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

Ciena has reported Return on Sales over the past 18 years, most recently at 0.11% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Sales at 0.11% for Q1 2026, up 6.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 0.04% (up 3.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.03%, changed 0.0%.
  • Return on Sales for Q1 2026 was 0.11% at Ciena, up from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Sales for CIEN hit a ceiling of 0.11% in Q1 2026 and a floor of 4.18% in Q4 2022.
  • Median Return on Sales over the past 5 years was 0.04% (2022), compared with a mean of 0.21%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: tumbled -670bps in 2022 and later skyrocketed 427bps in 2023.
  • Ciena's Return on Sales stood at 4.18% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 102bps to 0.08% in 2023, then crashed by -59bps to 0.03% in 2024, then tumbled by -56bps to 0.01% in 2025, then soared by 631bps to 0.11% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Sales were 0.11% (Q1 2026), 0.01% (Q4 2025), and 0.04% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.