Ciena (CIEN) Deferred Taxes (2011 - 2026)

Ciena (CIEN) recorded quarterly Deferred Taxes of -$7.0 million in Q1 2026, down 381.08% quarter-over-quarter from -$1.5 million in Q4 2025, and up 58.78% on a YoY basis from -$4.4 million in Q1 2025.

Ciena (CIEN) Deferred Taxes (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ciena's Deferred Taxes history runs 12 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$7.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Deferred Taxes rose 58.78% year-over-year to -$7.0 million; the TTM figure through Jan 2026 stood at -$13.1 million (up 85.33% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was -$23.2 million, up 69.83% from the prior year.
  • Deferred Taxes was -$7.0 million for Q1 2026 at Ciena, down from -$1.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Deferred Taxes ranged from a high of $49.2 million in Q4 2023 to a low of -$61.9 million in Q3 2023.
  • Historically, Deferred Taxes has averaged -$8.8 million across 5 years, with a median of -$7.0 million in 2026.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Deferred Taxes was 740.18% in 2023; the steepest drop was 874.35% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Deferred Taxes shows it stood at -$7.7 million in 2022, then jumped by 740.18% to $49.2 million in 2023, then tumbled by 215.76% to -$56.9 million in 2024, then soared by 97.43% to -$1.5 million in 2025, then sank by 381.08% to -$7.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Deferred Taxes figures came in at -$7.0 million (Q1 2026), -$1.5 million (Q4 2025), and -$11.2 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Deferred Taxes (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 480.96 Bn 464.32 Bn 10.08 Bn -153.00 Mn
2 Ciena 69.17 Bn 67.87 Bn 625.52 Mn -7.04 Mn
3 Motorola Solutions 68.03 Bn 67.17 Bn 1.36 Bn -
4 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 65.63 Bn 60.79 Bn 8.25 Bn -151.00 Mn
5 Lumentum Holdings 61.32 Bn 58.15 Bn 357.00 Mn -16.50 Mn
6 Ubiquiti 34.34 Bn 33.97 Bn 370.71 Mn -
7 AST SpaceMobile 27.21 Bn 27.79 Bn -69.36 Mn -
8 Applied Optoelectronics 13.45 Bn 13.01 Bn 43.92 Mn 1.05 Mn
9 Zebra Technologies 11.38 Bn 11.26 Bn 742.00 Mn -
10 Viavi Solutions 10.76 Bn 10.75 Bn 234.10 Mn -1.80 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 -7.04 Mn
Nov 1, 2025 -1.46 Mn
Aug 2, 2025 -11.24 Mn
May 3, 2025 6.62 Mn
Feb 1, 2025 -17.09 Mn
Nov 2, 2024 -56.90 Mn
Jul 27, 2024 -10.96 Mn
Apr 27, 2024 -4.58 Mn
Jan 27, 2024 -4.37 Mn
Oct 28, 2023 49.15 Mn
Jul 29, 2023 -61.87 Mn
Apr 29, 2023 5.11 Mn
Jan 28, 2023 -7.25 Mn
Oct 29, 2022 -7.68 Mn
Jul 30, 2022 -6.35 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 -12.71 Mn
Jan 29, 2022 -766,000.00
Oct 30, 2021 -16.93 Mn
Jul 31, 2021 -129.94 Mn
May 1, 2021 -8.70 Mn