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

Ciena (CIEN) recorded quarterly Change in Cash of $31.5 million in Q1 2026, down 12.54% quarter-over-quarter from $36.0 million in Q4 2025, and up 152.34% on a YoY basis from $12.5 million in Q1 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.

  • In Q1 2026, Change in Cash rose 152.34% year-over-year to $31.5 million; the TTM figure through Jan 2026 stood at $248.7 million (up 163.78% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $157.2 million, up 307.46% from the prior year.
  • Change in Cash was $31.5 million for Q1 2026 at Ciena, down from $36.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Change in Cash ranged from a high of $254.1 million in Q1 2024 to a low of -$303.9 million in Q1 2022.
  • Historically, Change in Cash has averaged -$17.6 million across 5 years, with a median of $31.5 million in 2026.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Change in Cash tumbled 683.65% in 2022, then surged 322.17% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Change in Cash shows it stood at $134.7 million in 2022, then slumped by 179.58% to -$107.2 million in 2023, then surged by 148.05% to $51.5 million in 2024, then tumbled by 30.15% to $36.0 million in 2025, then fell by 12.54% to $31.5 million in 2026.
  • The last three Change in Cash figures came in at $31.5 million (Q1 2026), $36.0 million (Q4 2025), and $106.3 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change in Cash (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 480.96 Bn 464.32 Bn 10.08 Bn -376.00 Mn
2 Ciena 69.17 Bn 67.87 Bn 625.52 Mn 31.46 Mn
3 Motorola Solutions 68.03 Bn 67.17 Bn 1.36 Bn -279.00 Mn
4 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 65.63 Bn 60.79 Bn 8.25 Bn -934.00 Mn
5 Lumentum Holdings 61.32 Bn 58.15 Bn 357.00 Mn 1.96 Bn
6 Ubiquiti 34.34 Bn 33.97 Bn 370.71 Mn 65.84 Mn
7 AST SpaceMobile 27.21 Bn 27.79 Bn -69.36 Mn 678.90 Mn
8 Applied Optoelectronics 13.45 Bn 13.01 Bn 43.92 Mn 233.34 Mn
9 Zebra Technologies 11.38 Bn 11.26 Bn 742.00 Mn -11.00 Mn
10 Viavi Solutions 10.76 Bn 10.75 Bn 234.10 Mn -264.80 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