Ciena (CIEN) Debt Ratio (2013 - 2026)

Ciena's (CIEN) quarterly Debt Ratio came in at 0.26 in Q1 2026, down 5.81% year-on-year from 0.28 in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from 0.26 in Q4 2025.

Ciena (CIEN) Debt Ratio (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ciena's Debt Ratio history runs 14 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.26 for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Debt Ratio fell 5.81% year-over-year to 0.26 in Q1 2026; TTM through Jan 2026 was 0.26, a 5.81% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.26, down 4.37% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio steadied at 0.26 in Q1 2026 per CIEN's latest filing, from 0.26 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.28 in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 0.21 in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.27 (2025), against an average of 0.27.
  • Across the five-year window, Debt Ratio soared 49.81% in 2022 and retreated 5.81% in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Debt Ratio stood at 0.21 in 2022, then surged by 31.78% to 0.28 in 2023, then fell by 1.37% to 0.27 in 2024, then slipped by 4.37% to 0.26 in 2025, then dropped by 0.43% to 0.26 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CIEN Debt Ratio figures stand at 0.26 (Q1 2026), 0.26 (Q4 2025), and 0.27 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 448.63 Bn 431.99 Bn 10.08 Bn 0.28
2 Motorola Solutions 70.16 Bn 69.28 Bn 1.36 Bn 0.47
3 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 62.90 Bn 58.06 Bn 9.10 Bn 0.29
4 Ciena 52.28 Bn 50.98 Bn 625.52 Mn 0.26
5 Lumentum Holdings 50.89 Bn 47.71 Bn 357.00 Mn 0.47
6 Nokia 48.85 Bn 41.54 Bn 9.86 Bn 0.07
7 Ubiquiti 32.19 Bn 31.82 Bn 370.71 Mn -
8 Ericsson Lm Telephone 31.87 Bn 26.19 Bn 2.53 Bn 0.08
9 AST SpaceMobile 16.71 Bn 16.71 Bn 3.67 Mn 0.49
10 Zebra Technologies 13.03 Bn 12.91 Bn 742.00 Mn 0.32

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 0.26
Nov 1, 2025 0.26
Aug 2, 2025 0.27
May 3, 2025 0.27
Feb 1, 2025 0.28
Nov 2, 2024 0.27
Jul 27, 2024 0.28
Apr 27, 2024 0.28
Jan 27, 2024 0.28
Oct 28, 2023 0.28
Jul 29, 2023 0.27
Apr 29, 2023 0.27
Jan 28, 2023 0.27
Oct 29, 2022 0.21
Oct 30, 2021 0.14
Oct 31, 2020 0.16
Oct 31, 2019 0.17
Oct 31, 2018 0.18
Oct 31, 2017 0.15
Oct 31, 2016 0.17