Cisco Systems General and Administrative Expenses 2011-2026 | CSCO

General and Administrative Expenses — these are a part of a company's operating expenses that are not directly related to the production of goods or the provision of services but are necessary for the overall functioning of the business.

What these expenses include

Salaries of administrative staff (executives, HR, accountants, legal personnel)
Office rent and utilities
Office equipment and IT infrastructure
Professional services (auditors, lawyers, consultants)
Insurance
General administrative travel and representation expenses

What the metric indicates

Cost control
A high level of such expenses may indicate inefficient management or an overly complex structure
Profitability
Reducing administrative expenses while maintaining stable revenue increases operating profit
Comparative analysis
Investors can compare this metric as a percentage of revenue among companies in the same industry
Business flexibility
Companies with a flexible and controlled expense structure are more resilient to revenue declines

Annual General and Administrative Expenses Cisco Systems

2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011
2.99 B	2.81 B	2.48 B	2.1 B	2.15 B	1.92 B	1.87 B	2.1 B	1.98 B	1.78 B	2.04 B	1.93 B	2.26 B	2.32 B	1.91 B

All numbers in USD currency

Indicator range from annual reports

Maximum	Minimum	Average
2.99 B	1.78 B	2.18 B

Quarterly General and Administrative Expenses Cisco Systems

2025-Q4	2025-Q3	2025-Q2	2025-Q1	2024-Q4	2024-Q3	2024-Q2	2024-Q1	2023-Q4	2023-Q3	2023-Q2	2023-Q1	2022-Q4	2022-Q3	2022-Q2	2022-Q1	2021-Q4	2021-Q3	2021-Q2	2021-Q1	2020-Q4	2020-Q3	2020-Q2	2020-Q1	2019-Q4	2019-Q3	2019-Q2	2019-Q1	2018-Q4	2018-Q3	2018-Q2	2018-Q1	2017-Q4	2017-Q3	2017-Q2	2017-Q1	2016-Q4	2016-Q3	2016-Q2	2016-Q1	2015-Q4	2015-Q3	2015-Q2	2015-Q1	2014-Q4	2014-Q3	2014-Q2	2014-Q1	2013-Q4	2013-Q3	2013-Q2	2013-Q1	2012-Q4	2012-Q3	2012-Q2	2012-Q1	2011-Q4	2011-Q3	2011-Q2	2011-Q1
688 M	733 M	-	739 M	752 M	795 M	-	736 M	642 M	672 M	1.15 B	641 M	582 M	565 M	1.1 B	517 M	484 M	551 M	1.03 B	603 M	455 M	544 M	974 M	544 M	509 M	519 M	720 M	519 M	483 M	211 M	1.04 B	211 M	456 M	557 M	1.01 B	557 M	176 M	555 M	715 M	555 M	490 M	539 M	994 M	539 M	451 M	504 M	966 M	504 M	584 M	515 M	1.14 B	515 M	497 M	560 M	1.05 B	560 M	452 M	552 M	910 M	552 M

All numbers in USD currency

Indicator range from quarterly reporting

Maximum	Minimum	Average
1.15 B	176 M	641 M

General and Administrative Expenses of other stocks in the Communication equipment industry

Issuer	General and Administrative Expenses	Price	% 24h	Market Cap	Country
ClearOne CLRO	2.45 M	$ 3.17	-	$ 5.6 M	USA
Digi International DGII	58.9 M	$ 65.78	6.05 %	$ 2.43 B	USA
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) ERIC	27 B	$ 11.88	1.02 %	$ 16.3 B	Schweden
AudioCodes Ltd. AUDC	15.8 M	$ 8.42	0.84 %	$ 240 M	Israel
Boxlight Corporation BOXL	35.5 M	$ 0.94	-5.74 %	$ 593 K	USA
Clearfield CLFD	48.4 M	$ 40.04	6.8 %	$ 560 M	USA
Akoustis Technologies AKTS	29.7 M	-	-6.6 %	$ 2.54 M	USA
AmpliTech Group AMPG	10.7 M	$ 2.2	2.8 %	$ 46.2 M	USA
Ceragon Networks Ltd. CRNT	24.4 M	$ 2.53	-2.32 %	$ 227 M	Israel
Casa Systems CASA	86.9 M	-	-36.36 %	$ 3.66 M	USA
Cambium Networks Corporation CMBM	27.4 M	-	-	$ 11 M	Cayman-islands
Ciena Corporation CIEN	221 M	$ 548.11	1.85 %	$ 79.3 B	USA
Lantronix LTRX	36.2 M	$ 6.16	5.66 %	$ 238 M	USA
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. CMTL	143 M	$ 3.93	5.08 %	$ 116 M	USA
CommScope Holding Company COMM	1.23 B	-	-	$ 4.16 B	USA
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. GILT	15.6 M	$ 19.39	2.92 %	$ 1.15 B	Israel
Harmonic HLIT	81.4 M	$ 12.81	4.32 %	$ 1.46 B	USA
Motorola Solutions MSI	1.87 B	$ 383.99	-11.36 %	$ 64 B	USA
Acacia Communications, Inc. ACIA	60.4 M	-	-	$ 4.9 B	USA
Juniper Networks JNPR	246 M	-	-	$ 13.1 B	USA
EXFO Inc. EXFO	-495 K	-	0.08 %	$ 356 M	Canada
Communications Systems, Inc. JCS	19.2 M	-	1.28 %	$ 16.3 M	USA
DZS DZSI	61.2 M	-	-50.0 %	$ 14.6 M	USA
Ondas Holdings ONDS	550 K	$ 9.06	1.91 %	$ 2.01 M	USA
Optical Cable Corporation OCC	5.85 M	$ 10.34	3.3 %	$ 80.1 M	USA
Sierra Wireless SWIR	50.1 M	-	0.03 %	$ 1.62 B	Canada
Siyata Mobile SYTA	4.93 M	-	-4.66 %	$ 5.58 M	Canada
Blonder Tongue Laboratories BDR	421 K	-	-3.94 %	$ 4.09 M	USA
Vocera Communications, Inc. VCRA	28.4 M	-	-1.5 %	$ 2.03 B	USA
Silicom Ltd. SILC	4.64 M	$ 44.87	1.4 %	$ 270 M	Israel
Sonim Technologies SONM	12.4 M	$ 5.09	0.79 %	$ 24 M	USA
Frequency Electronics FEIM	12.3 M	$ 62.38	13.81 %	$ 600 M	USA
Infinera Corporation INFN	125 M	-	-	$ 1.51 B	USA
Iteris ITI	23.9 M	-	-	$ 308 M	USA
KVH Industries KVHI	15.3 M	$ 9.89	-3.04 %	$ 192 M	USA
Ubiquiti UI	111 M	$ 842.1	-9.13 %	$ 50.9 B	USA
Viavi Solutions VIAV	349 M	$ 51.21	0.31 %	$ 11.4 B	USA
Viasat VSAT	1.89 B	$ 70.01	5.55 %	$ 8.2 B	USA
Maxar Technologies MAXR	431 M	-	0.01 %	$ 4.17 B	USA
Knowles Corporation KN	143 M	$ 35.28	4.41 %	$ 3.05 B	USA
Network-1 Technologies NTIP	2.48 M	$ 1.47	-1.34 %	$ 33.6 M	USA
UTStarcom Holdings Corp. UTSI	15.8 M	$ 2.61	4.4 %	$ 24 M	China
NETGEAR NTGR	78.9 M	$ 27.47	6.1 %	$ 786 M	USA
Zebra Technologies Corporation ZBRA	433 M	$ 226.03	-1.13 %	$ 11.5 B	USA
EchoStar Corporation SATS	2.38 B	$ 127.15	3.69 %	$ 36.6 B	USA
BK Technologies Corporation BKTI	23 M	$ 93.88	-0.04 %	$ 336 M	USA
CalAmp Corp. CAMP	49.1 M	$ 4.46	2.76 %	$ 153 M	USA
Extreme Networks EXTR	140 M	$ 24.04	2.21 %	$ 3.18 B	USA