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

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

  • Quarterly results put Return on Invested Capital 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 0.05%, up 2.0%.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q1 2026 was 0.07% at Ciena, up from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Invested Capital for CIEN hit a ceiling of 0.17% in Q2 2022 and a floor of 0.03% in Q4 2024.
  • Median Return on Invested Capital over the past 5 years was 0.06% (2023), compared with a mean of 0.07%.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Invested Capital hit 3bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached -10bps in 2022.
  • Ciena's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.06% in 2022, then rose by 17bps to 0.08% in 2023, then plummeted by -55bps to 0.03% in 2024, then rose by 30bps to 0.04% in 2025, then surged by 67bps to 0.07% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Invested Capital were 0.07% (Q1 2026), 0.04% (Q4 2025), and 0.04% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.