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.

• In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 313.0% year-over-year to 6.63%; the TTM figure through Jan 2026 stood at 6.63% (up 313.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 4.44%, up 84.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed was 6.63% for Q1 2026 at Ciena, up from 4.39% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 11.63% in Q1 2022 to a low of 3.5% in Q1 2025.
• Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 6.23% across 5 years, with a median of 5.7% in 2023.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2026: Return on Capital Employed sank 721 bps in 2022, then jumped 313 bps in 2026.
• A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 5.65% in 2022, then jumped by 34 bps to 7.56% in 2023, then slumped 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.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 6.63% (Q1 2026), 4.39% (Q4 2025), and 5.38% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.