HIGHOutside partySupplier
single source or limited sources for certain components
“10-K Item 1A: 'certain components are presently available only from a single source or limited sources'”
CSCO · Concentration risk · 10-K extracted
Cisco Systems (CSCO) concentration risks
Updated
The most significant concentration Cisco Systems discloses is single source or limited sources for certain components, classified HIGH by disclosed size. Below: the full set from the latest 10-K — verbatim quotes, filing references, and a synthesis of what these exposures mean together.
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Source: Cisco Systems’s SEC Form 10-K filed — view the filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
At a glance
Disclosed-size breakdown · 1 disclosed concentration
HIGH1
MEDIUM0
LOW0
Disclosed concentrations
Each card carries a disclosed-size chip (HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW — how large the exposure is as a share of revenue, not how dangerous it is) and a nature tag: Built-in(the company’s own model, geography, or products) or Outside party (an external customer, supplier, or distributor it relies on).
TrendMatrix Research · concentration synthesis
What these concentrations mean together
updated 2026-10-04Cisco's single disclosed concentration is a supply-side dependency. The 10-K states that certain components are presently available only from a single source or limited sources, which makes this a high-share exposure in the filing's own framing, with a dependency character rather than a structural one. The disclosure does not name the suppliers, quantify the share of purchases, or identify which product lines are affected, so the exposure cannot be sized more precisely from the source. What it does indicate is that a disruption at a sole or limited-source supplier, whether from capacity, quality or pricing, could constrain production of the products that depend on those components, regardless of end demand. Because this is the only exposure disclosed in the sources reviewed, there is no customer or geographic concentration to net against it. The risk is idiosyncratic and operational: it is most likely to matter in a supply shock and least likely to matter in normal conditions. Investors should read it as a standing supply-chain sensitivity rather than a driver of the underlying revenue base.
For the engine’s reasoning on CSCO’s current verdict — including which dimensions drove the score — see the per-dimension breakdown.
Industry peers · Communication Equipment
Peer concentration profile
| Symbol | Name | HIGH | MEDIUM | LOW | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAOI | Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| ADTN | ADTRAN Holdings, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| CSCO● | Cisco Systems, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| CIEN | Ciena Corporation | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| BDC | Belden Inc | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| ASTS | AST SpaceMobile, Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Concentration counts reflect items disclosed in each peer’s most recent 10-K; disclosed-size classification uses TrendMatrix’s internal 10-K extraction taxonomy.