Ciena (CIEN) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)
Ciena (CIEN) posted quarterly Gross Margin of 43.83% for Q1 2026, down 17.0% year-over-year from 52.81% in Q1 2025, and up 2.68% quarter-over-quarter from 42.69% in Q4 2025.
Ciena (CIEN) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Ciena's Gross Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 43.83% for Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Gross Margin fell 17.0% year-over-year to 43.83%; the TTM figure through Jan 2026 stood at 42.13% (down 46.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 42.04%, down 79.0% from the prior year.
- Gross Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 43.83%, up from 42.69% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Gross Margin was 45.5% in Q1 2022, with the low at 39.26% in Q3 2022.
- The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 42.87% (2024), against an average of 42.74%.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Gross Margin tumbled 876 bps in 2022, then soared 278 bps in 2023.
- Ciena's Gross Margin stood at 44.65% in 2022, then decreased by 4 bps to 43.05% in 2023, then dropped by 5 bps to 40.92% in 2024, then gained by 4 bps to 42.69% in 2025, then increased by 3 bps to 43.83% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows CIEN's Gross Margin at 43.83% in Q1 2026, 42.69% in Q4 2025, and 41.26% in Q3 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cisco Systems | 440.02 Bn | 423.38 Bn | 10.08 Bn | 63.63% |
| 2 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 77.69 Bn | 72.40 Bn | 3.94 Bn | 36.87% |
| 3 | Motorola Solutions | 77.25 Bn | 76.56 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 53.56% |
| 4 | Lumentum Holdings | 66.40 Bn | 63.23 Bn | 357.00 Mn | 44.16% |
| 5 | Nokia | 61.84 Bn | 54.37 Bn | 10.09 Bn | 144,416.67% |
| 6 | Ciena | 60.71 Bn | 59.51 Bn | 691.55 Mn | 44.03% |
| 7 | Ubiquiti | 34.65 Bn | 34.28 Bn | 370.71 Mn | 47.03% |
| 8 | Ericsson Lm Telephone | 34.62 Bn | 28.92 Bn | 2.58 Bn | 45.78% |
| 9 | AST SpaceMobile | 27.62 Bn | 28.12 Bn | 9.12 Mn | 28.93% |
| 10 | Zebra Technologies | 17.79 Bn | 17.63 Bn | 825.00 Mn | 52.99% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 44.03% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 43.83% |
| Nov 1, 2025 | 42.69% |
| Aug 2, 2025 | 41.26% |
| May 3, 2025 | 40.22% |
| Feb 1, 2025 | 44.00% |
| Nov 2, 2024 | 40.92% |
| Jul 27, 2024 | 42.87% |
| Apr 27, 2024 | 42.67% |
| Jan 27, 2024 | 45.00% |
| Oct 28, 2023 | 43.05% |
| Jul 29, 2023 | 42.04% |
| Apr 29, 2023 | 43.06% |
| Jan 28, 2023 | 43.16% |
| Oct 29, 2022 | 44.65% |
| Jul 30, 2022 | 39.26% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 42.33% |
| Jan 29, 2022 | 45.50% |
| Oct 30, 2021 | 45.81% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 48.02% |