FCF Yield % is calculated as Free Cash Flow divided by Market Capitalization. It is a financial solvency ratio that compares the free cash flow a company is expected to earn against its market value.
As of today, Ciena's Trailing 12-Month Free Cash Flow is $205 Mil, and Market Cap is $9,348 Mil. Therefore, Ciena's FCF Yield % for today is 2.20%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Ciena's FCF Yield % or its related term are showing as below:
CIEN'
s FCF Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -6.88 Med: 4.3 Max: 9.56
Current: 2.2
During the past 13 years, the highest FCF Yield % of Ciena was 9.56%. The lowest was -6.88%. And the median was 4.30%.
CIEN's FCF Yield % is ranked better than 57.6% of 2455
companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 0.87
vs CIEN: 2.20
Ciena's FCF Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was 7.17%.
Ciena FCF Yield % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Ciena's FCF Yield % can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Ciena's FCF Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and FCF Yield % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Ciena's FCF Yield % Distribution in the Hardware Industry
For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Ciena's FCF Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Ciena's FCF Yield % falls into.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Ciena FCF Yield % Explanation
Similar to Earnings Yield %, FCF Yield % is financial solvency ratio. A lower ratio suggests a less attractive investment, indicating that investors might not receive substantial returns in proportion to their investment. Conversely, a high free cash flow yield signals that a company generates sufficient cash to comfortably meet its debts, obligations, and dividend payments, making it a promising investment choice.
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Ciena Corp is a network and technology company. It provides network hardware, software, and services that support the transport, switching, aggregation, service delivery, and management of video, data, and voice traffic on communications networks. It serves various industries such as communication services providers, web-scale providers, cable operators, government, and large enterprises world-wide. The business activities function through Networking Platforms which generates maximum revenue; Platform Software and Services; Blue Planet Automation Software, and Global Services segments. Geographically, the company derives a majority of its revenue from the Americas, and the rest from the Asia-Pacific (APAC), and Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region.
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