Ciena (CIEN) Cash from Investing Activities (2009 - 2026)

Ciena's (CIEN) quarterly Cash from Investing Activities came in at -$43.9 million in Q1 2026, up 34.59% year-on-year from -$32.6 million in Q1 2025, and up 79.47% quarter-over-quarter from -$213.8 million in Q4 2025.

Ciena (CIEN) Cash from Investing Activities (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ciena's Cash from Investing Activities history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$43.9 million for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Cash from Investing Activities rose 34.59% year-over-year to -$43.9 million in Q1 2026; TTM through Jan 2026 was -$218.3 million, a 44.27% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at -$241.5 million, up 21.2% from the prior year.
  • Cash from Investing Activities grew to -$43.9 million in Q1 2026 per CIEN's latest filing, from -$213.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Cash from Investing Activities topped out at $196.3 million in Q3 2022 and bottomed at -$381.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Cash from Investing Activities is -$67.1 million (2025), against an average of -$63.3 million.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Cash from Investing Activities was 1194.19% in 2022; the steepest drop was 1009.92% in 2022.
  • Year by year, Cash from Investing Activities stood at $185.6 million in 2022, then sank by 152.87% to -$98.1 million in 2023, then slumped by 51.79% to -$148.9 million in 2024, then slumped by 43.53% to -$213.8 million in 2025, then jumped by 79.47% to -$43.9 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CIEN Cash from Investing Activities figures stand at -$43.9 million (Q1 2026), -$213.8 million (Q4 2025), and $19.7 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Cash from Investing Activities (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 451.08 Bn 434.44 Bn 10.08 Bn -2.07 Bn
2 Motorola Solutions 70.74 Bn 69.86 Bn 1.36 Bn -183.00 Mn
3 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 63.04 Bn 58.20 Bn 9.10 Bn -793.00 Mn
4 Ciena 52.59 Bn 51.29 Bn 625.52 Mn -43.89 Mn
5 Lumentum Holdings 50.49 Bn 47.32 Bn 357.00 Mn -181.90 Mn
6 Nokia 48.82 Bn 41.52 Bn 9.86 Bn -
7 Ubiquiti 32.26 Bn 31.89 Bn 370.71 Mn -5.56 Mn
8 Ericsson Lm Telephone 31.92 Bn 26.24 Bn 2.53 Bn -
9 AST SpaceMobile 16.59 Bn 16.59 Bn 3.67 Mn -379.26 Mn
10 Zebra Technologies 12.94 Bn 12.82 Bn 742.00 Mn -2.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 -43.89 Mn
Jan 31, 2026 -43.89 Mn
Nov 1, 2025 -213.77 Mn
Nov 1, 2025 -213.77 Mn
Aug 2, 2025 19.71 Mn
Aug 2, 2025 19.71 Mn
May 3, 2025 19.64 Mn
May 3, 2025 19.64 Mn
Feb 1, 2025 -67.09 Mn
Feb 1, 2025 -67.09 Mn
Nov 2, 2024 -148.93 Mn
Nov 2, 2024 -148.93 Mn
Jul 27, 2024 -18.84 Mn
Jul 27, 2024 -18.84 Mn
Apr 27, 2024 -156.84 Mn
Apr 27, 2024 -156.84 Mn
Jan 27, 2024 18.13 Mn
Jan 27, 2024 18.13 Mn
Oct 28, 2023 -98.12 Mn
Oct 28, 2023 -98.12 Mn