Ciena (CIEN) EBITDA Margin (2009 - 2026)

Ciena's (CIEN) quarterly EBITDA Margin came in at 13.27% in Q1 2026, up 575.0% year-on-year from 1.97% in Q1 2025, and up 1610.51% quarter-over-quarter from 0.78% in Q4 2025.

Ciena (CIEN) EBITDA Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ciena's EBITDA Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 13.27% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, EBITDA Margin rose 575.0% year-over-year to 13.27% in Q1 2026; TTM through Jan 2026 was 5.98%, a 196.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 4.14%, down 1.0% from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin climbed to 13.27% in Q1 2026 per CIEN's latest filing, from 0.78% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBITDA Margin topped out at 13.27% in Q1 2026 and bottomed at 0.44% in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for EBITDA Margin is 7.11% (2022), against an average of 6.07%.
  • Across the five-year window, EBITDA Margin slumped 1191 bps in 2022 and soared 575 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, EBITDA Margin stood at 7.96% in 2022, then rose by 2 bps to 8.08% in 2023, then plunged by 35 bps to 5.27% in 2024, then sank by 85 bps to 0.78% in 2025, then jumped by 1611 bps to 13.27% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CIEN EBITDA Margin figures stand at 13.27% (Q1 2026), 0.78% (Q4 2025), and 6.03% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBITDA Margin (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 444.27 Bn 427.63 Bn 10.08 Bn 25.00%
2 Motorola Solutions 68.42 Bn 67.56 Bn 1.36 Bn 19.34%
3 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 63.57 Bn 58.72 Bn 9.10 Bn 5.05%
4 Lumentum Holdings 59.61 Bn 56.43 Bn 357.00 Mn 21.59%
5 Ciena 57.62 Bn 56.33 Bn 625.52 Mn 13.27%
6 Nokia 52.70 Bn 45.22 Bn 9.86 Bn -2,316.67%
7 Ubiquiti 32.00 Bn 31.63 Bn 370.71 Mn 36.90%
8 AST SpaceMobile 17.20 Bn 17.78 Bn 3.67 Mn -1,089.07%
9 Zebra Technologies 12.59 Bn 12.48 Bn 742.00 Mn 14.38%
10 Viasat 10.14 Bn 8.46 Bn 615.36 Mn -3.90%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 13.27%
Nov 1, 2025 0.78%
Aug 2, 2025 6.03%
May 3, 2025 2.92%
Feb 1, 2025 7.52%
Nov 2, 2024 5.27%
Jul 27, 2024 2.84%
Apr 27, 2024 -0.44%
Jan 27, 2024 8.16%
Oct 28, 2023 8.08%
Jul 29, 2023 7.32%
Apr 29, 2023 9.08%
Jan 28, 2023 8.07%
Oct 29, 2022 7.96%
Jul 30, 2022 3.12%
Apr 30, 2022 6.16%
Jan 29, 2022 7.11%
Oct 30, 2021 13.19%
Jul 31, 2021 15.03%
May 1, 2021 16.02%