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) Operating margin
Ciena Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 12.3%, up 8.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (4.14%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.11% (fiscal 2015) to 13.8% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Communication Equipment industry median of 2.39% and above the Technology sector median of 0.08%.
Operating margin, annual
Annual
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 4.14% | (0.01) |
| FY2024 | 4.15% | (4.00) |
| FY2023 | 8.15% | 2.02 |
| FY2022 | 6.13% | (7.55) |
| FY2021 | 13.7% | (0.11) |
| FY2020 | 13.8% | 4.08 |
| FY2019 | 9.71% | 2.28 |
| FY2018 | 7.43% | (0.23) |
| FY2017 | 7.66% | 1.65 |
| FY2016 | 6.01% | 1.90 |
Quarterly
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 18.0% | 2.88 |
| Apr 2026 | 15.1% | 1.87 |
| Jan 2026 | 13.3% | 12.49 |
| Oct 2025 | 0.78% | (5.25) |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Low 4.11%
High 13.8%
Ten-year median
7.43%
Current reading's percentile
18
Operating margin against peers
| Company | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| UI Ubiquiti Inc. compare | 36.2% |
| MSI Motorola Solutions, Inc. compare | 24.9% |
| LITE Lumentum Holdings Inc. compare | 17.4% |
| ZBRA Zebra Technologies Corporation compare | 14.7% |
| ERIC Ericsson compare | 14.5% |
| CIEN Ciena Corporation | 12.3% |
| HPE Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company compare | 6.21% |
| NOK Nokia Corporation compare | 4.14% |
| ASTS AST SpaceMobile, Inc. compare | −519.5% |
| Communication Equipment industry median | 2.39% |
| Technology sector median | 0.08% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Operating margin is
EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.
EBIT ÷ Revenue
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