Ciena balance sheet

At the end of fiscal 2025, Ciena had total assets of $5.86bn, total liabilities of $3.14bn and shareholders' equity of $2.73bn. It held $1.09bn in cash against $1.54bn of debt: net debt of $444m.

Balance sheet

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Ciena: balance sheet, annual
Fiscal year	2009Oct 2009	2010Oct 2010	2011Oct 2011	2012Oct 2012	2013Oct 2013	2014Oct 2014	2015Oct 2015	2016Oct 2016	2017Oct 2017	2018Nov 2018	2019Nov 2019	2020Oct 2020	2021Oct 2021	2022Oct 2022	2023Oct 2023	2024Nov 2024	2025Nov 2025	LTMAug 2026
Cash and equivalents	486	689	542	642	346	587	791	778	641	745	904	1,089	1,423	994	1,011	935	1,092	2,446
Receivables	118	344	418	345	489	519	551	576	622	799	725	719	885	921	1,004	909	976	1,234
Inventory	88	262	230	260	249	255	191	211	267	260	345	344	374	947	1,051	820	826	872
Total current assets	1,306	1,442	1,333	1,416	1,396	1,693	1,864	2,013	2,006	2,143	2,382	2,611	3,189	3,386	3,576	3,544	3,566	5,263
Goodwill	0	0	0	—	—	0	256	267	267	298	298	311	312	328	445	445	521	513
Total assets	1,504	2,118	1,951	1,881	1,803	2,073	2,695	2,874	3,952	3,778	3,947	4,181	4,865	5,070	5,601	5,641	5,865	7,997
Accounts payable	53	201	157	180	255	210	222	236	260	341	345	292	356	516	318	423	543	654
Deferred revenue (current)	41	75	99	80	89	105	126	109	102	97	111	109	118	138	154	156	209	211
Total current liabilities	199	470	453	685	615	781	667	892	1,038	963	846	761	909	1,041	932	1,000	1,308	1,386
Short-term debt	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	7	7	7	12	12	12	0
Long-term debt	798	1,443	1,442	1,226	1,212	1,275	1,272	1,017	584	686	680	676	670	1,061	1,543	1,533	1,524	3,230
Total debt	798	1,443	1,442	1,442	1,212	1,465	1,274	1,254	936	693	687	683	677	1,068	1,555	1,545	1,536	3,230
Total liabilities	1,049	1,959	1,938	1,970	1,885	2,142	2,074	2,107	1,815	1,827	1,721	1,671	1,845	2,357	2,753	2,825	3,135	4,941
Shareholders' equity	456	159	14	−89	−83	−70	621	766	2,136	1,929	2,173	2,510	3,020	2,713	2,848	2,816	2,729	3,057
Net debt (negative = net cash)	312	754	900	800	866	878	483	476	295	−52	−217	−405	−745	74	544	610	444	784
Shares outstanding	92m	94m	97m	101m	104m	107m	136m	140m	143m	154m	154m	155m	155m	148m	145m	143m	141m	142m

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Ciena: balance sheet, quarterly
Quarter	2024 Q4Nov 2024	2025 Q1Feb 2025	2025 Q2May 2025	2025 Q3Aug 2025	2025 Q4Nov 2025	2026 Q1Jan 2026	2026 Q2May 2026	2026 Q3Aug 2026
Receivables	909	939	930	1,026	976	967	1,053	1,234
Inventory	820	845	874	860	826	846	808	872
Total current assets	3,544	3,492	3,564	3,686	3,566	3,541	3,568	5,263
Goodwill	445	444	445	445	521	522	520	513
Total assets	5,641	5,573	5,659	5,749	5,865	5,892	6,039	7,997
Accounts payable	423	396	419	465	543	547	607	654
Deferred revenue (current)	156	174	222	196	209	290	238	211
Total current liabilities	1,000	957	1,047	1,123	1,308	1,258	1,309	1,386
Short-term debt	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	0
Long-term debt	1,533	1,531	1,529	1,526	1,524	1,525	1,520	3,230
Total debt	1,545	1,543	1,540	1,538	1,536	1,536	1,531	3,230
Total liabilities	2,825	2,780	2,883	2,961	3,135	3,100	3,147	4,941
Shareholders' equity	2,816	2,793	2,776	2,787	2,729	2,792	2,892	3,057
Shares outstanding	143m	143m	142m	141m	141m	141m	142m	142m

Balances at each fiscal year end (quarter end in the quarterly view). Total debt is short- plus long-term borrowings, including lease debt where the company reports it within debt. Where assets do not equal liabilities plus shareholders' equity, the difference (non-controlling interests, redeemable preferred shares) is shown on its own line.

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Figures from Ciena's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Ciena.