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Quick Ratio, Competitors2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Apple Inc. | — | 0.75 | 0.80 | 0.87 | 0.92 | 0.84 | 0.81 | 0.76 | 0.77 | 0.71 | 0.70 | 0.76 | 0.88 | 0.91 | 0.89 | 0.97 | 1.02 | 1.22 | 1.31 | 1.30 | 1.44 | 1.38 | 1.35 | 1.13 | 1.14 | ||||||||
| Arista Networks Inc. | — | — | 3.52 | 3.47 | 3.67 | 3.16 | 2.86 | 2.73 | 2.65 | 3.05 | 2.89 | 2.73 | 2.97 | 3.54 | 4.23 | 4.24 | 4.33 | 4.25 | 4.73 | 4.94 | 5.22 | 5.22 | 5.28 | 4.95 | 4.46 | ||||||||
| Dell Technologies Inc. | 0.40 | 0.44 | 0.47 | 0.47 | 0.48 | 0.52 | 0.41 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.49 | 0.60 | 0.53 | 0.55 | 0.59 | 0.55 | 0.51 | 0.56 | 0.51 | 0.50 | 0.54 | 0.55 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Super Micro Computer Inc. | — | — | 2.19 | 1.12 | 0.87 | 1.16 | 0.95 | 1.17 | 0.72 | 0.75 | 0.62 | 0.62 | 0.66 | 0.72 | 0.75 | 0.95 | 1.06 | 0.87 | 0.81 | 1.00 | 1.01 | 1.06 | 0.88 | 0.76 | 0.75 | ||||||||
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-10-26), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-07-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-04-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-01-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-07-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-01-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-07-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-01-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-05-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-01-23), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-24), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-07-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-01-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-10-26), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-07-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-04-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-01-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-10-27).
1 Q1 2025 Calculation
Quick ratio = Total quick assets ÷ Current liabilities
= 26,251 ÷ 40,542 = 0.65
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| Liquidity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Quick ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments plus receivables) divided by current liabilities. | Cisco Systems Inc. quick ratio improved from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024 but then deteriorated significantly from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025. |
Cash Ratio
Cisco Systems Inc., cash ratio calculation (quarterly data)
| Oct 26, 2024 | Jul 27, 2024 | Apr 27, 2024 | Jan 27, 2024 | Oct 28, 2023 | Jul 29, 2023 | Apr 29, 2023 | Jan 28, 2023 | Oct 29, 2022 | Jul 30, 2022 | Apr 30, 2022 | Jan 29, 2022 | Oct 30, 2021 | Jul 31, 2021 | May 1, 2021 | Jan 23, 2021 | Oct 24, 2020 | Jul 25, 2020 | Apr 25, 2020 | Jan 25, 2020 | Oct 26, 2019 | Jul 27, 2019 | Apr 27, 2019 | Jan 26, 2019 | Oct 27, 2018 | |||||||||
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| Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 9,065) | 7,508) | 8,913) | 13,715) | 9,602) | 10,123) | 8,044) | 9,009) | 7,292) | 7,079) | 6,952) | 6,731) | 7,619) | 9,175) | 7,350) | 11,793) | 10,822) | 11,809) | 10,366) | 8,475) | 8,587) | 11,750) | 10,251) | 9,835) | 8,410) | ||||||||
| Investments | 9,606) | 10,346) | 9,857) | 11,956) | 13,921) | 16,023) | 15,244) | 13,052) | 12,492) | 12,188) | 13,156) | 14,382) | 15,727) | 15,343) | 16,229) | 18,795) | 19,190) | 17,610) | 18,208) | 18,587) | 19,448) | 21,663) | 24,392) | 30,548) | 34,183) | ||||||||
| Total cash assets | 18,671) | 17,854) | 18,770) | 25,671) | 23,523) | 26,146) | 23,288) | 22,061) | 19,784) | 19,267) | 20,108) | 21,113) | 23,346) | 24,518) | 23,579) | 30,588) | 30,012) | 29,419) | 28,574) | 27,062) | 28,035) | 33,413) | 34,643) | 40,383) | 42,593) | ||||||||
| Current liabilities | 40,542) | 40,584) | 40,108) | 30,851) | 27,035) | 31,309) | 28,719) | 27,252) | 24,896) | 25,640) | 24,150) | 25,915) | 23,238) | 26,257) | 24,262) | 27,268) | 26,991) | 25,331) | 25,937) | 22,088) | 24,597) | 31,712) | 27,913) | 29,479) | 26,414) | ||||||||
| Liquidity Ratio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash ratio1 | 0.46 | 0.44 | 0.47 | 0.83 | 0.87 | 0.84 | 0.81 | 0.81 | 0.79 | 0.75 | 0.83 | 0.81 | 1.00 | 0.93 | 0.97 | 1.12 | 1.11 | 1.16 | 1.10 | 1.23 | 1.14 | 1.05 | 1.24 | 1.37 | 1.61 | ||||||||
| Benchmarks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash Ratio, Competitors2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Apple Inc. | — | 0.37 | 0.47 | 0.54 | 0.55 | 0.42 | 0.50 | 0.47 | 0.37 | 0.31 | 0.37 | 0.40 | 0.43 | 0.50 | 0.57 | 0.66 | 0.58 | 0.86 | 0.98 | 0.98 | 1.05 | 0.95 | 1.05 | 0.85 | 0.80 | ||||||||
| Arista Networks Inc. | — | — | 3.05 | 2.90 | 3.06 | 2.62 | 2.41 | 2.26 | 2.10 | 2.34 | 2.37 | 2.27 | 2.50 | 3.07 | 3.79 | 3.82 | 3.85 | 3.74 | 4.28 | 4.35 | 4.60 | 4.56 | 4.46 | 4.30 | 3.96 | ||||||||
| Dell Technologies Inc. | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.17 | 0.32 | 0.21 | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.24 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.20 | 0.21 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Super Micro Computer Inc. | — | — | 1.23 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.21 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.47 | 0.51 | 0.30 | 0.38 | 0.46 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.30 | 0.16 | 0.14 | ||||||||
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-10-26), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-07-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-04-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-01-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-07-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-01-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-07-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-01-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-05-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-01-23), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-24), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-07-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-01-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-10-26), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-07-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-04-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-01-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-10-27).
1 Q1 2025 Calculation
Cash ratio = Total cash assets ÷ Current liabilities
= 18,671 ÷ 40,542 = 0.46
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| Liquidity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Cash ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments) divided by current liabilities. | Cisco Systems Inc. cash ratio deteriorated from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024 but then improved from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 not reaching Q3 2024 level. |