Ciena (CIEN) Change in Cash (2009 - 2026)

Ciena's (CIEN) quarterly Change in Cash came in at $31.5 million in Q1 2026, up 152.34% year-on-year from $12.5 million in Q1 2025, and down 12.54% quarter-over-quarter from $36.0 million in Q4 2025.

Ciena (CIEN) Change in Cash (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ciena's Change in Cash history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $31.5 million for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Change in Cash rose 152.34% year-over-year to $31.5 million in Q1 2026; TTM through Jan 2026 was $248.7 million, a 163.78% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $157.2 million, up 307.46% from the prior year.
  • Change in Cash eased to $31.5 million in Q1 2026 per CIEN's latest filing, from $36.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Change in Cash topped out at $254.1 million in Q1 2024 and bottomed at -$303.9 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Change in Cash is $31.5 million (2026), against an average of -$17.6 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Change in Cash tumbled 683.65% in 2022 and jumped 322.17% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Change in Cash stood at $134.7 million in 2022, then plunged by 179.58% to -$107.2 million in 2023, then surged by 148.05% to $51.5 million in 2024, then sank by 30.15% to $36.0 million in 2025, then fell by 12.54% to $31.5 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CIEN Change in Cash figures stand at $31.5 million (Q1 2026), $36.0 million (Q4 2025), and $106.3 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change in Cash (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 444.27 Bn 427.63 Bn 10.08 Bn -376.00 Mn
2 Motorola Solutions 68.42 Bn 67.56 Bn 1.36 Bn -279.00 Mn
3 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 63.57 Bn 58.72 Bn 9.10 Bn -934.00 Mn
4 Lumentum Holdings 59.61 Bn 56.43 Bn 357.00 Mn 1.96 Bn
5 Ciena 57.62 Bn 56.33 Bn 625.52 Mn 31.46 Mn
6 Nokia 52.70 Bn 45.22 Bn 9.86 Bn -
7 Ubiquiti 32.00 Bn 31.63 Bn 370.71 Mn 65.84 Mn
8 AST SpaceMobile 17.20 Bn 17.78 Bn 3.67 Mn 678.90 Mn
9 Zebra Technologies 12.59 Bn 12.48 Bn 742.00 Mn -11.00 Mn
10 Viasat 10.14 Bn 8.46 Bn 615.36 Mn 400.70 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 31.46 Mn
Nov 1, 2025 35.97 Mn
Aug 2, 2025 106.28 Mn
May 3, 2025 75.03 Mn
Feb 1, 2025 -60.11 Mn
Nov 2, 2024 51.50 Mn
Jul 27, 2024 -207.93 Mn
Apr 27, 2024 -173.47 Mn
Jan 27, 2024 254.14 Mn
Oct 28, 2023 -107.16 Mn
Jul 29, 2023 -49.77 Mn
Apr 29, 2023 113.15 Mn
Jan 28, 2023 60.20 Mn
Oct 29, 2022 134.66 Mn
Jul 30, 2022 -160.23 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 -98.75 Mn
Jan 29, 2022 -303.91 Mn
Oct 30, 2021 192.10 Mn
Jul 31, 2021 27.45 Mn
May 1, 2021 173.74 Mn