Ciena (CIEN) Return on Invested Capital (2021 - 2026)

Ciena's Return on Invested Capital history runs 6 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.06% for Q1 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital rose 3.0% year-over-year to 0.06% in Q1 2026; TTM through Jan 2026 was 0.06%, a 3.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.13%, up 3.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Invested Capital rose to 0.06% in Q1 2026 per CIEN's latest filing, from 0.03% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.75% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 0.02% in Q1 2025.
• The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.06% (2024), against an average of 0.16%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Invested Capital increased 20 bps in 2022 and sank 60 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
• Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.27% in 2022, then tumbled by 77 bps to 0.06% in 2023, then slumped by 60 bps to 0.02% in 2024, then jumped by 35 bps to 0.03% in 2025, then jumped by 68 bps to 0.06% in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest CIEN Return on Invested Capital figures stand at 0.06% (Q1 2026), 0.03% (Q4 2025), and 0.04% (Q3 2025).