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

Ciena (CIEN) has 13 years of Return on Capital Employed data on record, last reported at 0.07% in Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 3.0% year-over-year to 0.07%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 0.07%, up 3.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.04%, 1.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.07% in Q1 2026 per CIEN's latest filing, up from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.1% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 0.03% in Q1 2025.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.06%, with a median of 0.06% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: dropped -7bps in 2022, then increased 3bps in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.06% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 34bps to 0.08% in 2023, then crashed by -52bps to 0.04% in 2024, then rose by 21bps to 0.04% in 2025, then skyrocketed by 51bps to 0.07% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Capital Employed were 0.07% in Q1 2026, 0.04% in Q4 2025, and 0.05% in Q3 2025.