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: ViaSat, Inc. (2021 sales of $2.26 billion of which 47% was Government Systems), Fabrinet of CAYMAN ISLANDS (1.56 billion Cayman Dollars [US$1.88 billion] of which 77% was Optical communications), and Ubiquiti Inc ($1.90 billion of which 67% was Enterprise Technology).

Sales Analysis. During the third calendar quarter of 2021, sales at Cisco Systems totalled $13.13 billion. This is an increase of 8.0% from the $12.15 billion in sales at the company during the third quarter of 2020. This was the biggest same quarter rise in sales at Cisco Systems in the previous 32 quarters. During the first three quarters of 2021, sales totalled $37.89 billion, which is 4.8% higher than through the first three calendar quarters of 2020. Cisco Systems reported sales of $49.82 billion for the fiscal year ending July of 2021. This represents a very small increase of 1.0% versus 2020, when the company's sales were $49.30 billion. Despite this increase, sales are still below the level achieved in 2019, when Cisco Systems reported sales of $51.90 billion. The sales level in 2021 was fairly close to the level five years ago: in 2016, Cisco Systems had sales of $49.25 billion.