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Ciscovs.Dell Technologies

CSCO vs DELL · both in Data centers, part of the AI & digital infrastructure value chain: Servers, networking, optics and data center capacity that tie AI infrastructure together.

Cisco is about 1.4× larger than Dell Technologies by market cap; year to date, Dell Technologies leads (+244.1% vs +43.1%).

Side by side

CSCODELL
Market cap$447B$320B
Price$111.11$451.50
Today+0.8%+4.2%
Return YTD+43.1%+244.1%
Return 1Y+63.7%+231.1%
P/E37.438.1
P/S7.42.4
P/B9.235.8

Data as of 2026-08-26 · updates daily after U.S. close

The two companies

CiscoCSCO

NASDAQ · USA

Switches and routers at a scale no other network vendor matches, plus Silicon One chips of its own design and the security business built around Splunk. AI orders from hyperscalers are the newer line.

NetworkingCybersecurity exposure
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Dell TechnologiesDELL

NYSE · USA

Dell's AI server backlog has grown quickly, sold to enterprises and cloud operators alike, on top of a long-standing PC and storage business.

AI serversEnterprise hardware
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