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Ciena Corporation CIEN

Technology  —  Communication Equipment
356.91 (1.52) (0.42%) as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$51.7B
P/E
77.3×
S&P 500 Member Cash Flow Champion (3y)
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Ciena Corporation (CIEN) Return on invested capital

Ciena Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 12.6%, up 8.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (4.18%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.35% (fiscal 2024) to 15.6% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Communication Equipment industry median of 0.72% and above the Technology sector median of 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 4.18% 0.83
FY2024 3.35% (3.45)
FY2023 6.80% 1.51
FY2022 5.29% (9.50)
FY2021 14.8% (0.79)
FY2020 15.6% 3.84
FY2019 11.7% 3.42
FY2018 8.32% 2.09
FY2017 6.23% (3.86)
FY2016 10.1% 3.61

Against its own ten years

Low 3.35% High 15.6%
Ten-year median 6.80%
Current reading's percentile 18

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
UI Ubiquiti Inc. compare 89.4%
ERIC Ericsson compare 25.1%
MSI Motorola Solutions, Inc. compare 17.3%
CIEN Ciena Corporation 12.6%
LITE Lumentum Holdings Inc. compare 9.26%
ZBRA Zebra Technologies Corporation compare 8.87%
HPE Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company compare 4.31%
NOK Nokia Corporation compare 2.83%
ASTS AST SpaceMobile, Inc. compare −12.2%
Communication Equipment industry median 0.72%
Technology sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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