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Ciena Corporation
CIEN Technology Communication Equipment
Ciena Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended October 2025) was $4.8 billion, up 18.8% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue grew 37.1%, EPS grew 437.1%, free cash flow fell 13.6% and total debt rose 110.0%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; operating cash flow growth for three consecutive years.
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to October
| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | Low | 15.62 | 19.40 | 20.71 | 32.76 | 30.58 | 47.52 | 38.33 | 39.94 | 43.30 | 49.21 |
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| High | 25.19 | 27.98 | 36.55 | 46.78 | 61.52 | 78.28 | 77.38 | 54.25 | 91.82 | 248.00 | |||||
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| People | Employees | 5,555 | 5,737 | 6,013 | 6,383 | 7,032 | 7,241 | 8,079 | 8,483 | 8,657 | 9,080 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.47 | 0.49 | 0.51 | 0.56 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.45 | 0.52 | 0.46 | 0.53 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 2,601 | 2,802 | 3,094 | 3,572 | 3,532 | 3,621 | 3,633 | 4,387 | 4,015 | 4,770 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 44.67 | 44.47 | 42.49 | 43.17 | 46.80 | 47.56 | 42.95 | 42.83 | 42.83 | 42.04 | |||||
| EBT | 87 | 156 | 149 | 313 | 456 | 463 | 183 | 324 | 120 | 156 | |||||
| EBT margin, % | 3.33 | 5.57 | 4.81 | 8.77 | 12.91 | 12.78 | 5.02 | 7.38 | 2.99 | 3.28 | |||||
| Net income | 73 | 1,262 | (345) | 253 | 361 | 500 | 153 | 255 | 84 | 123 | |||||
| Depreciation | 142 | 123 | 110 | 123 | 133 | 132 | 140 | 142 | 133 | 140 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 18.80 | 19.73 | 21.53 | 22.94 | 22.89 | 23.32 | 24.02 | 29.45 | 27.74 | 33.54 | ||||
| Earnings | 0.52 | 8.89 | (2.40) | 1.63 | 2.34 | 3.22 | 1.01 | 1.71 | 0.58 | 0.87 | |||||
| Cash flow | 2.09 | 1.65 | 1.60 | 2.65 | 3.20 | 3.49 | (1.11) | 1.13 | 3.56 | 5.67 | |||||
| Capex | (0.77) | (0.67) | (0.47) | (0.40) | (0.54) | (0.51) | (0.60) | (0.71) | (0.94) | (0.99) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 1.32 | 0.99 | 1.12 | 2.25 | 2.66 | 2.98 | (1.71) | 0.42 | 2.61 | 4.68 | |||||
| Book value | 5.54 | 15.05 | 13.42 | 13.95 | 16.27 | 19.45 | 17.94 | 19.12 | 19.46 | 19.19 | |||||
| Shares, m | 138 | 142 | 144 | 156 | 154 | 155 | 151 | 149 | 145 | 142 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 37.27 | 2.41 | 0.00 | 22.63 | 16.73 | 17.16 | 46.96 | 24.53 | 109.50 | 220.84 | ||||
| P/S | 1.03 | 1.08 | 1.45 | 1.62 | 1.71 | 2.37 | 1.99 | 1.43 | 2.29 | 5.66 | |||||
| P/B | 3.50 | 1.41 | 2.33 | 2.66 | 2.41 | 2.84 | 2.67 | 2.21 | 3.26 | 9.90 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 1.11 | 1.08 | 1.39 | 1.53 | 1.55 | 2.11 | 1.97 | 1.53 | 2.36 | 5.71 | |||||
| EV/FCF | 15.80 | 21.65 | 26.55 | 15.56 | 13.34 | 16.56 | (27.70) | 108.25 | 25.10 | 40.94 | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 290 | 235 | 229 | 413 | 494 | 542 | (168) | 168 | 515 | 806 | ||||
| Capex | (107) | (95) | (68) | (63) | (83) | (80) | (91) | (106) | (137) | (141) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 182 | 140 | 162 | 351 | 411 | 462 | (259) | 62 | 378 | 665 | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | 1,122 | 969 | 1,180 | 1,536 | 1,850 | 2,280 | 2,345 | 2,644 | 2,545 | 2,257 | ||||
| Total debt | 1,254 | 936 | 693 | 687 | 683 | 677 | 1,068 | 1,555 | 1,545 | 1,536 | |||||
| Net debt | 201 | 16 | (201) | (327) | (556) | (927) | (80) | 440 | 294 | 228 | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 766 | 2,136 | 1,929 | 2,173 | 2,510 | 3,020 | 2,713 | 2,848 | 2,816 | 2,729 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 2.61 | 36.98 | (8.94) | 6.63 | 8.95 | 11.06 | 3.08 | 4.78 | 1.49 | 2.14 | ||||
| ROIC | 10.09 | 6.23 | 8.32 | 11.74 | 15.58 | 14.79 | 5.29 | 6.80 | 3.35 | 4.18 | |||||
| ROE | 10.46 | 86.95 | (16.96) | 12.36 | 15.43 | 18.09 | 5.33 | 9.16 | 2.96 | 4.45 | |||||
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Fiscal years to Oct 2025 · latest quarter Jul 2026
Charts ten years each
Ciena Corporation vs peers in Communication Equipment (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LITE Lumentum Holdings Inc. | $95.0B | — (loss-making) | 54.3× | +109.34% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | +1,870.30% (above 0%: growing) | 47.43% | 27.76% | Compare |
| HPE Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | $94.3B | 36.5× | 22.3× | +33.68% (above 0%: growing) | +438.10% (above 0%: growing) | +20.63% (above 0%: growing) | 40.11% | 11.41% | Compare |
| MSI Motorola Solutions, Inc. | $74.0B | 34.6× | 30.9× | +13.31% (above 0%: growing) | +9.09% (above 0%: growing) | +84.00% (above 0%: growing) | 53.56% | 25.82% | Compare |
| CIEN Ciena Corporation | $60.4B | 97.4× | 94.0× | +37.05% (above 0%: growing) | +437.14% (above 0%: growing) | −13.59% (below 0%: shrinking) | 45.43% | 18.02% | |
| NOK Nokia Corporation | $56.8B | 5.6× | — | +8.48% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | −624.57% (below 0%: shrinking) | 44.57% | (1.04%) | Compare |
| UI Ubiquiti Inc. | $38.9B | 41.4× | 30.7× | +23.47% (above 0%: growing) | +6.80% (above 0%: growing) | +134.17% (above 0%: growing) | 45.80% | 36.27% | Compare |
| ERIC Ericsson | $28.9B | 12.3× | — | −3.14% (below 0%: shrinking) | −7.14% (below 0%: shrinking) | −89.23% (below 0%: shrinking) | 45.78% | 11.24% | Compare |
| ASTS AST SpaceMobile, Inc. | $22.2B | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | +2,626.64% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | −103.37% (below 0%: shrinking) | 25.23% | (944.09%) | Compare |
| ZBRA Zebra Technologies Corporation | $18.1B | 35.2× | 18.8× | +20.42% (above 0%: growing) | +122.27% (above 0%: growing) | +52.31% (above 0%: growing) | 52.99% | 20.62% | Compare |
| Median of peers | $47.8B | 34.9× | 30.7× | +21.94% | +9.09% | +36.47% | 45.79% | 16.02% |
CIEN metrics, ten years each
- Revenue
- Net income
- EPS (diluted)
- EBITDA
- Free cash flow
- Operating cash flow
- Gross margin
- Operating margin
- Net margin
- Free cash flow margin
- P/E ratio
- P/S ratio
- P/B ratio
- Price to free cash flow
- EV/EBITDA
- EV/Sales
- EV/FCF
- Return on equity
- Return on assets
- Return on invested capital
- Debt to equity
- Current ratio
- Total debt
- Shares outstanding
- Book value per share
- Revenue growth
- Piotroski F-score
- Altman Z-score
- Beneish M-score
Ciena Corporation (CIEN) key facts
- Strength: Ciena Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended October 2025) was $4.8 billion, up 18.8% from fiscal 2024.
- Strength: Net income was $123.3 million, or $0.87 per share (basic), a net margin of 2.59%.
- Ciena Corporation (CIEN) is a Communication Equipment company in the Technology sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
- As of October 12, 2026, CIEN traded at $405.22, a market capitalization of $63.8 billion.
- At that price the stock trades at 97.4× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 10.6× sales; its P/E is higher than 79% of its own readings over the past ten years.
- Return on equity was 4.45% and debt-to-equity 1.06.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 5.80 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.