Ciena (CIEN) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Ciena (CIEN) recorded quarterly Tax Rate of 17.02% in Q1 2026, up 102.93% quarter-over-quarter from 581.91% in Q4 2025, and down 1800.0% on a YoY basis from 1.0% in Q1 2025.

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

Ciena's Tax Rate history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 17.02% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Tax Rate fell 1800.0% year-over-year to 17.02%; the TTM figure through Jan 2026 stood at 14.79% (down 1767.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 21.08%, down 887.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate was 17.02% for Q1 2026 at Ciena, up from 581.91% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Tax Rate ranged from a high of 53.79% in Q3 2023 to a low of 581.91% in Q4 2025.
  • Historically, Tax Rate has averaged 13.73% across 5 years, with a median of 22.89% in 2024.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Tax Rate jumped 9743 bps in 2022, then sank 60480 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 11.83% in 2022, then slumped by 348 bps to 29.33% in 2023, then jumped by 178 bps to 22.89% in 2024, then plunged by 2642 bps to 581.91% in 2025, then surged by 103 bps to 17.02% in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 17.02% (Q1 2026), 581.91% (Q4 2025), and 23.57% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 480.96 Bn 464.32 Bn 10.08 Bn 16.49%
2 Ciena 69.17 Bn 67.87 Bn 625.52 Mn 17.02%
3 Motorola Solutions 68.03 Bn 67.17 Bn 1.36 Bn 16.55%
4 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 65.63 Bn 60.79 Bn 8.25 Bn -4.39%
5 Lumentum Holdings 61.32 Bn 58.15 Bn 357.00 Mn 21.55%
6 Ubiquiti 34.34 Bn 33.97 Bn 370.71 Mn 19.38%
7 AST SpaceMobile 27.21 Bn 27.79 Bn -69.36 Mn -0.47%
8 Applied Optoelectronics 13.45 Bn 13.01 Bn 43.92 Mn -7.93%
9 Zebra Technologies 11.38 Bn 11.26 Bn 742.00 Mn 19.16%
10 Viavi Solutions 10.76 Bn 10.75 Bn 234.10 Mn 53.62%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 17.02%
Jan 31, 2026 17.02%
Nov 1, 2025 -581.91%
Nov 1, 2025 -581.91%
Aug 2, 2025 23.57%
Aug 2, 2025 23.57%
May 3, 2025 52.83%
May 3, 2025 52.83%
Feb 1, 2025 35.02%
Feb 1, 2025 35.02%
Nov 2, 2024 22.89%
Nov 2, 2024 22.89%
Jul 27, 2024 12.99%
Jul 27, 2024 12.99%
Apr 27, 2024 -5.12%
Apr 27, 2024 -5.12%
Jan 27, 2024 30.71%
Jan 27, 2024 30.71%
Oct 28, 2023 -29.33%
Oct 28, 2023 -29.33%