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Ciena (CIEN) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

Ciena (CIEN) has 18 years of Operating Margin data on record, last reported at 13.27% in Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Operating Margin rose 575.0% year-over-year to 13.27%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 5.98%, up 196.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 4.14%, 1.0% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin reached 13.27% in Q1 2026 per CIEN's latest filing, up from 0.78% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 13.27% in Q1 2026 and bottomed at 0.44% in Q2 2024.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 6.07%, with a median of 7.11% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Margin: plummeted -1191bps in 2022, then skyrocketed 575bps in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 7.96% in 2022, then rose by 2bps to 8.08% in 2023, then tumbled by -35bps to 5.27% in 2024, then crashed by -85bps to 0.78% in 2025, then skyrocketed by 1611bps to 13.27% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Operating Margin were 13.27% in Q1 2026, 0.78% in Q4 2025, and 6.03% in Q3 2025.