---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-154039"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CSCO"
cik: "0000858877"
company_name: "CISCO SYSTEMS, INC."
filed_at: "2022-05-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T10:44:22.990061+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cisco Q3 revenue flat at $12.8B, EPS up 7%; Q4 guidance implies revenue decline

## Summary
- Q3 revenue $12.8B flat YoY; GAAP EPS $0.73 (+7%), non-GAAP EPS $0.87 (+5%).
- Product orders up 8% YoY; total ARR $22.4B (+11% YoY); product backlog >$15B.
- Q4 guidance: revenue down 1%-5.5% YoY; non-GAAP EPS $0.76-$0.84 (vs Q3 $0.87).
- FY2022 revenue growth guidance 2%-3% (vs prior implied higher?); non-GAAP EPS $3.29-$3.37.
- China lockdowns and Ukraine war negatively impacted Q3 revenue by ~$200M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-154039
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CSCO
- cik: 0000858877
- company_name: CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-05-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/858877/000119312522154039/0001193125-22-154039-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/858877/000119312522154039/d354715d8k.htm

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