earnings
confidence high
sentiment negative
materiality 0.80
Ciena Q2 revenue falls 19.6% YoY to $910.8M; posts GAAP loss of $0.12/share
CIENA CORP
2024-Q2 EPS reported
$0.22
revenue$1,948,535,000
- Revenue of $910.8M down 19.6% YoY from $1.13B; GAAP net loss of $16.8M vs. income of $57.7M last year.
- Adjusted EPS of $0.27 down 64% from $0.74 a year ago; adjusted operating margin 6.8% vs. 13.8%.
- Optical Networking revenue $560.2M (61.5% of total), down from $784.5M in Q2 2023 (69.3%).
- Repurchased 1.1M shares for $57M during quarter; cash from operations $58.5M; cash & investments $1.42B.
- Management cites service providers working through inventory amid strong bandwidth demand.