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Ciena Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended October 2025) was $4.8 billion, up 18.8% from fiscal 2024.
- Revenue
- +37.1%
- EPS
- +437.1%
- Free cash flow
- −13.6%
- Total debt
- +110.0%
Quarter to July 2026, against a year earlier
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Ciena Corporation (CIEN) Return on assets
Ciena Corporation's return on assets over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 9.52%, up 7.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (2.14%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −8.94% (fiscal 2018) to 37.0% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Communication Equipment industry median of −0.10% and above the Technology sector median of 0.00%.
Return on assets, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on assets | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 2.14% | 0.65 |
| FY2024 | 1.49% | (3.29) |
| FY2023 | 4.78% | 1.70 |
| FY2022 | 3.08% | (7.98) |
| FY2021 | 11.1% | 2.11 |
| FY2020 | 8.95% | 2.32 |
| FY2019 | 6.63% | 15.57 |
| FY2018 | −8.94% | (45.92) |
| FY2017 | 37.0% | 34.37 |
| FY2016 | 2.61% | 2.12 |
Against its own ten years
Return on assets against peers
| Company | Return on assets |
|---|---|
| UI Ubiquiti Inc. compare | 52.4% |
| MSI Motorola Solutions, Inc. compare | 10.4% |
| CIEN Ciena Corporation | 9.52% |
| ZBRA Zebra Technologies Corporation compare | 7.13% |
| ERIC Ericsson compare | 6.57% |
| HPE Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company compare | 3.32% |
| NOK Nokia Corporation compare | 2.07% |
| ASTS AST SpaceMobile, Inc. compare | −16.0% |
| LITE Lumentum Holdings Inc. compare | −110.7% |
| Communication Equipment industry median | −0.10% |
| Technology sector median | 0.00% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on assets is
ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.
Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)
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