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Ciena (CIEN) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Ciena has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.07% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.07% for Q1 2026, up 3.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 0.07% (up 3.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.04%, up 1.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 was 0.07% at Ciena, up from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for CIEN hit a ceiling of 0.12% in Q1 2022 and a floor of 0.03% in Q1 2025.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.06% (2023), compared with a mean of 0.06%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: fell -7bps in 2022 and later grew 3bps in 2026.
  • Ciena's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.06% in 2022, then surged by 34bps to 0.08% in 2023, then plummeted by -52bps to 0.04% in 2024, then grew by 21bps to 0.04% in 2025, then surged by 51bps to 0.07% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.07% (Q1 2026), 0.04% (Q4 2025), and 0.05% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.