All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
CIEN real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, CIEN returned +411.15% over the past year and +78.66% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Feb. 7, 1997, CIEN is up +58.54% in real purchasing-power return, or +1.58%/yr, and is currently −78.57% below its real total-return high on Oct. 20, 2000.
Data ending Mon Jul. 6, 2026
| Fri 1997-02-07💬 to Mon 2026-07-06 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIEN × |
+78.66%
2026-07-06 |
+411.15%
2026-07-06 |
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| Ciena Corp NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Fri 1997-02-07💬 to Mon 2026-07-06 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIEN × |
+58.54%
+1.58%/yr |
−4.38%/yr
(R2=0.133) |
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| Ciena Corp NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Fri 1997-02-07💬 to Mon 2026-07-06 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIEN × |
$10,000.00
1997-02-07 |
$15,853.85
2026-07-06 |
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| Ciena Corp NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Year | CIEN |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +78.66% |
| 2025 | +168.58% |
| 2024 | +83.15% |
| 2023 | −14.57% |
| 2022 | −37.79% |
| 2021 | +36.06% |
| 2020 | +22.14% |
| 2019 | +23.08% |
| 2018 | +58.99% |
| 2017 | −16.03% |
| 2016 | +15.59% |
| 2015 | +5.82% |
| 2014 | −19.50% |
| 2013 | +50.16% |
| 2012 | +27.54% |
| 2011 | −44.18% |
| 2010 | +91.33% |
| 2009 | +57.51% |
| 2008 | −80.38% |
| 2007 | +18.26% |
| 2006 | +30.01% |
| 2005 | −14.03% |
| 2004 | −50.69% |
| 2003 | +25.27% |
| 2002 | −64.92% |
| 2001 | −82.66% |
| 2000 | +173.34% |
| 1999 | +282.88% |
| 1998 | −76.45% |
| 1997 | +63.08% |
| Fri 1997-02-07💬 to Mon 2026-07-06 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIEN × |
−78.57%
from 2000-10-20 peak |
−99.60%
2009-02-23 from 2000-10-20 peak |
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| Ciena Corp NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Period ending Mon 2026-07-06 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIEN × | +411.15% |
+766.33% +194.34%/yr |
+828.42% +110.18%/yr |
+507.41% +43.45%/yr |
+1,617.40% +32.89%/yr |
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| Ciena Corp NYSE Common Stock | ||||||