Ciena (CIEN) Tax Provisions (2009 - 2026)

Ciena (CIEN) recorded quarterly Tax Provisions of $30.8 million in Q1 2026, up 285.39% quarter-over-quarter from -$16.6 million in Q4 2025, and up 28.35% on a YoY basis from $24.0 million in Q1 2025.

Ciena (CIEN) Tax Provisions (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ciena's Tax Provisions history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $30.8 million for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Tax Provisions rose 28.35% year-over-year to $30.8 million; the TTM figure through Jan 2026 stood at $39.8 million (up 4.74% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $32.9 million, down 8.2% from the prior year.
  • Tax Provisions was $30.8 million for Q1 2026 at Ciena, up from -$16.6 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Tax Provisions ranged from a high of $34.6 million in Q3 2023 to a low of -$20.7 million in Q4 2023.
  • Historically, Tax Provisions has averaged $11.7 million across 5 years, with a median of $10.0 million in 2025.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Tax Provisions sank 367.37% in 2023, then surged 1125.24% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Provisions shows it stood at $7.7 million in 2022, then tumbled by 367.37% to -$20.7 million in 2023, then surged by 153.16% to $11.0 million in 2024, then sank by 251.29% to -$16.6 million in 2025, then jumped by 285.39% to $30.8 million in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Provisions figures came in at $30.8 million (Q1 2026), -$16.6 million (Q4 2025), and $15.5 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Taxes (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 480.96 Bn 464.32 Bn 10.08 Bn 666.00 Mn
2 Ciena 69.17 Bn 67.87 Bn 625.52 Mn 30.83 Mn
3 Motorola Solutions 68.03 Bn 67.17 Bn 1.36 Bn 73.00 Mn
4 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 65.63 Bn 60.79 Bn 8.25 Bn -19.00 Mn
5 Lumentum Holdings 61.32 Bn 58.15 Bn 357.00 Mn 39.60 Mn
6 Ubiquiti 34.34 Bn 33.97 Bn 370.71 Mn 56.25 Mn
7 AST SpaceMobile 27.21 Bn 27.79 Bn -69.36 Mn 1.17 Mn
8 Applied Optoelectronics 13.45 Bn 13.01 Bn 43.92 Mn 1.05 Mn
9 Zebra Technologies 11.38 Bn 11.26 Bn 742.00 Mn 32.00 Mn
10 Viavi Solutions 10.76 Bn 10.75 Bn 234.10 Mn 7.40 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 30.83 Mn
Nov 1, 2025 -16.63 Mn
Aug 2, 2025 15.51 Mn
May 3, 2025 10.05 Mn
Feb 1, 2025 24.02 Mn
Nov 2, 2024 10.99 Mn
Jul 27, 2024 2.13 Mn
Apr 27, 2024 820,000.00
Jan 27, 2024 21.96 Mn
Oct 28, 2023 -20.68 Mn
Jul 29, 2023 34.61 Mn
Apr 29, 2023 29.82 Mn
Jan 28, 2023 25.08 Mn
Oct 29, 2022 7.74 Mn
Jul 30, 2022 4.32 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 8.33 Mn
Jan 29, 2022 9.22 Mn
Oct 30, 2021 25.83 Mn
Jul 31, 2021 -96.69 Mn
May 1, 2021 21.45 Mn