Cisco Systems Incorporated operates in the Telephone and telegraph apparatus sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Cisco Systems with three other audio-visual equipment producers in North America: Toshiba Corporation (2019 sales of $33.28 billion of which 34% was Infrastructure system solution), Sony Corporation ($78.08 billion of which 26% was Game&Network service), and Nokia Oy ($26.06 billion of which 78% was Nokia Networks Total).

Sales Analysis. Cisco Systems reported sales of $51.90 billion for the fiscal year ending July of 2019. This represents an increase of 5.2% versus 2018, when the company's sales were $49.33 billion. Sales of Security saw an increase that was more than double the company's growth rate: sales were up 16.0% in 2019, from $2.35 billion to $2.73 billion. Cisco Systems also saw significant increases in sales in Infrastructure Platforms (up 6.8% to $30.19 billion) and Applications (up 15.3% to $5.80 billion) . Not all segments of Cisco Systems experienced an increase in sales in 2019: sales of Other Products fell 73.2% to $281.00 million. (However, this segment's sales were only a very small portion of the company's overall sales).