Ciena CIEN
NYSE CIEN
$321.08 +5.45 (+1.73%)
At close: Sep 4, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Ciena (CIEN) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Ciena (CIEN) posted Tax Rate of 14.23% for Q3 2026, up 156.08% on a QoQ basis from 5.56% in Q2 2026, and down 934.0% year-over-year from 1.71% in Q3 2025.

Analysis

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

Ciena has reported Tax Rate for 18 years, with the latest figure at 14.23% in Q3 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Tax Rate fell 934.0% year-over-year to 14.23% in Q3 2026; TTM through Aug 2026 was 9.82%, a 2025.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 21.08%, down 887.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate was 14.23% for Q3 2026 at Ciena, up from 5.56% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Tax Rate was 53.79% in Q3 2023, with the low at 581.91% in Q4 2025.
  • Average Tax Rate over 5 years is 11.24%, with a median of 17.63% recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Tax Rate surged 9743 bps in 2022, then plunged 60480 bps in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, Tax Rate stood at 11.83% in 2022, then sank by 348 bps to 29.33% in 2023, then surged by 178 bps to 22.89% in 2024, then tumbled by 2642 bps to 581.91% in 2025, then surged by 102 bps to 14.23% in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 14.23% (Q3 2026), 5.56% (Q2 2026), and 17.02% (Q1 2026), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 430.90 Bn 415.39 Bn 11.06 Bn 21.77%
2 Ciena 45.56 Bn 42.93 Bn 759.27 Mn 14.23%
3 Ubiquiti 35.05 Bn 34.43 Bn 429.25 Mn 16.95%
4 Ericsson Lm Telephone 34.05 Bn 14.63 Bn 2.58 Bn -29.00%
5 Applied Optoelectronics 8.91 Bn 8.41 Bn 53.21 Mn -6.05%
6 Amdocs 6.75 Bn 6.58 Bn 467.16 Mn 30.14%
7 Extreme Networks 2.85 Bn 2.64 Bn 210.49 Mn 5.06%
8 Digi International 2.63 Bn 2.60 Bn 89.93 Mn 25.96%
9 Nextnav 2.54 Bn 2.54 Bn -905,000.00 -0.18%
10 Calix 2.26 Bn 2.07 Bn 160.12 Mn 27.48%
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Aug 1, 2026 14.23%
May 2, 2026 5.56%
Jan 31, 2026 17.02%
Nov 1, 2025 -581.91%
Aug 2, 2025 23.57%
May 3, 2025 52.83%
Feb 1, 2025 35.02%
Nov 2, 2024 22.89%
Jul 27, 2024 12.99%
Apr 27, 2024 -5.12%
Jan 27, 2024 30.71%
Oct 28, 2023 -29.33%
Jul 29, 2023 53.79%
Apr 29, 2023 34.09%
Jan 28, 2023 24.75%
Oct 29, 2022 11.83%
Jul 30, 2022 29.12%
Apr 30, 2022 17.63%
Jan 29, 2022 16.75%
Oct 30, 2021 19.97%