Ciena (CIEN) Long-Term Deferred Tax (2016 - 2026)

Ciena's (CIEN) quarterly Long-Term Deferred Tax came in at $878.0 million in Q1 2026, up 1.1% year-on-year from $868.4 million in Q1 2025, and down 0.78% quarter-over-quarter from $884.9 million in Q4 2025.

Ciena (CIEN) Long-Term Deferred Tax (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ciena's Long-Term Deferred Tax history runs 11 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $878.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Long-Term Deferred Tax rose 1.1% year-over-year to $878.0 million in Q1 2026; TTM through Jan 2026 was $878.0 million, a 1.1% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $884.9 million, changed 0.18% from the prior year.
  • Long-Term Deferred Tax fell to $878.0 million in Q1 2026 per CIEN's latest filing, from $884.9 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Long-Term Deferred Tax topped out at $886.4 million in Q4 2024 and bottomed at $792.3 million in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Long-Term Deferred Tax is $821.9 million (2024), against an average of $830.3 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Long-Term Deferred Tax increased 23.54% in 2022 and decreased 1.78% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Long-Term Deferred Tax stood at $824.0 million in 2022, then dropped by 1.78% to $809.3 million in 2023, then increased by 9.53% to $886.4 million in 2024, then decreased by 0.18% to $884.9 million in 2025, then retreated by 0.78% to $878.0 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CIEN Long-Term Deferred Tax figures stand at $878.0 million (Q1 2026), $884.9 million (Q4 2025), and $851.9 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 449.01 Bn 432.37 Bn 10.08 Bn
2 Motorola Solutions 69.69 Bn 68.80 Bn 1.36 Bn
3 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 63.43 Bn 58.59 Bn 9.10 Bn
4 Ciena 52.47 Bn 51.17 Bn 625.52 Mn
5 Lumentum Holdings 51.32 Bn 48.15 Bn 357.00 Mn
6 Nokia 49.07 Bn 41.76 Bn 9.86 Bn
7 Ubiquiti 32.09 Bn 31.72 Bn 370.71 Mn
8 Ericsson Lm Telephone 31.82 Bn 26.14 Bn 2.53 Bn
9 AST SpaceMobile 16.70 Bn 16.70 Bn 3.67 Mn
10 Zebra Technologies 13.04 Bn 12.92 Bn 742.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 878.00 Mn
Nov 1, 2025 884.89 Mn
Aug 2, 2025 851.90 Mn
May 3, 2025 863.57 Mn
Feb 1, 2025 868.43 Mn
Nov 2, 2024 886.44 Mn
Jul 27, 2024 831.68 Mn
Apr 27, 2024 821.88 Mn
Jan 27, 2024 814.10 Mn
Oct 28, 2023 809.31 Mn
Jul 29, 2023 792.30 Mn
Apr 29, 2023 795.05 Mn
Jan 28, 2023 797.21 Mn
Oct 29, 2022 824.01 Mn
Jul 30, 2022 797.92 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 798.24 Mn
Jan 29, 2022 799.59 Mn
Oct 30, 2021 800.18 Mn
Jul 31, 2021 784.70 Mn
May 1, 2021 653.92 Mn