Ciena Corporation financials

Key figures from Ciena Corporation's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: the latest quarter against a year earlier, and the trend across recent quarters and fiscal years.

Latest quarter vs a year earlier

MetricAug 2026Aug 2025Change
Revenue$1.7B$1.2B+37.0%
Net income$266M$50M+429.6%
Free cash flow$116M$135M-13.6%
Gross margin45.4%41.3%+4.2 pts
Operating margin18.0%6.0%+12.0 pts
Net margin15.9%4.1%+11.8 pts

Quarterly trend

Revenue by quarter
$1.1BOct 2023*$1.0BJan 2024$911MApr 2024$942MJul 2024$1.1BNov 2024*$1.1BFeb 2025$1.1BMay 2025$1.2BAug 2025$1.4BNov 2025*$1.4BJan 2026$1.6BMay 2026$1.7BAug 2026
Net income by quarter
$91MOct 2023*$50MJan 2024-$17MApr 2024$14MJul 2024$37MNov 2024*$45MFeb 2025$9MMay 2025$50MAug 2025$19MNov 2025*$150MJan 2026$218MMay 2026$266MAug 2026
Free cash flow by quarter
$173MOct 2023*$249MJan 2024$42MApr 2024-$179MJul 2024$266MNov 2024*$77MFeb 2025$128MMay 2025$135MAug 2025$326MNov 2025*$154MJan 2026$219MMay 2026$116MAug 2026
Margins by quarter
-9%22%53%Oct 2023*Jan 2024Apr 2024Jul 2024Nov 2024*Feb 2025May 2025Aug 2025Nov 2025*Jan 2026May 2026Aug 202643.1%45.0%42.7%42.9%40.9%44.0%40.2%41.3%42.7%43.8%44.0%45.4%8.1%8.2%-0.4%2.8%5.3%7.5%2.9%6.0%0.8%13.3%15.1%18.0%8.1%4.8%-1.8%1.5%3.3%4.2%0.8%4.1%1.4%10.5%13.9%15.9%

Fiscal years

Fiscal yearRevenueNet incomeNet marginFree cash flowEPS (diluted)
FY Nov 2025$4.8B$123M2.6%$665M$0.85
FY Nov 2024$4.0B$84M2.1%$378M$0.58
FY Oct 2023$4.4B$255M5.8%$62M$1.71
FY Oct 2022$3.6B$153M4.2%-$259M$1.00
FY Oct 2021$3.6B$500M13.8%$462M$3.19

* Fiscal fourth quarter computed from the annual filing minus the three reported quarters. All figures from company filings with the SEC.

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