Ciena (CIEN) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Ciena's Return on Capital Employed history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 6.63% for Q1 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 313.0% year-over-year to 6.63% in Q1 2026; TTM through Jan 2026 was 6.63%, a 313.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 4.44%, up 84.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed rose to 6.63% in Q1 2026 per CIEN's latest filing, from 4.39% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 11.63% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 3.5% in Q1 2025.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 5.7% (2023), against an average of 6.23%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed sank 721 bps in 2022 and soared 313 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
• Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 5.65% in 2022, then jumped by 34 bps to 7.56% in 2023, then plunged by 52 bps to 3.62% in 2024, then gained by 21 bps to 4.39% in 2025, then jumped by 51 bps to 6.63% in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest CIEN Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 6.63% (Q1 2026), 4.39% (Q4 2025), and 5.38% (Q3 2025).