Cisco Systems Shares Outstanding History (CSCO)

Cisco Systems reported 3.95B shares outstanding at the end of fiscal 2026.

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Cisco Systems annual shares outstanding history

Cisco Systems annual shares outstanding

Fiscal yearPeriod endedShares outstandingChangeGrowth
20262026-07-253.95B−14.0M−0.35%
20252025-07-263.96B−47.0M−1.17%
20242024-07-274.01B−59.0M−1.45%
20232023-07-294.07B−44.0M−1.07%
20222022-07-304.11B−107.0M−2.54%
20212021-07-314.22B−20.0M−0.47%
20202020-07-254.24B−13.0M−0.31%
20192019-07-274.25B−364.0M−7.89%
20182018-07-284.61B−369.0M−7.41%
20172017-07-294.98B−46.0M−0.91%
20162016-07-305.03B−56.0M−1.10%
20152015-07-255.08B−22.0M−0.43%
20142014-07-265.11B−282.0M−5.23%
20132013-07-275.39B91.0M+1.72%
20122012-07-285.30B−137.0M−2.52%
20112011-07-305.43B−220.0M−3.89%
20102010-07-315.66B−130.0M−2.25%
20092009-07-255.79B——

Cisco Systems Share Buyback History

A share buyback, also called a stock repurchase, is when a company uses cash to buy its own shares. Cisco Systems share buyback history shows the reported cash used for repurchases. Buybacks can reduce shares outstanding, but issuance, stock-based compensation, acquisitions, and stock splits can change the share count separately.

Cisco Systems used $6.11B to repurchase common stock in fy 2026. Across the latest 5 reported fiscal years, total share repurchases were $29.88B. The latest reported quarter showed $1.50B of share repurchases.

Cisco Systems annual share buyback history
Fiscal yearPeriod endedShare repurchases
20262026-07-25$6.11B
20252025-07-26$6.00B
20242024-07-27$5.79B
20232023-07-29$4.29B
20222022-07-30$7.69B
20212021-07-31$2.88B
20202020-07-25$2.66B
20192019-07-27$20.72B
20182018-07-28$17.55B
20172017-07-29$3.69B

TickerStat uses SEC-reported cash payments for common-stock repurchases. The amounts describe capital returned through buybacks; they are not a forecast or a measure of the number of shares retired.

Cisco Systems shares outstanding trends

Over the last five fiscal years, Cisco Systems's shares outstanding moved from 4.22B to 3.95B, a change of −271.0M. The latest reported quarter, Q4 2026, shows 3.95B.

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What shares outstanding means

Shares outstanding is the number of common shares held by investors at a reporting-period end. The count can change because of stock issuance, repurchases, conversions, acquisitions, or stock splits.

Calculation and source

SEC-reported period-end shares

TickerStat displays period-end common shares from SEC filings and adjusts older values to the current share basis when a stock-split conversion ratio is reported directly or evidenced by a later filing’s restated historical share balance. After repeated reverse splits, an old period can represent less than one current-basis share; this is a split-adjusted equivalent, not a literal historical certificate count. Values remain as reported when no reliable split ratio is available. Fiscal periods can differ from calendar years, so exact period-end dates are included.

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