Ciena (CIEN) Net Margin (2009 - 2026)

Ciena (CIEN) recorded quarterly Net Margin of 10.53% in Q1 2026, up 630.56% quarter-over-quarter from 1.44% in Q4 2025, and up 637.0% on a YoY basis from 1.43% in Q1 2025.

Ciena (CIEN) Net Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ciena's Net Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 10.53% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Net Margin rose 637.0% year-over-year to 10.53%; the TTM figure through Jan 2026 stood at 4.47% (up 252.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 2.59%, up 49.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin was 10.53% for Q1 2026 at Ciena, up from 1.44% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Net Margin ranged from a high of 10.53% in Q1 2026 to a low of 1.85% in Q2 2024.
  • Historically, Net Margin has averaged 4.04% across 5 years, with a median of 4.13% in 2025.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2026: Net Margin tumbled 2290 bps in 2022, then jumped 637 bps in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 5.94% in 2022, then soared by 36 bps to 8.07% in 2023, then plunged by 59 bps to 3.29% in 2024, then slumped by 56 bps to 1.44% in 2025, then soared by 631 bps to 10.53% in 2026.
  • The last three Net Margin figures came in at 10.53% (Q1 2026), 1.44% (Q4 2025), and 4.13% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 480.96 Bn 464.32 Bn 10.08 Bn 21.29%
2 Ciena 69.17 Bn 67.87 Bn 625.52 Mn 10.53%
3 Motorola Solutions 68.03 Bn 67.17 Bn 1.36 Bn 13.56%
4 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 65.63 Bn 60.79 Bn 8.25 Bn 4.55%
5 Lumentum Holdings 61.32 Bn 58.15 Bn 357.00 Mn 17.63%
6 Ubiquiti 34.34 Bn 33.97 Bn 370.71 Mn 29.68%
7 AST SpaceMobile 27.21 Bn 27.79 Bn -69.36 Mn -1,693.80%
8 Applied Optoelectronics 13.45 Bn 13.01 Bn 43.92 Mn -9.45%
9 Zebra Technologies 11.38 Bn 11.26 Bn 742.00 Mn 9.03%
10 Viavi Solutions 10.76 Bn 10.75 Bn 234.10 Mn 1.57%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 10.53%
Nov 1, 2025 1.44%
Aug 2, 2025 4.13%
May 3, 2025 0.80%
Feb 1, 2025 4.16%
Nov 2, 2024 3.29%
Jul 27, 2024 1.51%
Apr 27, 2024 -1.85%
Jan 27, 2024 4.77%
Oct 28, 2023 8.07%
Jul 29, 2023 2.78%
Apr 29, 2023 5.09%
Jan 28, 2023 7.22%
Oct 29, 2022 5.94%
Jul 30, 2022 1.21%
Apr 30, 2022 4.10%
Jan 29, 2022 5.43%
Oct 30, 2021 9.94%
Jul 31, 2021 24.11%
May 1, 2021 12.37%