Ciena (CIEN) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)

Ciena's (CIEN) quarterly Gross Margin came in at 43.83% in Q1 2026, down 17.0% year-on-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.

  • On a quarterly basis, Gross Margin fell 17.0% year-over-year to 43.83% in Q1 2026; TTM through Jan 2026 was 42.13%, a 46.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 42.04%, down 79.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin climbed to 43.83% in Q1 2026 per CIEN's latest filing, 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.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 42.87% (2024), against an average of 42.74%.
  • Across the five-year window, Gross Margin plunged 876 bps in 2022 and soared 278 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Gross Margin 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.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CIEN Gross Margin figures stand at 43.83% (Q1 2026), 42.69% (Q4 2025), and 41.26% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 444.27 Bn 427.63 Bn 10.08 Bn 63.63%
2 Motorola Solutions 68.42 Bn 67.56 Bn 1.36 Bn 50.18%
3 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 63.57 Bn 58.72 Bn 9.10 Bn 97.81%
4 Lumentum Holdings 59.61 Bn 56.43 Bn 357.00 Mn 44.16%
5 Ciena 57.62 Bn 56.33 Bn 625.52 Mn 43.83%
6 Nokia 52.70 Bn 45.22 Bn 9.86 Bn 144,416.67%
7 Ubiquiti 32.00 Bn 31.63 Bn 370.71 Mn 47.03%
8 AST SpaceMobile 17.20 Bn 17.78 Bn 3.67 Mn 24.92%
9 Zebra Technologies 12.59 Bn 12.48 Bn 742.00 Mn 49.63%
10 Viasat 10.14 Bn 8.46 Bn 615.36 Mn 3,846.01%

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%