Ciena (CIEN) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026)
Ciena's (CIEN) quarterly Retained Earnings came in at -$38.7 million in Q1 2026, up 42.45% year-on-year from -$27.2 million in Q1 2025, and up 98.78% quarter-over-quarter from -$3.2 billion in Q4 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.
- On a quarterly basis, Retained Earnings rose 42.45% year-over-year to -$38.7 million in Q1 2026; TTM through Jan 2026 was -$38.7 million, a 42.45% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at -$3.2 billion, up 3.74% from the prior year.
- Retained Earnings advanced to -$38.7 million in Q1 2026 per CIEN's latest filing, from -$3.2 billion in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Retained Earnings topped out at -$11.8 million in Q3 2023 and bottomed at -$3.7 billion in Q2 2022.
- The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is -$40.2 million (2024), against an average of -$1.4 billion.
- Biggest YoY gain for Retained Earnings was 99.65% in 2022; the steepest drop was 69124.19% in 2022.
- Year by year, Retained Earnings stood at -$3.6 billion in 2022, then grew by 7.02% to -$3.4 billion in 2023, then advanced by 2.49% 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.
- Per Business Quant, the three latest CIEN Retained Earnings figures stand at -$38.7 million (Q1 2026), -$3.2 billion (Q4 2025), and -$3.2 billion (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Retained Earnings (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cisco Systems | 449.30 Bn | 432.66 Bn | 10.08 Bn | -793.00 Mn |
| 2 | Motorola Solutions | 70.39 Bn | 69.50 Bn | 1.36 Bn | 2.60 Bn |
| 3 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 62.74 Bn | 57.90 Bn | 9.10 Bn | -2.77 Bn |
| 4 | Ciena | 52.16 Bn | 50.86 Bn | 625.52 Mn | -38.72 Mn |
| 5 | Lumentum Holdings | 50.33 Bn | 47.15 Bn | 357.00 Mn | 7.00 Mn |
| 6 | Nokia | 48.77 Bn | 41.46 Bn | 9.86 Bn | 2.11 Bn |
| 7 | Ubiquiti | 32.13 Bn | 31.76 Bn | 370.71 Mn | 1.18 Bn |
| 8 | Ericsson Lm Telephone | 31.88 Bn | 26.21 Bn | 2.53 Bn | - |
| 9 | AST SpaceMobile | 16.51 Bn | 16.51 Bn | 3.67 Mn | -1.02 Bn |
| 10 | Zebra Technologies | 12.88 Bn | 12.77 Bn | 742.00 Mn | 866.00 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2026 | -38.72 Mn |
| Nov 1, 2025 | -3.17 Bn |
| Aug 2, 2025 | -3.19 Bn |
| May 3, 2025 | -39.60 Mn |
| Feb 1, 2025 | -67.29 Mn |
| Nov 2, 2024 | -3.29 Bn |
| Jul 27, 2024 | -40.19 Mn |
| Apr 27, 2024 | -21.73 Mn |
| Jan 27, 2024 | -24.87 Mn |
| Oct 28, 2023 | -3.38 Bn |
| Jul 29, 2023 | -11.78 Mn |
| Apr 29, 2023 | -39.75 Mn |
| Jan 28, 2023 | -3.56 Bn |
| Oct 29, 2022 | -3.63 Bn |
| Jul 30, 2022 | -21.88 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2022 | -3.70 Bn |
| Jan 29, 2022 | -14.91 Mn |
| Oct 30, 2021 | -3.79 Bn |
| Jul 31, 2021 | -4.63 Mn |
| May 1, 2021 | 5.36 Mn |