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

Ciena (CIEN) posted quarterly Short-term Investments of $176.3 million for Q1 2026, down 47.73% year-over-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.

  • In Q1 2026, Short-term Investments fell 47.73% year-over-year to $176.3 million; the TTM figure through Jan 2026 stood at $176.3 million (down 47.73% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $216.1 million, down 31.67% from the prior year.
  • Short-term Investments for Q1 2026 stood at $176.3 million, down from $216.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Short-term Investments was $529.6 million in Q2 2022, with the low 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.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Short-term Investments soared 248.81% in 2022, then slumped 78.19% in 2023.
  • Ciena's Short-term Investments stood at $154.0 million in 2022, then sank by 31.97% to $104.8 million in 2023, then soared by 201.99% to $316.3 million in 2024, then sank by 31.67% to $216.1 million in 2025, then slipped by 18.43% to $176.3 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CIEN's Short-term Investments at $176.3 million in Q1 2026, $216.1 million in Q4 2025, and $270.4 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 440.02 Bn 423.38 Bn 10.08 Bn
2 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 77.69 Bn 72.40 Bn 3.94 Bn
3 Motorola Solutions 77.25 Bn 76.56 Bn 1.68 Bn
4 Lumentum Holdings 66.40 Bn 63.23 Bn 357.00 Mn
5 Nokia 61.84 Bn 54.37 Bn 10.09 Bn
6 Ciena 60.71 Bn 59.51 Bn 691.55 Mn
7 Ubiquiti 34.65 Bn 34.28 Bn 370.71 Mn
8 Ericsson Lm Telephone 34.62 Bn 28.92 Bn 2.58 Bn
9 AST SpaceMobile 27.62 Bn 28.12 Bn 9.12 Mn
10 Zebra Technologies 17.79 Bn 17.63 Bn 825.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 2, 2026 157.71 Mn
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