Ciena Corporation CIEN

356.91 (1.52) (0.42%) as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$51.7B
P/E
77.3×
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Ciena Corporation (CIEN) Debt to equity

Ciena Corporation's debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 31 July 2026 was 1.1×, up 0.5× from fiscal 2025 (0.6×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.2× (fiscal 2021) to 2.1× (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Communication Equipment industry median of 0.1× and above the Technology sector median of 0.1×.

Debt to equity, annual

Annual

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 0.6× 2.59%
FY2024 0.5× 0.46%
FY2023 0.5× 38.68%
FY2022 0.4× 75.52%
FY2021 0.2× (17.63%)
FY2020 0.3× (13.94%)
FY2019 0.3× (11.96%)
FY2018 0.4× (17.96%)
FY2017 0.4× (73.22%)
FY2016 1.6× (20.29%)

Quarterly

Period Debt to equity Change
Jul 2026 1.1× 99.58%
Apr 2026 0.5× (3.78%)
Jan 2026 0.6× (2.22%)
Oct 2025 0.6× 1.98%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.2× High 2.1×
Ten-year median 0.4×
Current reading's percentile 82

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
UI Ubiquiti Inc. compare 0.0×
NOK Nokia Corporation compare 0.1×
ERIC Ericsson compare 0.3×
LITE Lumentum Holdings Inc. compare 0.4×
HPE Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company compare 0.7×
ZBRA Zebra Technologies Corporation compare 0.8×
CIEN Ciena Corporation 1.1×
ASTS AST SpaceMobile, Inc. compare 1.2×
MSI Motorola Solutions, Inc. compare 3.4×
Communication Equipment industry median 0.1×
Technology sector median 0.1×
Market median 0.2×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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