Cisco (CSCO)
S&P 500 · Nasdaq-100 · Top 100 by market cap · Tech Top 100 · Information Technology · data since 1990-02-16 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
+1.25%
7d
+1.99%
30d
-4.29%
YTD
+50.38%
1y
+70.65%
Cisco (CSCO) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.2 | 1.5 | -2.4 | 18.6 | 31.6 | -2.5 | -2.4 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 3.1 | 5.8 | -3.7 | -5.8 | 9.2 | 10.1 | -1.3 | 1.5 | -1.0 | 7.5 | 5.2 | 0.1 |
| 2024 | 0.1 | -3.6 | 3.2 | -5.1 | -1.0 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 8.1 | -0.0 |
| 2023 | 3.0 | -0.5 | 8.0 | -8.9 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 1.3 | 10.2 | -6.3 | -2.3 | -7.2 | 4.4 |
| 2022 | -11.6 | 0.2 | -0.0 | -11.6 | -8.0 | -5.3 | 7.4 | -1.4 | -10.6 | 14.6 | 9.4 | -4.2 |
| 2021 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 15.2 | -0.8 | 3.9 | 0.2 | 5.2 | 6.6 | -7.8 | 3.5 | -2.0 | 15.6 |
| 2020 | -3.4 | -13.1 | -1.6 | 8.8 | 12.8 | -2.5 | 1.8 | -10.4 | -6.7 | -8.0 | 19.8 | 4.0 |
| 2019 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 | -7.0 | 5.2 | 1.9 | -15.5 | 5.5 | -3.1 | -4.6 | 5.8 |
| 2018 | 9.3 | 7.8 | -4.2 | 4.1 | -3.6 | 0.8 | -0.9 | 13.0 | 1.8 | -5.3 | 4.6 | -9.5 |
| 2017 | 2.5 | 11.3 | -1.1 | 1.7 | -7.5 | -0.7 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 9.2 | 2.7 |
| 2016 | -11.7 | 10.1 | 8.8 | -2.6 | 5.7 | -1.2 | 7.4 | 3.0 | 0.9 | -2.5 | -2.8 | 1.3 |
| 2015 | -4.6 | 11.9 | -6.0 | 4.7 | 1.7 | -6.3 | 4.3 | -8.9 | 1.4 | 10.8 | -5.5 | -0.3 |
| 2014 | -1.6 | -0.5 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 6.5 | 0.9 | 2.3 | -0.9 | 1.5 | -2.8 | 12.9 | 0.7 |
| 2013 | 4.7 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 15.3 | 0.9 | 5.9 | -8.9 | 0.5 | -3.0 | -5.8 | 5.5 |
| 2012 | 9.1 | 1.2 | 6.4 | -4.3 | -19.0 | 5.1 | -6.7 | 19.6 | 0.1 | -9.5 | 11.1 | 3.9 |
| 2011 | 4.5 | -12.3 | -7.3 | 2.2 | -4.1 | -7.1 | 2.7 | -1.9 | -1.1 | 20.0 | 0.6 | -3.0 |
| 2010 | -6.1 | 8.3 | 7.0 | 3.5 | -14.0 | -8.0 | 8.3 | -13.3 | 9.6 | 4.4 | -16.2 | 5.6 |
| 2009 | -8.2 | -2.7 | 15.1 | 15.2 | -4.2 | 0.8 | 18.0 | -1.9 | 9.0 | -3.1 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 2008 | -9.5 | -0.5 | -1.2 | 6.4 | 4.2 | -12.9 | -5.5 | 9.4 | -6.2 | -21.2 | -6.9 | -1.4 |
| 2007 | -2.6 | -2.5 | -1.6 | 4.7 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 10.4 | 3.8 | -0.2 | -15.3 | -3.4 |
| 2006 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 7.1 | -3.3 | -6.1 | -0.8 | -8.4 | 23.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 11.5 | 1.6 |
| 2005 | -6.6 | -3.4 | 2.7 | -3.5 | 12.3 | -1.6 | 0.4 | -8.0 | 1.7 | -2.6 | 0.5 | -2.4 |
| 2004 | 6.1 | -9.9 | 1.8 | -11.3 | 7.0 | 6.0 | -11.7 | -10.3 | -3.5 | 6.1 | -2.4 | 3.0 |
| 2003 | 2.1 | 4.6 | -7.2 | 15.6 | 9.4 | 2.3 | 16.1 | -1.8 | 2.4 | 6.8 | 8.5 | 6.7 |
| 2002 | 9.3 | -27.9 | 18.6 | -13.5 | 7.7 | -11.6 | -5.5 | 4.8 | -24.2 | 6.7 | 33.5 | -12.2 |
| 2001 | -2.1 | -36.7 | -33.3 | 7.4 | 13.4 | -5.5 | 5.6 | -15.0 | -25.4 | 38.9 | 20.8 | -11.4 |
| 2000 | 2.2 | 20.7 | 17.0 | -10.3 | -17.9 | 11.6 | 3.0 | 4.9 | -19.5 | -2.5 | -11.1 | -20.1 |
| 1999 | 20.2 | -12.3 | 12.0 | 4.1 | -4.4 | 18.2 | -3.6 | 9.2 | 1.1 | 7.9 | 20.5 | 20.1 |
| 1998 | 13.1 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 7.1 | 3.2 | 21.7 | 4.0 | -14.5 | 13.2 | 1.9 | 19.6 | 23.1 |
| 1997 | 9.6 | -20.3 | -13.5 | 7.5 | 30.9 | -0.9 | 18.5 | -5.3 | -3.1 | 12.3 | 5.1 | -3.0 |
| 1996 | 11.6 | 14.1 | -2.4 | 11.9 | 5.5 | 3.4 | -8.6 | 1.9 | 17.6 | -0.3 | 9.7 | -6.3 |
| 1995 | -5.0 | 1.1 | 13.0 | 4.6 | 9.7 | 15.6 | 10.3 | 17.7 | 5.1 | 12.3 | 8.6 | -11.3 |
| 1994 | 12.2 | 1.7 | -7.1 | -11.5 | -18.4 | -5.6 | -10.2 | 18.1 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 7.0 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 12.6 | -0.8 | 2.0 | -7.8 | 30.9 | 1.4 | -5.3 | -8.0 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 9.8 | 14.9 |
| 1992 | 13.4 | 8.5 | -3.1 | -7.6 | 25.3 | 2.7 | 13.6 | -12.2 | 12.8 | 13.5 | 24.6 | 5.2 |
| 1991 | 30.4 | -4.3 | -12.9 | 22.1 | 8.4 | -5.4 | 28.7 | 15.6 | -9.6 | 18.9 | 1.5 | 33.8 |
| 1990 | · | 4.5 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 4.2 | 7.1 | -3.8 | -2.9 | -9.1 | 31.1 | 33.9 | 13.6 |
| Avg | 3.5 | -0.4 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 1.0 | -0.5 | 4.8 | 6.1 | 2.6 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +3.5% | -0.4% | +1.1% | +1.4% | +4.0% | +1.2% | +2.9% | +1.0% | -0.5% | +4.8% | +6.1% | +2.6% |
| Win rate | 67%/36 | 57%/37 | 54%/37 | 59%/37 | 65%/37 | 57%/37 | 67%/36 | 50%/36 | 61%/36 | 61%/36 | 69%/36 | 61%/36 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-89.3%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±10.3%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
61%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+38.92%
2001-10
Worst month
-36.73%
2001-02
Longest streaks
10▲ / 7▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About Cisco
Plumbed the early internet, briefly became the world's most valuable company, and has been humbly routing packets ever since. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (1990) would be about $225,836 today.
Did you know?
- Founded in 1984 by a Stanford couple; the name is short for San Francisco and the logo is the Golden Gate Bridge.
- At the dot-com peak in 2000 it was the most valuable company on Earth.
- Its best month on record was October 2001 at +38.92%; its worst, February 2001 at -36.73%.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.