NYSE$CIEN

Ciena Corp · Q3 2024 earnings

Q3 2024 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Ciena reported strong Q3 2024 results, reflecting growing momentum with cloud providers and continued gradual recovery with service providers.

Ciena's Q3 2024 revenue was $942.3 million, compared to $1.07 billion in Q3 2023. GAAP net income was $14.2 million, or $0.10 per diluted share, while adjusted non-GAAP net income was $50.8 million, or $0.35 per diluted share.

  • Q3 revenue was $942.3 million.
  • GAAP net income per share was $0.10.
  • Adjusted (non-GAAP) net income per share was $0.35.
  • Approximately 0.6 million shares of common stock were repurchased for an aggregate price of $29.0 million during the quarter.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$942M

Previous: $1.07B-11.8%
EPS

$0.10

Previous: $0.59-83.1%
Capital Expenditures

-$53.1M

Previous: -$83.4M+36.4%
Free Cash Flow

$112M

Previous: -$111M+201.4%
Net Income

$14.2M

Previous: $29.7M-52.1%
Operating Income

$26.7M

Previous: $78.2M-65.8%
Gross Profit

$404M

Previous: $449M-10.0%
Cash & Equivalents

$883M

Previous: $1.12B-21.0%
Total Assets

$5.58B

Previous: $5.72B-2.6%
R&D Expense

$189M

No prior period
Stock-Based Comp

$37.4M

Previous: $33M+13.1%

Revenue & EPS history

Ciena · Revenue · Quarterly

$942M

Q3 2024-11.8%vs Q3 2023
Beat estimate in 11 of 15 quarters(73%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Ciena · $1.13B total across 7 segments · Q4 2023

  • Optical Networking
    $748M+15.1%
  • Routing & Switching
    $129M+25.4%
  • Platform Software & Services
    $82.1M+14.7%
  • Maintenance & Support
    $74.4M+1.8%
  • Implementation
    $60.1M+62.9%
  • Blue Planet Automation
    $20M-5.7%
  • Advisory & Enablement
    $16M+3.2%

Forward guidance

Ciena is well-positioned to continue to gain share and deliver profitable growth due to leading innovation that is well-aligned with customers' focus on building cloud and AI-capable infrastructures.

Tailwinds

  • Growing momentum with cloud providers.
  • Continued gradual recovery with service providers.
  • Leading innovation well-aligned with customer focus.
  • Building cloud and AI-capable infrastructures.
  • Well-positioned to continue to gain share and deliver profitable growth.

Headwinds

  • Broader economic and market conditions affecting customers' spending.
  • Impact of macroeconomic conditions and global supply chain constraints.
  • Introduction of new technologies by competitors.
  • Seasonality and timing/size of customer orders.
  • Changes in foreign currency exchange rates.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q3 2024

Historical avgQ3 2024

+1.8%

Avg return

Earnings day

+1.9%

Avg return

5 days after

+3.7%

Avg return

30 days after

51%

35 / 68 earnings

Positive

+26.1%

Q2 2019

Best reaction

-26.3%

Q3 2020

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026-12.9%-1.8%+30.3%
Q4 2025+9.4%-5.4%+3.9%
Q3 2025+22.8%+28.9%+59.7%
Q2 2025-0.4%+1.0%+15.0%
Q1 2025-2.4%-2.6%-10.9%
Q4 2024+22.6%+20.4%+12.3%
Q3 2024-5.3%-7.0%+20.5%
Q2 2024-5.2%-4.8%-3.0%
Q1 2024-12.4%-16.9%-23.2%
Q4 2023-3.1%-4.8%+1.5%
Q3 2023+12.3%+11.1%+9.5%
Q2 2023-8.9%-12.9%-10.8%
Q1 2023+0.8%+0.9%+5.6%
Q4 2022+17.4%+17.0%+18.9%
Q3 2022-12.8%-15.8%-20.3%
Q2 2022-5.1%-5.3%-11.1%
Q1 2022-11.7%-16.6%-11.8%
Q4 2021+17.9%+18.9%+17.4%
Q3 2021+0.1%-2.2%-8.2%
Q2 2021+10.3%+11.1%+6.5%
Q1 2021-2.0%-0.2%+11.9%
Q4 2020+1.3%+2.9%+12.2%
Q3 2020-26.3%-29.9%-33.2%
Q2 2020-3.6%-2.2%-5.4%
Q1 2020-1.3%-2.6%-3.1%
Q4 2019+16.9%+15.5%+17.6%
Q3 2019-4.1%-3.8%-8.7%
Q2 2019+26.1%+22.7%+19.8%
Q1 2019-6.6%-8.9%-12.4%
Q4 2018+7.5%+3.2%+14.1%
Q3 2018+15.6%+17.4%+14.4%
Q2 2018-2.7%+0.2%+10.2%
Q1 2018+13.2%+15.8%+8.8%
Q4 2017-1.1%+1.9%+1.7%
Q3 2017-9.1%-10.6%-9.5%
Q2 2017+17.1%+13.1%+6.6%
Q1 2017-9.5%-11.1%-16.1%
Q4 2016+14.2%+10.6%+12.0%
Q3 2016+6.7%+7.1%+1.6%
Q2 2016+18.4%+22.5%+4.0%
Q1 2016-16.6%
Q4 2015-17.8%
Q3 2015+0.1%
Q2 2015+2.3%
Q1 2015+2.2%
Q4 2014+6.8%
Q3 2014-5.3%
Q2 2014+17.1%
Q1 2014-5.2%
Q4 2013-5.4%
Q3 2013+13.9%
Q2 2013+21.1%
Q1 2013+14.8%
Q4 2012+0.9%
Q3 2012-18.2%
Q2 2012+6.7%
Q1 2012+10.0%
Q4 2011+7.3%
Q3 2011-8.6%
Q2 2011-6.2%
Q1 2010+2.5%
Q1 2011-1.9%
Q2 2010-5.0%
Q4 2008-5.0%
Q4 2010-5.0%
Q4 2009+3.6%
Q3 2010+3.6%
Q3 2009+3.6%

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