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Ciena

Makes gear that sends internet data through fiber-optic cables.

Company Health

66
/100
Healthy
A quick check of the business from its yearly reports (2022–2025). It doesn’t say whether the stock is a good buy.
Does it make money?
8 of 25 · Poor
$3 of every $100 in sales was left as profit last year.
Is it growing?
18 of 25 · Good
Sales grew about 9% a year over the last 3 years.
Can it handle what it owes?
20 of 25 · Good
It would take about 3 years of the cash its business brings in to pay off everything it owes.
Does it bring in spare cash?
20 of 25 · Good
After paying for buildings and equipment, $14 of every $100 in sales was left as spare cash.

Who owns it

None of the 23 funds we follow reported owning Ciena in their latest reports. 2 sold all their shares in their latest report.
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Didn’t report owning it: Whale Rock, Appaloosa, Melqart, Coatue, D1 Capital, Light Street, Lone Pine, Third Point, TCI, Pershing Square, Duquesne, Himalaya Capital, Greenlight, Giverny Capital, Fundsmith, Semper Augustus, Akre
Their letters don’t mention it: Arquitos, Laughing Water, Alluvial, Bireme, Kingdom Capital, Saga Partners
From each fund’s latest 13F report (Jun 30, 2026). Funds that don’t file one: from their own letters.

The numbers

From Ciena’s yearly reports. Tap a year to see its figures.

Sales and profit

Sales grew from $3.53 billion in the year to Oct 2020 to $4.77 billion in the year to Nov 2025, and it made a profit every year.
FY2025
Sales
$4.77 billion
Profit
$123 million

Spare cash each year

It had cash to spare in 5 of the 6 years, including $665 million in the year to Nov 2025.
FY2025
Spare cash
$665 million
Spare cash is the cash its business brought in, minus what it spent on buildings and equipment.

What it owns and what it owes

At the end of Nov 2025 it owned $5.86 billion, including $1.09 billion in cash, and owed $3.14 billion.

Key facts

From its yearly report for the year to Nov 2025.
Sales
$4.77 billion
Profit
$123 million
Spare cash
$665 million
Cash in the bank
$1.09 billion
Everything it owes
$3.14 billion
Year ends
November
Money shown in
U.S. dollars
Latest yearly report
10-K, filed Dec 12, 2025
Figures from Ciena’s yearly reports to the SEC (EDGAR), collected Oct 12, 2026.
Not investment advice. Holdings come from public SEC reports and the funds’ own letters, and can be up to 4½ months old. How this works
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