Ciena (CIEN) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Ciena's (CIEN) quarterly Tax Rate came in at 17.02% in Q1 2026, down 1800.0% year-on-year from 1.0% in Q1 2025, and up 102.93% quarter-over-quarter from 581.91% in Q4 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.

  • On a quarterly basis, Tax Rate fell 1800.0% year-over-year to 17.02% in Q1 2026; TTM through Jan 2026 was 14.79%, a 1767.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 21.08%, down 887.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate grew to 17.02% in Q1 2026 per CIEN's latest filing, from 581.91% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 53.79% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 581.91% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 22.89% (2024), against an average of 13.73%.
  • Across the five-year window, Tax Rate soared 9743 bps in 2022 and sank 60480 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Tax Rate stood at 11.83% in 2022, then plunged by 348 bps to 29.33% in 2023, then jumped by 178 bps to 22.89% in 2024, then slumped by 2642 bps to 581.91% in 2025, then surged by 103 bps to 17.02% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CIEN Tax Rate figures stand at 17.02% (Q1 2026), 581.91% (Q4 2025), and 23.57% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 449.30 Bn 432.66 Bn 10.08 Bn 16.49%
2 Motorola Solutions 70.39 Bn 69.50 Bn 1.36 Bn 16.55%
3 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 62.74 Bn 57.90 Bn 9.10 Bn -4.39%
4 Ciena 52.16 Bn 50.86 Bn 625.52 Mn 17.02%
5 Lumentum Holdings 50.33 Bn 47.15 Bn 357.00 Mn 21.55%
6 Nokia 48.77 Bn 41.46 Bn 9.86 Bn -
7 Ubiquiti 32.13 Bn 31.76 Bn 370.71 Mn 19.38%
8 Ericsson Lm Telephone 31.88 Bn 26.21 Bn 2.53 Bn -29.00%
9 AST SpaceMobile 16.51 Bn 16.51 Bn 3.67 Mn -0.47%
10 Zebra Technologies 12.88 Bn 12.77 Bn 742.00 Mn 19.16%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 17.02%
Jan 31, 2026 17.02%
Jan 31, 2026 17.02%
Nov 1, 2025 -581.91%
Nov 1, 2025 -581.91%
Nov 1, 2025 -581.91%
Aug 2, 2025 23.57%
Aug 2, 2025 23.57%
Aug 2, 2025 23.57%
May 3, 2025 52.83%
May 3, 2025 52.83%
May 3, 2025 52.83%
Feb 1, 2025 35.02%
Feb 1, 2025 35.02%
Feb 1, 2025 35.02%
Nov 2, 2024 22.89%
Nov 2, 2024 22.89%
Nov 2, 2024 22.89%
Jul 27, 2024 12.99%
Jul 27, 2024 12.99%