---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000936395-23-000024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CIEN"
cik: "0000936395"
company_name: "CIENA CORP"
filed_at: "2023-06-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T07:07:16.583897+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ciena Q2 FY2023 revenue $1.13B, EPS $0.74 adj; beats prior year on supply chain improvement

## Summary
- Revenue $1.13B (+19.3% YoY); GAAP EPS $0.38 vs $0.25; adj. EPS $0.74 vs $0.50.
- Adj. gross margin 43.7% (+0.7pp); adj. operating margin 13.8% (+2.5pp); adj. EBITDA $180.6M (+39.7%).
- Networking Platforms revenue $914.9M (+24.6% YoY), driven by Converged Packet Optical $784.5M.
- Cash from operations $229.8M; cash & investments $1.34B.
- CEO cites improved supply chain dynamics enabling higher shipments; confident in market share gains.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000936395-23-000024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CIEN
- cik: 0000936395
- company_name: CIENA CORP
- filed_at: 2023-06-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936395/000093639523000024/0000936395-23-000024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936395/000093639523000024/cien-20230606.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CIENA CORP reported fiscal second quarter ended April 29, 2023 results: revenue $1.13 billion, net income $57.7 million, EPS $0.38 per diluted common share.
  - Period: fiscal second quarter ended April 29, 2023
  - Revenue: $1.13 billion
  - Net income: $57.7 million
  - EPS: $0.38 per diluted common share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Ciena reported revenue of $1.13 billion as compared to $949.2 million for the fiscal second quarter 2022. Ciena's GAAP net income for the fiscal second quarter 2023 was $57.7 million, or $0.38 per diluted common share
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936395/000093639523000024/0000936395-23-000024-index.htm

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