Ciena (CIEN) Return on Invested Capital (2021 - 2026)
Ciena (CIEN) posted quarterly Return on Invested Capital of 0.06% for Q1 2026, up 3.0% year-over-year from 0.05% in Q1 2025, and up 67.63% quarter-over-quarter from 0.03% in Q4 2025.
Ciena (CIEN) Return on Invested Capital (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Ciena's Return on Invested Capital history runs 6 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.06% for Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Return on Invested Capital rose 3.0% year-over-year to 0.06%; the TTM figure through Jan 2026 stood at 0.06% (up 3.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.13%, up 3.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Invested Capital for Q1 2026 stood at 0.06%, up from 0.03% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Return on Invested Capital was 0.75% in Q1 2022, with the low 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%.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Invested Capital advanced 20 bps in 2022, then plunged 60 bps in 2023.
- Ciena's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.27% in 2022, then plunged by 77 bps to 0.06% in 2023, then tumbled by 60 bps to 0.02% in 2024, then soared by 35 bps to 0.03% in 2025, then soared by 68 bps to 0.06% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows CIEN's Return on Invested Capital at 0.06% in Q1 2026, 0.03% in Q4 2025, and 0.04% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 0.10% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 0.06% |
| Nov 1, 2025 | 0.03% |
| Aug 2, 2025 | 0.04% |
| May 3, 2025 | 0.03% |
| Feb 1, 2025 | 0.02% |
| Nov 2, 2024 | 0.02% |
| Jul 27, 2024 | 0.04% |
| Apr 27, 2024 | 0.04% |
| Jan 27, 2024 | 0.06% |
| Oct 28, 2023 | 0.06% |
| Jul 29, 2023 | 0.06% |
| Apr 29, 2023 | 0.09% |
| Jan 28, 2023 | 0.15% |
| Oct 29, 2022 | 0.27% |
| Jul 30, 2022 | 0.33% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 0.67% |
| Jan 29, 2022 | 0.75% |
| Oct 30, 2021 | 0.77% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 0.72% |