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    Cisco posts Q4 FY2026 EPS of $1.22 with networking revenue up 28% on AI demand

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    Cisco posts Q4 FY2026 EPS of $1.22 with networking revenue up 28% on AI demand

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    Cisco Systems posted Q4 fiscal 2026 results featuring $17.252 billion in revenue, up 18% year-over-year, alongside diluted EPS of $1.22, up 23% year-over-year. Both metrics came in ahead of consensus expectations. The outperformance was driven primarily by the networking division, which registered 28% year-over-year growth. Enterprise customers and hyperscalers accelerated deployments of switches and routers tailored for AI clusters and high-density data center architectures.

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    Market Ontology
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    2026-09-12
    Published
    2026-10-20
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    1 · 2026-10-20

    Cite as: Market Ontology, “Cisco posts Q4 FY2026 EPS of $1.22 with networking revenue up 28% on AI demand”, revision 1, evidence through 2026-09-12. https://marketontology.com/market-events/2026-09-12/cisco-posts-q4-fy2026-eps-of-1-22-with-networking-revenue-up-28-on-ai-demand-7a51bc

    EQUITY
    Cisco posts Q4 FY2026 EPS of $1.22 with networking revenue up 28% on AI demand
    Cisco Systems posted Q4 fiscal 2026 results featuring $17.252 billion in revenue, up 18% year-over-year, alongside diluted EPS of $1.22, up 23% year-over-year. Both metrics came in ahead of consensus expectations. The outperformance was driven primarily by the networking division, which registered 28% year-over-year growth. Enterprise customers and hyperscalers accelerated deployments of switches and routers tailored for AI clusters and high-density data center architectures.
    CSCOANET
    Impact
    75
    SEP 12
    SIG
    88%
    CSCOANET
    Cisco posts Q4 FY2026 EPS of $1.22 with networking revenue up 28% on AI demand
    Cisco Systems posted Q4 fiscal 2026 results featuring $17.252 billion in revenue, up 18% year-over-year, alongside diluted EPS of $1.22, up 23% year-over-year. Both metrics came in ahead of consensus expectations. The outperformance was driven primarily by the networking division, which registered 28% year-over-year growth. Enterprise customers and hyperscalers accelerated deployments of switches and routers tailored for AI clusters and high-density data center architectures.
    → Accelerated enterprise AI infrastructure spending expands CSCO networking equipment order backlog and lifts fiscal 2027 revenue run-rates.
    Impact
    Cisco Systems posted Q4 fiscal 2026 results featuring $17.252 billion in revenue, up 18% year-over-year, alongside diluted EPS of $1.22, up 23% year-over-year. Both metrics came in ahead of consensus expectations. The outperformance was driven primarily by the networking division, which registered 28% year-over-year growth. Enterprise customers and hyperscalers accelerated deployments of switches and routers tailored for AI clusters and high-density data center architectures.
    Affected
    CSCOANET
    Transmission
    Accelerated enterprise AI infrastructure spending expands CSCO networking equipment order backlog and lifts fiscal 2027 revenue run-rates.

    How this development reaches the affected companies

    AssetExposure and channelDirectionEvidence
    CSCOAI data center networking demand accelerationUp1-4wReported Q4 revenue of $17.252B (+18% YoY) and EPS of $1.22 (+23% YoY) driven by 28% networking growth.
    ANETdata center switching capex read-throughUp1-4w28% growth in CSCO networking indicates robust broader data center switching hardware demand.

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