Business
Ciena provides optical networking, routing, switching and network-automation products.
Ciena converted network-capacity demand into 19% growth and much higher free cash flow, but thin margins and a distress-range screen kept the recovery qualified.
The read at a glance✓ Audited against SEC data
- Growth — Revenue grew 18.8%OK
- Profitability — Net income grew 46.9% to $123.338M from $83.956MOK
- Cash flow — Free cash flow grew 76.1% to $665.292M from $377.891MOK
- Margins — Operating margin contracted 1 bps to 4.14%Watch
- Accounting — Rapid optical growth with balance-sheet cautionWatch
- Insiders — 0 purchases and 65 salesWatch
Where the revenue comes from
Fiscal 2025, as CIENA CORP reports it. History and quarterly detail are in the app.
- Products$3.8B
- Optical Networking$3.2B
- Services$946.9M
- Routing and Switching$430.1M
- Platform Software and Services$363.8M
Leadership changes
From CIENA CORP's own filings, the day they're filed.
- Scott McFeely · President · departureeff. 2023-10-27
- David M. Rothenstein · Chief Strategy Officer · departure
Latest filings
- 8-K · Company announcement2026-09-03
- 10-Q · Quarterly report2026-09-03
- 8-K · Company announcement2026-06-11
- 8-K · Company announcement2026-06-08
- 8-K · Company announcement2026-06-04
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- Margins & accounting🔒
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- Real risks🔒
- The long arc🔒
- Company history🔒
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- Full financial statements, industry-aware, sources cited throughout🔒
- Forensic score history & components — the trend, not one year🔒
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- Ana — ask about CIENA CORP, every answer cited to the official filings🔒
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