Cisco Systems (CSCO) Dividend History

DivTrkr holds 62 recorded CSCO dividend payments, running from March 29, 2011 to July 6, 2026 — 16 calendar years. Together those payments total $17.96 per share. CSCO has most often paid quarterly.

CSCO has increased its payment rate for 14 consecutive complete years.

Over the last five complete years the CSCO payment rate compounded at +2.6% a year, and +6.9% a year over the last ten. That is what the payments actually did; it is not a forecast.

Across 16 years of recorded history, CSCO's payment rate has never fallen materially from one complete year to the next.

CSCO dividends by year

YearTotal paid per sharePaymentsMedian paymentGrowth
2025$1.634$0.410+2.5%
2024$1.594$0.400+2.6%
2023$1.554$0.390+2.6%
2022$1.514$0.380+2.7%
2021$1.474$0.370+2.8%
2020$1.434$0.360+2.9%
2019$1.384$0.350+6.1%
2018$1.284$0.330+13.8%
2017$1.134$0.290+11.5%
2016$0.9904$0.260+23.8%
2015$0.8204$0.210+10.5%
2014$0.7404$0.190
2013$0.5103 (timing)$0.170
2012$0.5005 (timing)$0.0800
2011$0.1803 (timing)$0.0600

How this growth is measured

Year-over-year growth here compares each year's median payment with the year before, not the calendar-year total. Ex-dividend dates drift, so a quarterly payer can book five ex-dates in one calendar year and four in the next. Comparing raw yearly totals would show a phantom cut of around 25% in a year where the company did nothing but pay slightly earlier. Using the median payment removes that distortion, and also ignores one-off special dividends.

Years marked “timing” booked a different number of payments than CSCO's usual cadence, so their total is not directly comparable with neighbouring years.

Recent CSCO dividend payments

Ex-dividend dateAmount per share
July 6, 2026$0.420
April 2, 2026$0.420
January 2, 2026$0.410
October 3, 2025$0.410
July 3, 2025$0.410
April 3, 2025$0.410
January 3, 2025$0.400
October 2, 2024$0.400
July 5, 2024$0.400
April 3, 2024$0.400
January 3, 2024$0.390
October 3, 2023$0.390
July 5, 2023$0.390
April 4, 2023$0.390
January 4, 2023$0.380
October 4, 2022$0.380
July 5, 2022$0.380
April 5, 2022$0.380
January 4, 2022$0.370
October 4, 2021$0.370
July 2, 2021$0.370
April 5, 2021$0.370
January 4, 2021$0.360
October 1, 2020$0.360
July 2, 2020$0.360
April 2, 2020$0.360
January 2, 2020$0.350
October 3, 2019$0.350
July 3, 2019$0.350
April 4, 2019$0.350
January 3, 2019$0.330
October 4, 2018$0.330
July 5, 2018$0.330
April 4, 2018$0.330
January 4, 2018$0.290
October 4, 2017$0.290
July 5, 2017$0.290
April 4, 2017$0.290
January 4, 2017$0.260
October 3, 2016$0.260
July 5, 2016$0.260
April 4, 2016$0.260
January 4, 2016$0.210
October 1, 2015$0.210
July 1, 2015$0.210
March 31, 2015$0.210
January 2, 2015$0.190
September 30, 2014$0.190
July 2, 2014$0.190
April 1, 2014$0.190
January 2, 2014$0.170
October 1, 2013$0.170
July 1, 2013$0.170
April 4, 2013$0.170
November 27, 2012$0.140
October 2, 2012$0.140
July 2, 2012$0.0800
April 3, 2012$0.0800
January 3, 2012$0.0600
October 4, 2011$0.0600

Showing the 60 most recent of 62 recorded payments. The full log is on the page.

CSCO dividend history questions

How many dividends has CSCO paid?

DivTrkr has 62 recorded CSCO dividend payments between March 29, 2011 and July 6, 2026, totalling $17.96 per share across 16 calendar years.

Has CSCO ever cut its dividend?

Not in the history DivTrkr holds. Across 16 years of recorded payments the per-payment rate has never fallen by a material amount from one complete year to the next.

How fast is the CSCO dividend growing?

The CSCO payment rate compounded at +2.6% a year over the last five complete years and +6.9% a year over the last ten.

How often does CSCO pay a dividend?

CSCO has most often paid quarterly — 4 payments a year. Individual years can show a different count when an ex-date drifts across a year boundary.

See the current CSCO dividend yield and next ex-dividend date, or track CSCO free with DivTrkr to see what this history pays on your own share count.