Ciena (CIEN) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026)

Ciena (CIEN) recorded quarterly FCF Margin of 10.77% in Q1 2026, down 40.56% quarter-over-quarter from 18.13% in Q4 2025, and up 361.0% on a YoY basis from 2.34% in Q1 2025.

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

Ciena's FCF Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 10.77% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, FCF Margin rose 361.0% year-over-year to 10.77%; the TTM figure through Jan 2026 stood at 14.48% (up 942.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 13.95%, up 454.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin was 10.77% for Q1 2026 at Ciena, down from 18.13% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 24.07% in Q4 2023 to a low of 30.44% in Q3 2022.
  • Historically, FCF Margin has averaged 4.72% across 5 years, with a median of 10.77% in 2026.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: FCF Margin plunged 3738 bps in 2022, then jumped 5203 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 3.96% in 2022, then soared by 708 bps to 24.07% in 2023, then retreated by 8 bps to 22.06% in 2024, then dropped by 18 bps to 18.13% in 2025, then sank by 41 bps to 10.77% in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 10.77% (Q1 2026), 18.13% (Q4 2025), and 17.64% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 480.96 Bn 464.32 Bn 10.08 Bn 21.10%
2 Ciena 69.17 Bn 67.87 Bn 625.52 Mn 10.77%
3 Motorola Solutions 68.03 Bn 67.17 Bn 1.36 Bn 14.33%
4 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 65.63 Bn 60.79 Bn 8.25 Bn 6.55%
5 Lumentum Holdings 61.32 Bn 58.15 Bn 357.00 Mn 9.78%
6 Ubiquiti 34.34 Bn 33.97 Bn 370.71 Mn 19.71%
7 AST SpaceMobile 27.21 Bn 27.79 Bn -69.36 Mn -2,101.51%
8 Applied Optoelectronics 13.45 Bn 13.01 Bn 43.92 Mn -94.99%
9 Zebra Technologies 11.38 Bn 11.26 Bn 742.00 Mn 10.90%
10 Viavi Solutions 10.76 Bn 10.75 Bn 234.10 Mn -7.92%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 10.77%
Nov 1, 2025 18.13%
Aug 2, 2025 17.64%
May 3, 2025 11.39%
Feb 1, 2025 7.17%
Nov 2, 2024 22.06%
Jul 27, 2024 -19.99%
Apr 27, 2024 7.54%
Jan 27, 2024 24.04%
Oct 28, 2023 24.07%
Jul 29, 2023 -1.56%
Apr 29, 2023 17.82%
Jan 28, 2023 -27.99%
Oct 29, 2022 -3.96%
Jul 30, 2022 -30.44%
Apr 30, 2022 13.09%
Jan 29, 2022 -9.50%
Oct 30, 2021 17.37%
Jul 31, 2021 6.94%
May 1, 2021 27.09%