CIENA CORP

Telephone & Telegraph Apparatus·HANOVER, MD·FY end 10/31·CIK 936395

CEO Pay Ratio

166:1

Gary B. Smith

CEO Total Comp

$12.9K

Gary B. Smith

Median Employee

$111,613

Revenue

$4.8B

FY 2025

Net Income

$123.3M

FY 2025

Free Cash Flow

$665.3M

FY 2025

Net Margin

2.6%

Insider Net (180d)

-$19.8M

0 buys / 25 sales

CEO Pay Accountability

CEO comp as % of net income

0.01%

For every $1,000 of profit, $0.10 flows to the CEO.

CEO comp as % of buybacks

0.00%

CEO comp equals 0.0‰ of cash returned to shareholders via buybacks.

5-year history · USD

Metric	FY 2025	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021	Trend
Revenue	$4.8B	$4.0B	$4.4B	$3.6B	$3.6B
Gross Profit	$2.0B	$1.7B	$1.9B	$1.6B	$1.7B
Operating Income	$197.5M	$166.6M	$357.5M	$222.8M	$495.4M
Net Income	$123.3M	$84.0M	$254.8M	$152.9M	$500.2M
Operating CF	$806.1M	$514.5M	$168.3M	-$167.8M	$541.6M
Capex	$140.8M	$136.6M	$106.2M	$90.8M	$79.5M
Free Cash Flow	$665.3M	$377.9M	$62.1M	-$258.6M	$462.1M
Buybacks	$334.5M	$254.5M	$242.2M	$500.8M	$91.3M
Dividends	—	—	—	—	—	—

Gross Margin	42.0%	42.8%	42.8%	43.0%	47.6%
Operating Margin	4.1%	4.1%	8.2%	6.1%	13.7%
Net Margin	2.6%	2.1%	5.8%	4.2%	13.8%
FCF Margin	13.9%	9.4%	1.4%	-7.1%	12.8%
R&D / Revenue	17.8%	19.1%	17.1%	17.2%	14.8%
Effective Tax	21.1%	29.9%	21.3%	16.2%	-8.1%
Debt / Equity	0.56	0.54	0.54	0.64	0.45
Buybacks / FCF	50.3%	67.3%	389.8%	-193.7%	19.8%

FY 2025

Executive	Salary	Stock	Options	Bonus / Inc.	Other	Total
Marc D. Graff	$165.0K	$10.5M	—	$1.9M	$280.1K	$116.3K
Dino DiPernaSVP, Global R&D	$474.7K	$2.6M	—	—	$732.4K	$19.9K
James E. MoylanJr.	$520.8K	—	—	—	$892.2K	$14.1K
Jason M. PhippsSVP, Global Customer Engagement	$579.5K	$3.7M	—	—	$993.5K	$14.0K
David M. RothensteinSVP, Chief Strategy Officer and Secretary	$573.9K	$2.9M	—	—	$787.2K	$14.0K
Gary B. SmithPresident and CEO	$1.1M	$14.6M	—	—	$2.8M	$12.9K