TTM
11.2%
YoY change
+1.75pp
Trough year (2002)
-411.0%
Peak year (1997)
45.7%
Latest annual
6.5%
Operating Margin history chart for Ciena (CIEN) from 1997 to 2025
Latest: 6.5%
Operating Margin change chart for Ciena (CIEN) from 1997 to 2025
Latest: +1.75pp
Operating Margin history table for Ciena (CIEN) from 1997 to 2025
| 2025 | 6.5% | +1.75pp | ||
| 2024 | 4.8% | -4.01pp | ||
| 2023 | 8.8% | +1.69pp | ||
| 2022 | 7.1% | -6.60pp | ||
| 2021 | 13.7% | -0.11pp | ||
| 2020 | 13.8% | +4.08pp | ||
| 2019 | 9.7% | +2.28pp | ||
| 2018 | 7.4% | -0.23pp | ||
| 2017 | 7.7% | +1.66pp | ||
| 2016 | 6.0% | +1.90pp | ||
| 2015 | 4.1% | +2.11pp | ||
| 2014 | 2.0% | +2.08pp | ||
| 2013 | -0.1% | +4.27pp | ||
| 2012 | -4.4% | +5.01pp | ||
| 2011 | -9.4% | +16.66pp | ||
| 2010 | -26.0% | +62.73pp | ||
| 2009 | -88.8% | -91.18pp | ||
| 2008 | 2.4% | -3.82pp | ||
| 2007 | 6.2% | +11.80pp | ||
| 2006 | -5.6% | +95.47pp | ||
| 2005 | -101.0% | +157.46pp | ||
| 2004 | -258.5% | -129.03pp | ||
| 2003 | -129.5% | +281.51pp | ||
| 2002 | -411.0% | -302.45pp | ||
| 2001 | -108.5% | -120.08pp | ||
| 2000 | 11.6% | +13.00pp | ||
| 1999 | -1.4% | -25.82pp | ||
| 1998 | 24.4% | -21.36pp | ||
| 1997 | 45.7% | — |
- 20256.5%+1.75pp
- 20244.8%-4.01pp
- 20238.8%+1.69pp
- 20227.1%-6.60pp
- 202113.7%-0.11pp
- 202013.8%+4.08pp
- 20199.7%+2.28pp
- 20187.4%-0.23pp
- 20177.7%+1.66pp
- 20166.0%+1.90pp
- 20154.1%+2.11pp
- 20142.0%+2.08pp
- 2013-0.1%+4.27pp
- 2012-4.4%+5.01pp
- 2011-9.4%+16.66pp
- 2010-26.0%+62.73pp
- 2009-88.8%-91.18pp
- 20082.4%-3.82pp
- 20076.2%+11.80pp
- 2006-5.6%+95.47pp
- 2005-101.0%+157.46pp
- 2004-258.5%-129.03pp
- 2003-129.5%+281.51pp
- 2002-411.0%-302.45pp
- 2001-108.5%-120.08pp
- 200011.6%+13.00pp
- 1999-1.4%-25.82pp
- 199824.4%-21.36pp
- 199745.7%—
Operating Margin values are taken from Ciena's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Operating Margin at Ciena (CIEN)
According to Ciena's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 11.2%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
Ciena (CIEN) most recent annual operating margin stands at 6.52% (2025) – expanded 1.8 percentage points year-over-year.
Across the available history, operating margin reached its high of 45.74% in 1997 and its low of -410.96% in 2002.
Ciena Operating Margin by Year
Ciena Operating Margin 2025: 6.5%
In 2025, Ciena reported operating margin of 6.52%, expanded 1.8 percentage points from 2024.
Ciena Operating Margin 2024: 4.8%
Ciena operating margin in 2024 was 4.76%, contracted 4.0 percentage points from 2023.
Ciena Operating Margin 2023: 8.8%
2023's operating margin for Ciena came in at 8.77%, expanded 1.7 percentage points from 2022.
Ciena Operating Margin 2022: 7.1%
Ciena posted operating margin of 7.08% in 2022, contracted 6.6 percentage points from 2021.
Ciena Operating Margin 2021: 13.7%
Ciena operating margin in 2021 was 13.68%.
See more financial history for Ciena (CIEN).
Sector peers by Operating Margin
Technology peers of Ciena (CIEN), ranked by their latest operating margin
| 64.0% | |
| 53.2% | |
| 48.5% | |
| 46.8% | |
| 43.7% | |
| 34.8% | |
| 32.6% | |
| 11.7% |
- 64.0%
- 53.2%
- 46.8%
- 43.7%
- 34.8%
- 32.6%
- 11.7%
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