Ciena price to book ratio CIEN

Market value divided by the book value of the company's net assets, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 14.9×
10-year median: 3.1×
Against its 10-year history: 93rd; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 1.4× to 29.6×
Peer median: 8.4×

Ciena's price to book ratio is 14.9× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 3.1×, higher than on 93% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 1.4× in Dec 2017 to 29.6× in May 2026.

The median for 7 communication equipment stocks of a similar size is 8.4×.

Price to book ratio over time

median 3.1×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	14.9×	11.8×	29.6×
2025	12.5×	2.7×	12.5×
2024	4.4×	2.2×	4.5×
2023	2.3×	2.1×	2.8×
2022	2.8×	2.2×	3.7×
2021	3.9×	2.8×	3.9×
2020	3.3×	2.5×	4.2×
2019	3.0×	2.6×	3.5×
2018	2.7×	1.4×	2.8×
2017	1.4×	1.4×	4.9×
2016	4.5×	3.5×	4.8×
2015	4.5×	4.5×	21.9×
2014	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2013	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2012	102×	95.3×	119×
2011	85.0×	13.9×	85.1×
2010	12.4×	12.1×	12.4×

Against its peers

Companies in Communication Equipment nearest Ciena's size, closest first, today.

Company	Price to book ratio
CIENCiena	14.9×
UIUbiquiti	24.7×
LITELumentum	14.6×
MSIMotorola Solutions	29.8×
ZBRAZebra Technologies	5.3×
FNFabrinet	4.6×
ESEEsco Technologies	3.7×
CSCOCisco Systems	8.4×
Peer median	8.4×

What the price to book ratio tells you

Market value divided by the accounting value of the company's net assets. Below 1 means the market values the business at less than what it owns on paper.

Book value misses brands, software and people, so asset-light companies always look expensive on it. Most useful for banks and industrials.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.