Investing
Investment Purchases
Ciena Investment Purchases increased by 74.9% to $39.92M in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 58.9%, from $97.02M to $39.92M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Investment Purchases shows an upward trend with a 5.5% CAGR.
Analysis
StatementCash Flow Statement
SectionInvesting
CategoryCapital Allocation
SignalContext dependent
VolatilityVolatile
First reportedQ1 2020
Last reportedQ4 2025
How to read this metric
An increase indicates a surplus of cash being deployed into financial markets rather than core operations; a decrease may suggest a need for liquidity.
Detailed definition
The total cash outflow for the acquisition of debt and equity securities, including marketable securities and other fina...
Peer comparison
Large-cap technology firms often show high outflows here as they manage massive cash reserves across global portfolios.
Metric ID:
cf_purchases_of_investmentsHistorical Data
19 periods
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $30.47M | $39.88M | $350.47M | $111.08M | $152.79M | $29.64M | $35.41M | $70.83M | $13.00M | $133.09M | $21.21M | $149.92M | $26.17M | $90.23M | $97.02M | $62.08M | $32.23M | $22.83M | $39.92M |
| QoQ Change | — | +30.9% | +778.7% | -68.3% | +37.5% | -80.6% | +19.5% | +100.0% | -81.7% | +924.2% | -84.1% | +606.7% | -82.5% | +244.8% | +7.5% | -36.0% | -48.1% | -29.2% | +74.9% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +401.5% | -25.7% | -89.9% | -36.2% | -91.5% | +349.0% | -40.1% | +111.6% | +101.4% | -32.2% | +357.4% | -58.6% | +23.2% | -74.7% | -58.9% |
Range$13.00M – $350.47M
CAGR+6.2%
Avg YoY Growth+55.8%
Median YoY Growth-32.2%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Ciena's investment purchases?
- Ciena (CIEN) reported investment purchases of $39.92M in Q4 2025.
- How has Ciena's investment purchases changed year-over-year?
- Ciena's investment purchases decreased by 58.9% year-over-year, from $97.02M to $39.92M.
- What is the long-term trend for Ciena's investment purchases?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Ciena's investment purchases has grown at a 5.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $172.78M to $214.16M.
- What does investment purchases mean?
- The amount of money a company spent to buy stocks, bonds, or other investment securities.