Ciena (CIEN) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)

Ciena (CIEN) recorded quarterly Gross Margin of 43.83% in Q1 2026, up 2.68% quarter-over-quarter from 42.69% in Q4 2025, and down 17.0% on a YoY basis from 52.81% in Q1 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 was 43.83% for Q1 2026 at Ciena, up from 42.69% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 45.5% in Q1 2022 to a low of 39.26% in Q3 2022.
  • Historically, Gross Margin has averaged 42.74% across 5 years, with a median of 42.87% in 2024.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Gross Margin plunged 876 bps in 2022, then jumped 278 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 44.65% in 2022, then slipped by 4 bps to 43.05% in 2023, then declined by 5 bps to 40.92% in 2024, then advanced by 4 bps to 42.69% in 2025, then rose by 3 bps to 43.83% in 2026.
  • The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 43.83% (Q1 2026), 42.69% (Q4 2025), and 41.26% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 480.96 Bn 464.32 Bn 10.08 Bn 63.63%
2 Ciena 69.17 Bn 67.87 Bn 625.52 Mn 43.83%
3 Motorola Solutions 68.03 Bn 67.17 Bn 1.36 Bn 50.18%
4 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 65.63 Bn 60.79 Bn 8.25 Bn 88.72%
5 Lumentum Holdings 61.32 Bn 58.15 Bn 357.00 Mn 44.16%
6 Ubiquiti 34.34 Bn 33.97 Bn 370.71 Mn 47.03%
7 AST SpaceMobile 27.21 Bn 27.79 Bn -69.36 Mn -470.73%
8 Applied Optoelectronics 13.45 Bn 13.01 Bn 43.92 Mn 29.06%
9 Zebra Technologies 11.38 Bn 11.26 Bn 742.00 Mn 49.63%
10 Viavi Solutions 10.76 Bn 10.75 Bn 234.10 Mn 57.55%

Historic Data

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DateValue
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%
May 1, 2021 49.46%