Ciena (CIEN) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026)

Ciena (CIEN) recorded quarterly Retained Earnings of -$38.7 million in Q1 2026, up 98.78% quarter-over-quarter from -$3.2 billion in Q4 2025, and up 42.45% on a YoY basis from -$27.2 million in Q1 2025.

Ciena (CIEN) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ciena's Retained Earnings history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$38.7 million for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Retained Earnings rose 42.45% year-over-year to -$38.7 million; the TTM figure through Jan 2026 stood at -$38.7 million (up 42.45% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was -$3.2 billion, up 3.74% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings was -$38.7 million for Q1 2026 at Ciena, up from -$3.2 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Retained Earnings ranged from a high of -$21.9 million in Q3 2022 to a low of -$3.7 billion in Q1 2022.
  • Historically, Retained Earnings has averaged -$2.0 billion across 5 years, with a median of -$3.3 billion in 2024.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Retained Earnings plunged 827487.24% in 2022, then jumped 99.22% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Retained Earnings shows it stood at -$3.6 billion in 2022, then jumped by 98.96% to -$37.8 million in 2023, then sank by 8620.44% to -$3.3 billion in 2024, then rose by 3.74% to -$3.2 billion in 2025, then soared by 98.78% to -$38.7 million in 2026.
  • The last three Retained Earnings figures came in at -$38.7 million (Q1 2026), -$3.2 billion (Q4 2025), and -$44.8 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 480.96 Bn 464.32 Bn 10.08 Bn 704.00 Mn
2 Ciena 69.17 Bn 67.87 Bn 625.52 Mn -38.72 Mn
3 Motorola Solutions 68.03 Bn 67.17 Bn 1.36 Bn -2.42 Bn
4 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 65.63 Bn 60.79 Bn 8.25 Bn -2.59 Bn
5 Lumentum Holdings 61.32 Bn 58.15 Bn 357.00 Mn -634.60 Mn
6 Ubiquiti 34.34 Bn 33.97 Bn 370.71 Mn 1.18 Bn
7 AST SpaceMobile 27.21 Bn 27.79 Bn -69.36 Mn -1.02 Bn
8 Applied Optoelectronics 13.45 Bn 13.01 Bn 43.92 Mn -207,000.00
9 Zebra Technologies 11.38 Bn 11.26 Bn 742.00 Mn 5.41 Bn
10 Viavi Solutions 10.76 Bn 10.75 Bn 234.10 Mn -116.00 Mn

Historic Data

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Jan 31, 2026 -38.72 Mn
Nov 1, 2025 -3.17 Bn
Aug 2, 2025 -44.83 Mn
May 3, 2025 -39.60 Mn
Feb 1, 2025 -67.29 Mn
Nov 2, 2024 -3.29 Bn
Jul 27, 2024 -3.33 Bn
Apr 27, 2024 -3.34 Bn
Jan 27, 2024 -3.33 Bn
Oct 28, 2023 -37.77 Mn
Jul 29, 2023 -3.47 Bn
Apr 29, 2023 -3.50 Bn
Jan 28, 2023 -29.30 Mn
Oct 29, 2022 -3.63 Bn
Jul 30, 2022 -21.88 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 -3.70 Bn
Jan 29, 2022 -3.74 Bn
Oct 30, 2021 439,000.00
Jul 31, 2021 -4.63 Mn
May 1, 2021 5.36 Mn