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Ciena (CIEN) Gross Margin (2016 - 2026)

Ciena (CIEN) has 17 years of Gross Margin data on record, last reported at 43.83% in Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Gross Margin fell 17.0% year-over-year to 43.83%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 42.13%, down 46.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 42.04%, 79.0% down from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin reached 43.83% in Q1 2026 per CIEN's latest filing, up from 42.69% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 45.5% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 39.26% in Q3 2022.
  • Average Gross Margin over 5 years is 42.74%, with a median of 42.87% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Gross Margin: plummeted -876bps in 2022, then skyrocketed 278bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 44.65% in 2022, then fell by -4bps to 43.05% in 2023, then decreased by -5bps to 40.92% in 2024, then increased by 4bps to 42.69% in 2025, then rose by 3bps to 43.83% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Gross Margin were 43.83% in Q1 2026, 42.69% in Q4 2025, and 41.26% in Q3 2025.