Sales up 18.8%, free cash flow up to $665.3M
The latest figures
All key numbers (39) From EDGAR
| EPS (ttm) | 4.47 | Sales (ttm) | 6.0B | Net income (ttm) | 654.4M | Sales growth | +18.8% | EPS growth | +46.6% | Sales Q/Q | +37.0% |
| Free cash flow | 814.4M | Gross margin | 44.1% | Oper. margin | 12.3% | Net margin | 10.9% | FCF margin | 13.5% | ROE | 21.4% |
| ROA | 8.2% | R&D / sales | 17.8% | Dividend | - | Debt/Eq | 1.06 | Curr. ratio | 3.80 | Cash | 2.4B |
| Op. cash flow (ttm) | 1.1B | EBITDA | 301.7M | EBITDA margin | 6.3% | Net debt | 784.1M | Quick ratio | 3.20 | Interest cover | 2.21 |
| ROIC | 2.5% | Tax rate | 21.1% | Stock pay / sales | 3.9% | Shares out. | 141.8M | Shares Y/Y | -0.5% | Book / share | 21.56 |
| Cash / share | 17.25 | Sales / share | 42.46 | Asset turnover | 0.75 | Inventory turns | 3.35 | Days sales out. | 75 | Sales 3Y CAGR | +9.5% |
| Sales 5Y CAGR | +6.2% | EPS 3Y CAGR | -5.3% | EPS 5Y CAGR | -18.2% |
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Changes in the numbers
FY2025 against FY2024-
Free cash flow rose 76%$377.9M → $665.3M · Cash from operations − capital expenditure · 10-K ↗
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Revenue growth sped up to +18.8%-8.5% → +18.8% · Revenue FY2025 / revenue FY2024 − 1, against the same a year earlier · 10-K ↗
CIEN against Technology peers
Ten years, side by side → · All 75 →Each side 0 to 100, ranked against every company we cover: relative position on reported figures, not a buy score. How
Every dot is one of the 75 companies, the better end on the right. Hover a dot for the company.
| Company | Revenue (ttm) | Sales growth | Gross margin | Net margin | ROE | FCF margin | Debt / equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIEN Ciena | $6.0B | +18.8% | 44.1% | 10.9% | 21.4% | 13.5% | 1.06 |
| ON ON Semiconductor | $6.4B | -15.3% | 38.7% | 10.8% | 9.1% | 25.4% | 0.60 |
| ZBRA Zebra Technologies | $6.1B | +8.3% | 48.9% | 9.8% | 16.9% | 16.1% | 0.72 |
| CDNS Cadence Design Systems | $6.1B | +14.1% | - | 22.5% | 20.1% | 28.8% | 0.36 |
| TWLO Twilio | $5.8B | +13.7% | 48.6% | 21.8% | 13.9% | - | 0.11 |
| MCHP Microchip Technology | $5.6B | +7.1% | 62.7% | 15.0% | 12.6% | 26.0% | 0.83 |
From $3.6B of sales to $500.2M of profit
FY2021, from the 10-K income statementSwipe sideways for the whole flow →
From $3.6B of sales to $152.9M of profit
FY2022, from the 10-K income statement and revenue by segmentSwipe sideways for the whole flow →
From $4.4B of sales to $254.8M of profit
FY2023, from the 10-K income statement and revenue by segmentSwipe sideways for the whole flow →
From $4.0B of sales to $84.0M of profit
FY2024, from the 10-K income statement and revenue by segmentSwipe sideways for the whole flow →
From $4.8B of sales to $123.3M of profit
FY2025, from the 10-K income statement and revenue by segmentSwipe sideways for the whole flow →
Where each $100 of sales went
- Cost of revenue
- Sales, admin & other
- Net profit
- R&D
- Tax & other
Band widths are the money. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue; operating expenses are gross profit less operating profit; R&D is from the income statement and the rest of the operating expenses is everything else; tax includes interest and other items when they are small. Y/Y is the change from the fiscal year before. Revenue by part only for the years in the last two 10-Ks' segment tables. The full income statement →
Profitability
1 of 4- !Net margin below the peer median10.9% vs 19.1%
- !Gross margin down over 5 years46.8% → 42.0%
- ✓Return on equity above 15%21.4%
- !A profit in 8 of 10 years
Balance sheet
2 of 4- !Interest covered less than 5 timesOperating income is 2.2× interest expense
- !Debt larger than equityDebt / equity 1.06 on the latest balance sheet (peer median 0.46)
- ✓Current assets cover current liabilitiesCurrent ratio 3.80
- ✓Net debt under 3 years of free cash flow$568.0M net debt, 0.7 years
Cash and shareholders
2 of 3- !Free cash flow positive in 9 of 10 years$665.3M last year
- ✓Share count down over 5 years−6.9%
- ✓Cash from operations above net income$806.1M vs $123.3M
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Revenue and net income, FY2018 to FY2025
Revenue 4.8B Net income 123.3MFrom XBRL in each 10-K. Hover a bar for the line item and filing. Full financials →
Income statement, balance sheet and cash flow
CIEN's income statement, balance sheet and cash flow as reported to the SEC in XBRL, one column per fiscal year. Hover a number to see the line item and filing it comes from. Where a company changed how it tags a line, the first tag it reported for that period is used. A number looks wrong? Tell us.
Revenue by business segment
year to Nov 1, 2025| Revenue | Share | vs year before | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Networking Platforms | 3.7B | 77.1% | +20.9% |
| Global Services | 613.8M | 12.9% | +14.2% |
| Platform Software and Services | 363.8M | 7.6% | +1.6% |
| Blue Planet Automation Software and Services | 115.5M | 2.4% | +48.9% |
10-K 0001628280-25-056698, segment and revenue notes (XBRL).
Revenue by product or service
year to Nov 1, 2025| Revenue | Share | vs year before | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optical Networking | 3.2B | 68.1% | +22.8% |
| Routing and Switching | 430.1M | 9.0% | +7.7% |
| Platform Software and Services | 363.8M | 7.6% | +1.6% |
| Maintenance, Support, and Learning | 317.2M | 6.7% | +4.7% |
| Implementation | 246.0M | 5.2% | +33.5% |
| Blue Planet Automation Software and Services | 115.5M | 2.4% | +48.9% |
| Advisory and Enablement | 50.5M | 1.1% | +1.4% |
10-K 0001628280-25-056698, segment and revenue notes (XBRL).
Revenue by region
year to Nov 1, 2025| Revenue | Share | vs year before | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Americas | 3.6B | 75.6% | +22.2% |
| United States | 3.4B | 71.3% | 0.0% |
| EMEA | 731.9M | 15.3% | +12.8% |
| APAC | 431.2M | 9.0% | +4.1% |
10-K 0001628280-25-056698, segment and revenue notes (XBRL).
Income statement
From EDGARBalance sheet
From EDGAR| FY2018 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | 745.4M | 745.4M | 904.0M | 904.0M | 1.1B | 1.4B | 994.4M | 1.0B | 934.9M | 1.1B |
| Short-term investments | 149.0M | 149.0M | 109.9M | 109.9M | 150.7M | 181.5M | 154.0M | 104.8M | 316.3M | 216.1M |
| Receivables | 786.5M | 786.5M | 724.9M | 724.9M | 719.4M | 885.0M | 920.8M | 1.0B | 908.6M | 975.9M |
| Inventory | 262.8M | 262.8M | 345.0M | 345.0M | 344.4M | 374.3M | 946.7M | 1.1B | 820.4M | 826.2M |
| Current assets | 2.1B | 2.1B | 2.4B | 2.4B | 2.6B | 3.2B | 3.4B | 3.6B | 3.5B | 3.6B |
| Property & equipment | 292.1M | 292.1M | 286.9M | 286.9M | - | - | - | - | - | 386.8M |
| Goodwill | 298.0M | 298.0M | 297.9M | 297.9M | 310.8M | 311.6M | 328.3M | 444.8M | 444.7M | 521.2M |
| Total assets | 3.8B | 3.8B | 3.9B | 3.9B | 4.2B | 4.9B | 5.1B | 5.6B | 5.6B | 5.9B |
| Accounts payable | 340.6M | 340.6M | 344.8M | 344.8M | 291.9M | 356.2M | 516.0M | 317.8M | 423.4M | 542.8M |
| Current liabilities | 963.0M | 963.0M | 845.9M | 845.9M | 760.7M | 909.0M | 1.0B | 932.0M | 999.8M | 1.3B |
| Total debt | 686.5M | 686.5M | 687.4M | 687.4M | 683.3M | 677.3M | 1.1B | 1.6B | 1.5B | 1.5B |
| Total liabilities | 1.8B | 1.8B | 1.7B | 1.7B | 1.7B | 1.8B | 2.4B | 2.8B | 2.8B | 3.1B |
| Shareholders' equity | 1.9B | 1.9B | 2.2B | 2.2B | 2.5B | 3.0B | 2.7B | 2.8B | 2.8B | 2.7B |
| Retained earnings | -4.9B | -4.9B | -4.6B | -4.6B | -4.3B | -3.8B | -3.6B | -3.4B | -3.3B | -3.2B |
Cash flow
From EDGAR| FY2018 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 229.3M | 229.3M | 413.1M | 413.1M | 493.7M | 541.6M | -167.8M | 168.3M | 514.5M | 806.1M |
| Capital spending | 67.6M | 67.6M | 62.6M | 62.6M | 82.7M | 79.5M | 90.8M | 106.2M | 136.6M | 140.8M |
| Free cash flow | 161.6M | 161.6M | 350.6M | 350.6M | 411.0M | 462.1M | -258.6M | 62.1M | 377.9M | 665.3M |
| Stock-based pay (added back) | 53.0M | 53.0M | 59.7M | 59.7M | 67.8M | 84.3M | 105.1M | 130.5M | 156.4M | 184.5M |
| Buybacks | 111.0M | 111.0M | 150.1M | 150.1M | 74.5M | 91.3M | 500.8M | 242.2M | 254.5M | 334.5M |
| Acquisitions | 82.7M | 82.7M | 0 | 0 | 28.3M | 0 | 62.0M | 230.0M | 0 | 231.1M |
| Debt raised | 305.1M | 305.1M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 400.0M | 0 | 0 | - |
| Debt repaid | 292.7M | 292.7M | 7.0M | 7.0M | 5.2M | 6.9M | 5.2M | 9.4M | 11.7M | 11.6M |
| Investing cash flow | -19.4M | -19.4M | 24.1M | 24.1M | -220.2M | -90.7M | -101.2M | -383.5M | -306.5M | -241.5M |
| Financing cash flow | -99.2M | -99.2M | -279.0M | -279.0M | -87.2M | -116.8M | -133.1M | 229.4M | -285.1M | -405.9M |
Stock-based pay and leases
From EDGAR| FY2018 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stock-based pay (expense) | 53.0M | 53.0M | 59.7M | 59.7M | 67.8M | 84.3M | 105.1M | 130.5M | 156.4M | 184.5M |
| Stock-based pay / revenue | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.9% | 2.3% | 2.9% | 3.0% | 3.9% | 3.9% |
| Operating lease cost | - | - | - | - | 17.5M | 16.6M | 18.0M | 16.1M | 13.6M | 13.6M |
| Operating lease cash paid | - | - | - | 0 | 22.1M | 24.1M | 21.7M | 22.8M | 19.5M | 17.8M |
| Finance lease principal paid | - | - | - | 3.3M | 2.7M | 3.0M | 3.5M | 3.8M | 4.0M | 4.4M |
| Right-of-use assets | - | - | 53.3M | 53.3M | 57.0M | 44.3M | 45.1M | 35.1M | 27.4M | 38.6M |
| Operating lease liabilities | - | - | 76.0M | 76.0M | 80.5M | 60.2M | 61.3M | 49.9M | 39.6M | 46.5M |
| Finance lease liabilities | - | - | - | - | 64.4M | 66.2M | 56.9M | 52.1M | 47.9M | 43.3M |
From SEC's XBRL company facts (data.sec.gov). EBITDA = operating income + depreciation and amortization; free cash flow = operating cash flow - capital spending; total debt = long-term debt (with its current part) + short-term borrowings. Stock-based pay and leases are shown as the company reports them; Tickdelta does not take them out of earnings or add leases to debt. Click a number to open the filing in SEC's Inline XBRL viewer, where you can click the same number to see how it is tagged. Values a company later revised show as revised; the Revised numbers tab lists the changes.