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
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 |