CIENA CORP financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q1 2026.

Symbol
CIEN on NYSE
Location
Hanover, MD
Fiscal year end
31 October
Latest financial report
05 Mar 2026

Quick Takeaways

  • CIEN - CIENA CORP financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q1 2026.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity 8.2%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-green-600">+197%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 27 Feb 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Official SEC Source

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.

See Original Filing

Latest SEC snapshot (2026-02-27) highlights Return On Equity 8.2%, Return On Assets 4.6%, and Operating Margin 13.4%.

Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

60.9/100

Balanced Confidence high

Return On Equity

8.2%

Metric score 1.2/100

Return On Assets

4.6%

Metric score 32.2/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
2.81x
Quick Ratio
1.92x
Debt to Equity
0.57x

Strengths

Current Ratio, Quick Ratio, and Debt-to-equity

Watchpoints

Return On Equity and Return On Assets

Key metrics snapshot

Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity 8.2% +197%
Return On Assets 4.6% +182%
Operating Margin 13% +49%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 2.81x -23%
Quick Ratio 1.92x -12%
Debt-to-equity 0.57x +13%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 27%
NetIncomeLoss YoY 190%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 141,398,427 -0.53%
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding 141,452,656 -0.76%
Common Stock, Value, Issued $1,415,000 -0.7%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 141,676,000 -0.84%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 145,799,000 -0.1%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Research and Development Expense $877,124,000 +13%
Selling and Marketing Expense $593,694,000 +14%
General and Administrative Expense $244,048,000 +11%
Operating Income (Loss) $306,280,000 +88%
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $268,808,000 +130%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $39,759,000 +4.7%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 1.62 +195%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 1.57 +185%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $1,123,413,000 +28%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current $967,408,000 +3.1%
Inventory, Net $845,823,000 +0.08%
Assets, Current $3,540,877,000 +1.4%
Deferred Income Tax Assets, Net $877,995,000 +1.1%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $40,484,000 +61%
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) $212,689,000 +36%
Goodwill $521,712,000 +17%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $190,888,000 +18%
Assets $5,892,359,000 +5.7%
Accounts Payable, Current $547,221,000 +38%
Accrued Liabilities, Current $395,881,000 +9.4%
Contract with Customer, Liability, Current $290,418,000 +67%
Liabilities, Current $1,258,373,000 +32%
Contract with Customer, Liability, Noncurrent $100,455,000 +21%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $34,100,000 +50%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $182,329,000 -2%
Liabilities $3,100,001,000 +12%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $38,723,000 +42%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $3,019,826,000 +7%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $2,792,358,000 -0.04%
Liabilities and Equity $5,892,359,000 +5.7%
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense $193,546,000 +21%
Deferred Income Taxes and Tax Credits $7,043,000 +59%
Other Noncash Income (Expense) $1,545,000 -77%
Increase (Decrease) in Accounts Receivable $9,406,000 -128%
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities $227,645,000 +119%
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities $154,545,000 -65%
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities $43,886,000 +35%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 290,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 141,452,656 -0.76%
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.01 0%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents, Period Increase (Decrease), Including Exchange Rate Effect $31,461,000
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $1,123,658,000 +28%
Interest Paid, Excluding Capitalized Interest, Operating Activities $16,879,000 -34%
Depreciation $32,309,000 +31%
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment $73,885,000 +175%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $257,615,000 +605%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $13,273,000 +2.1%
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued 0
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized 20,000,000 0%
Operating Lease, Payments $4,516,000 -5.2%
Preferred Stock, Shares Outstanding 0
Amortization of Intangible Assets $23,949,000 -17%
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.01 0%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY