Get the tools used by (smart)2 investors.

Capital Expenditures Margin for Ciena Corp

Join now and get access to the full platform

Search for company or ETF

 

  0 results available. Select is focused ,type to refine list, press Down to open the menu,

CIEN: Ciena Corp

Ciena Corporation, a network technology company, provides hardware, software, and services for various network operators in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, Japan, and ...

65.94 USD
Price
USD
Fair Value
Upside
44.69 - 101.44
52-week range

Analysis

Fiscal Years
Trailing Twelve Months
Fiscal Halfs
Fiscal Quarters
Daily
Hide this widget

The following section summarizes insights on Ciena Corp's Capital Expenditures Margin:

Oct 2016Oct 2018Oct 2020Oct 2022Oct 20241.0%2.0%3.0%4.0%5.0%

Performance Summary
  • Ciena's latest twelve months capital expenditures margin is 3.6%
  • Ciena's capital expenditures margin for fiscal years ending October 2020 to 2024 averaged 2.6%.
  • Ciena's operated at median capital expenditures margin of 2.4% from fiscal years ending October 2020 to 2024.
  • Looking back at the last 5 years, Ciena's capital expenditures margin peaked in February 2025 at 3.6%.
  • Ciena's capital expenditures margin hit its 5-year low in October 2021 of 2.2%.
  • Ciena's capital expenditures margin decreased in 2021 (2.2%, -6.1%) and 2023 (2.4%, -3.2%) and increased in 2020 (2.3%, +33.6%), 2022 (2.5%, +13.8%), and 2024 (3.4%, +40.6%).

Benchmarks

Metric Usage: Capital Expenditures Margin

Hide this widget
capex_margin
Slug
number
Datatype
text
Format
current
Default Period
FY, Q, LTM, YTD
Periods Supported
Free
Plan

To view the full list of supported financial metrics please see Complete Metrics Listing.

Similar Metrics

Search for metric or datapoint

Capital Expenditures Margin

Capital expenditures expressed as percent of revenue.

Definition of Capital Expenditures Margin

Hide this widget

The capital expenditures margin measures a company’s capital expenditures as a percentage of the revenue. The formula to calculate capital expenditures margin and an example calculation for Ciena’s trailing twelve months is outlined below:

Capital Expenditures Margin  = Capital Expenditures / Total Revenue
3.6% = 146.9 M  /  4.05 B

The tables below summarizes Ciena’s performance over the last five years:

Fiscal YearCapital ExpendituresRevenueMargin
2020-10-3182.667 M3.532 B2.3%
2021-10-3079.55 M3.621 B2.2%
2022-10-2990.818 M3.633 B2.5%
2023-10-28106.2 M4.387 B2.4%
2024-11-02136.6 M4.015 B3.4%

The tables below summarizes Ciena’s performance over the last four quarters:

Quarter EndingCapital ExpendituresRevenueMargin
2024-04-2716.901 M910.8 M1.9%
2024-07-2719.598 M942.3 M2.1%
2024-11-0283.543 M1.124 B7.4%
2025-02-0126.884 M1.072 B2.5%

You can read more about Capital Expenditures here.


Click the link below to download a spreadsheet with an example Capital Expenditures Margin calculation for Ciena Corp below:

Sector Benchmark Analysis

Sector
Industry Group
Industry
Hide this widget
0.0%20.0%40.0%64.0%2006001,0001,400

The chart above depicts the distribution of capital expenditures margin for companies operating in the Information Technology sector in the Developed economic region. Over 2,365 companies were considered in this analysis, and 2,305 had meaningful values. The average capital expenditures margin of companies in the sector is 2.8% with a standard deviation of 7.0%.

Ciena Corp's Capital Expenditures Margin of 3.6% ranks in the 82.0% percentile for the sector. The following table provides additional summary stats:

Capital Expenditures Margin In The Information Technology Sector
Economic Risk RegionDeveloped
Total Constituents2,370
Included Constituents2,305
Min0.0%
Max63.9%
Median0.5%
Mean2.8%
Standard Deviation7.0%

You can find companies with similar capital expenditures margin using this stock screener.

All rights reserved. Terms Of Use