Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE)
Smaller industry benchmark · 0.19x market cap
Communication Equipment
YouTube · Q3 FY2026 · 2026-09-08
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Communication Equipment · United States
Snapshot 2026-09-20 · Latest financial period 2026-07-25 · Yahoo Finance. Quotes may be delayed; reporting periods can differ.
Next earnings: 2026-11-12 (provider estimate, not issuer-confirmed).
Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, develops, and sells technologies to power, help, secure, and draw insights from the internet in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, Japan, and China. The company provides data center switching; network security, identity and access management, and secure access service edge; identity and agentic security solutions; interconnects public and private wireline and mobile networks, delivering connectivity to campus, data center, and branch networks; WEBEX suite, collaboration devices, and contact center; communication platform as a service software, including perpetual licenses, subscription arrangements, and hardware solutions; network assurance and observability suite; accelerated issue resolution, software support, and hardware replacement; professional services, such as planning, design, implementation, and high-value consulting; service and support packages, financing, and managed network services; and regional, national, and international wireline carriers, webscale products, internet, and cable. It also provides wireless products, including indoor and outdoor coverage designed for seamless roaming use of voice, video, and data applications; end-to-end collaboration solutions through cloud, on-premise, or within hybrid cloud environments. In addition, it offers technical support services. The company serves businesses, public institutions, governments, and service providers. It sells its products and services directly, through systems integrators, service providers, and other thirdy-party resellers, and distributors. Cisco Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
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| Metric | CSCOCisco Systems, Inc.Snapshot 2026-09-20Financial period: 2026-07-25 | HPEHewlett Packard Enterprise CompanySnapshot 2026-09-20Financial period: 2026-07-31 | MSIMotorola Solutions, Inc.Snapshot 2026-09-20Financial period: 2026-07-04 |
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| Market capMarket value, converted to USD | US$431.75B | US$80.66B | US$75.91B |
| Forward P/EProvider forward earnings estimate | 19.55x | 13.22x | 23.70x |
| EV / EBITDAEnterprise value / trailing EBITDA | 23.98x | 13.76x | 22.57x |
| Revenue growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter | 17.6% | 33.7% | 13.3% |
| Operating marginLatest reported quarter | 27.7% | 12.6% | 27.4% |
| Free cash flow yieldTrailing cash flow / market cap | 2.6% | 5.9% | 2.6% |
| Net debt / EBITDANet debt / trailing EBITDA | 0.82x | 2.05x | 2.37x |
| Debt / equityTotal debt / positive book equity | 0.62x | 0.76x | 3.58x |
| Trailing P/ETrailing twelve-month earnings | 32.89x | 31.32x | 36.09x |
| Price / bookPrice / positive book equity per share | 8.59x | 3.04x | 28.41x |
| EV / salesEnterprise value / trailing revenue | 7.06x | 2.27x | 6.93x |
| Earnings growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter | 52.1% | 410.2% | 9.5% |
| Gross marginTrailing twelve months | 64.5% | 36.6% | 52.1% |
| Net marginTrailing twelve months | 21.0% | 6.7% | 17.4% |
| Return on equityProvider trailing return; positive equity only | 27.3% | 10.9% | 91.6% |
| Free cash flow marginTrailing free cash flow / revenue | 17.7% | 11.3% | 16.2% |
| Dividend yieldIndicated annual dividend / price | 1.5% | 0.9% | 1.1% |
| Earnings payoutProvider trailing dividend payout | 49.9% | 28.7% | 37.2% |
| Current ratioCurrent assets / current liabilities | 0.93x | 1.11x | 1.10x |
| BetaProvider historical market sensitivity | 0.99 | 1.44 | 0.88 |
Smaller industry benchmark · 0.19x market cap
Communication Equipment
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Communication Equipment
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