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Ciena (CIEN) Gross Margin (2016 - 2026)

Ciena has reported Gross Margin over the past 18 years, most recently at 43.83% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Gross Margin at 43.83% for Q1 2026, down 17.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 42.13% (down 46.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 42.04%, down 79.0%.
  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 was 43.83% at Ciena, up from 42.69% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Gross Margin for CIEN hit a ceiling of 45.5% in Q1 2022 and a floor of 3147.71% in Q4 2022.
  • Median Gross Margin over the past 5 years was 42.69% (2025), compared with a mean of 145.05%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Gross Margin: plummeted -430577bps in 2022 and later soared 319076bps in 2023.
  • Ciena's Gross Margin stood at 3147.71% in 2022, then surged by 101bps to 43.05% in 2023, then fell by -5bps to 40.92% in 2024, then rose by 4bps to 42.69% in 2025, then grew by 3bps to 43.83% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Gross Margin were 43.83% (Q1 2026), 42.69% (Q4 2025), and 41.26% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.