Cisco's fourth quarter net profit was $20.1 billio

Cisco's fourth quarter net profit was $2.01 billion, up 4.4% year-on-year

on August 6, Beijing time, according to foreign media reports, Cisco released the fourth quarter financial report of fiscal year 2008 on Tuesday. The report shows that due to the increased market demand for network devices such as routers and switches, Cisco's fourth quarter net profit has increased by 6% year-on-year in the past two years, exceeding analysts' expectations

in the fourth quarter ended July 26, Cisco's net profit was $2.01 billion, with earnings per share of 33 cents. This performance increased by 4.4% over the same period last year. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007, Cisco's net profit was $1.93 billion, with earnings per share of 31 cents. Cisco's fourth quarter operating profit was $2.53 billion, up from $2.3 billion in the same period last year. Cisco's revenue in the fourth quarter was $10.36 billion, up 9.9% from $9.43 billion in the same period last year

excluding one-time expenses, Cisco's fourth quarter net profit was $2.4 billion, with earnings per share of 40 cents, exceeding analysts' expectations. Thomson Financial survey showed that market analysts had expected Cisco's fourth quarter earnings per share (excluding one-time expenses) to be 39 cents and revenue to be $10.31 billion

in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008, Cisco's operating cash flow was $3.5 billion, up from $2.7 billion in the same period last year and $3billion in the previous quarter. As of the end of the fourth fiscal quarter, Cisco's total cash, cash equivalents and investments were $26.2 billion, up from $22.3 billion in the same period last year and $24.4 billion in the previous fiscal quarter. Cisco repurchased 54million ordinary shares in the fourth quarter, with an average purchase price of $25.11 per share and a total expenditure of $1.35 billion. Since the announcement of the stock repurchase plan, Cisco has repurchased 2.6 billion ordinary shares as of July 26, 2008, with an average purchase price of $20.60 per share and a total expenditure of about $53.6 billion. On July 26, Cisco's board of directors approved a new stock repurchase plan, which plans to repurchase another $8.4 billion worth of shares

in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2008, the revenue of Cisco products (including routers and switches) was $8.64 billion, higher than $7.942 billion in the same period last year; Service revenue was $1.724 billion, up from $1.491 billion in the same period last year. Cisco's total operating expenditure in the fourth quarter was $4.137 billion, up from $3.765 billion in the same period last year, accompanied by an increase in market demand for plastic products. Among them, Cisco's R & D expenditure in the fourth quarter was $1.306 billion, compared with $1.178 billion in the same period last year; Sales and marketing expenditure was $2.164 billion, compared with $1.973 billion in the same period last year; General and administrative expenditure was 518million US dollars, compared with 431million US dollars in the same period last year; The amortization expense of intangible assets was US $149 million, compared with us $109 million in the same period last year

throughout fiscal year 2008, Cisco's net profit was $8.1 billion, with earnings per share of $1.31. This performance increased by 12% over the same period last year. Excluding one-time expenses, Cisco's net profit in fiscal 2008 was $9.6 billion, with earnings per share of $1.56. Cisco's fiscal year 2008 revenue was $39.5 billion, an increase of 13% over the same period last year

Cisco shares closed at $22.65 in regular trading on the Nasdaq market on Tuesday, up $0.66 or 3.00% from the previous trading day. In subsequent after hours trading, Cisco shares rose $0.59, or 2.68%, to close at $22.58. In the past 52 weeks, Cisco's stock price has been as low as $20.56 and as high as $34.24. (3. Insulation protection measures must be used to compile deficits of US $17billion, US $16.6 billion and US $17.7 billion respectively)