On Aug. 8, Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) released full-year fiscal 2005 earnings for the period ended July 30, 2005.

  • EPS of $0.87 per share was a 40% increase over last year's. (Read more about the importance of relentless growth.)
  • Cisco reports a "pro forma" EPS increase of $0.92 per share. See the release for details and reconciliation to GAAP.
  • Inventory grew more slowly than sales, alleviating some of our past concerns. (Read this for more on what inventory can tell you.)

(Figures in millions, except per-share data)

Income Statement Highlights (What's this?)

Avg. Est.

FY 2005

FY 2004

% Change

Sales

$24,780

$24,801

$22,045

+12.5%

Net Profit

--

$5,741

$4,401

+30.4%

EPS

$0.91

$0.87

$0.62

+40.3%



Margin Checkup (What's this?)

FY 2005

FY 2004

Change

Gross Margin

67.22%

68.61%

-1.40%

Op. Margin

29.90%

28.54%

+1.36%

Net Margin

23.15%

19.96%

+3.18%



Balance Sheet Highlights (What's this?)

Assets

FY 2005

FY 2004

% Change

Cash + ST Invest.

$6,969

$8,669

-19.6%

Inventory

$1,297

$1,207

+7.5%

Accounts Rec.

$2,216

$1,825

+21.4%



Liabilities

FY 2005

FY 2004

% Change

Long-Term Debt

$-

$-

N/A

Accounts Pay.

$735

$657

+11.9%



Cash Flow Highlights (What's this?)
Cumulative, for the entire fiscal year.

Q4 2005

Q4 2004

% Change

Cash From Ops

$7,568

$6,962

+8.7%

Capital Expend.*

$1,603

$717

+123.6%

Free Cash Flow

$5,965

$6,245

-4.5%



*Capex figures here include acquisition spending of $911 million in FY 2005 and $104 million in FY 2004.

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At the time of publication, Seth Jayson had no positions in any company mentioned. Fool rules are here.