Ciena (CIEN) Short-term Investments (2009 - 2026)

Ciena's (CIEN) quarterly Short-term Investments came in at $176.3 million in Q1 2026, down 47.73% year-on-year from $337.3 million in Q1 2025, and down 18.43% quarter-over-quarter from $216.1 million in Q4 2025.

Ciena (CIEN) Short-term Investments (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ciena's Short-term Investments history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $176.3 million for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Short-term Investments fell 47.73% year-over-year to $176.3 million in Q1 2026; TTM through Jan 2026 was $176.3 million, a 47.73% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $216.1 million, down 31.67% from the prior year.
  • Short-term Investments retreated to $176.3 million in Q1 2026 per CIEN's latest filing, from $216.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Short-term Investments topped out at $529.6 million in Q2 2022 and bottomed at $100.4 million in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Short-term Investments is $216.1 million (2025), against an average of $239.6 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Short-term Investments soared 248.81% in 2022 and tumbled 78.19% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Short-term Investments stood at $154.0 million in 2022, then plunged by 31.97% to $104.8 million in 2023, then jumped by 201.99% to $316.3 million in 2024, then plunged by 31.67% to $216.1 million in 2025, then dropped by 18.43% to $176.3 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CIEN Short-term Investments figures stand at $176.3 million (Q1 2026), $216.1 million (Q4 2025), and $270.4 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 444.27 Bn 427.63 Bn 10.08 Bn
2 Motorola Solutions 68.42 Bn 67.56 Bn 1.36 Bn
3 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 63.57 Bn 58.72 Bn 9.10 Bn
4 Lumentum Holdings 59.61 Bn 56.43 Bn 357.00 Mn
5 Ciena 57.62 Bn 56.33 Bn 625.52 Mn
6 Nokia 52.70 Bn 45.22 Bn 9.86 Bn
7 Ubiquiti 32.00 Bn 31.63 Bn 370.71 Mn
8 AST SpaceMobile 17.20 Bn 17.78 Bn 3.67 Mn
9 Zebra Technologies 12.59 Bn 12.48 Bn 742.00 Mn
10 Viasat 10.14 Bn 8.46 Bn 615.36 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 176.32 Mn
Nov 1, 2025 216.15 Mn
Aug 2, 2025 270.38 Mn
May 3, 2025 304.18 Mn
Feb 1, 2025 337.32 Mn
Nov 2, 2024 316.34 Mn
Jul 27, 2024 217.81 Mn
Apr 27, 2024 165.62 Mn
Jan 27, 2024 106.68 Mn
Oct 28, 2023 104.75 Mn
Jul 29, 2023 141.84 Mn
Apr 29, 2023 150.46 Mn
Jan 28, 2023 100.42 Mn
Oct 29, 2022 153.99 Mn
Jul 30, 2022 321.82 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 529.55 Mn
Jan 29, 2022 460.37 Mn
Oct 30, 2021 181.48 Mn
Jul 31, 2021 182.01 Mn
May 1, 2021 151.82 Mn