KPIs & Operating Metrics(New)
Growth Metrics

Ciena (CIEN) Short-term Investments (2016 - 2026)

Ciena has reported Short-term Investments over the past 17 years, most recently at $176.3 million for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Short-term Investments fell 47.73% year-over-year to $176.3 million; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached $176.3 million, down 47.73%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $216.1 million, 31.67% down from the prior year.
  • Short-term Investments for Q1 2026 was $176.3 million at Ciena, down from $216.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Short-term Investments peaked at $529.6 million in Q2 2022 and troughed at $100.4 million in Q1 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $239.6 million and a median of $216.1 million in 2025 define the central range for Short-term Investments.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Short-term Investments: skyrocketed 248.81% in 2022 and later tumbled 78.19% in 2023.
  • Year by year, Short-term Investments stood at $154.0 million in 2022, then plummeted by 31.97% to $104.8 million in 2023, then soared by 201.99% to $316.3 million in 2024, then tumbled by 31.67% to $216.1 million in 2025, then fell by 18.43% to $176.3 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows Short-term Investments for CIEN at $176.3 million in Q1 2026, $216.1 million in Q4 2025, and $270.4 million in Q3 2025.