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Ciena (CIEN) Return on Sales (2016 - 2026)

Ciena (CIEN) has 18 years of Return on Sales data on record, last reported at 0.11% in Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Sales rose 6.0% year-over-year to 0.11%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 0.04%, up 3.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.03%, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales reached 0.11% in Q1 2026 per CIEN's latest filing, up from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.11% in Q1 2026 and bottomed at 0.02% in Q2 2024.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.04%, with a median of 0.04% recorded in 2025.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: dropped -23bps in 2022, then rose 6bps in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.06% in 2022, then soared by 36bps to 0.08% in 2023, then tumbled by -59bps to 0.03% in 2024, then plummeted by -56bps to 0.01% in 2025, then surged by 631bps to 0.11% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Sales were 0.11% in Q1 2026, 0.01% in Q4 2025, and 0.04% in Q3 2025.