Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) — Q3 FY2026 Post Earnings

Ciena q3 26 post earnings Finance Note

Operations

As of September 4, 2026
Q3 Revenue ↑ 37% YoY $1.67B
Divisions
Networking Platforms 81.1%
Platform Software and Services 5.9%
Blue Planet Automation Software and Services 1.4%
Global Services 11.6%

Key Earnings Driver

RLS, Waveserver and Transceivers Networking Platforms revenue increased 44% year over year to $1.36B. Within Networking Platforms, Optical Networking revenue increased 46% to $1.19B, driven by increased sales of 6500 Reconfigurable Line Systems, Waveserver systems and coherent pluggable transceivers, and Routing and Switching revenue increased 31% to $164.4M. Platform Software and Services revenue increased 10% to $98.6M, Blue Planet Automation Software and Services revenue declined 16.5% to $23.2M, and Global Services revenue increased 21% to $193.6M. On the earnings call, CFO Marc Graff said RLS and Waveserver each grew more than 55%.

Key Operating Metrics¹

METRIC

STATUS

Networking Platforms↑ 44%

Optical Networking↑ 46%

6500 Reconfigurable Line Systems

🟢 Scaling

Waveserver

🟢 Scaling

Coherent pluggable transceivers

🟢 Scaling

Global Services↑ 21%

Key Financial Metrics

Gross Margin 45.40% +4.1 pp YoY
Backlog / Revenue 508.6% 5.08x Qtr Rev
CapEx Intensity N/A

Key Operating Metrics¹: Core operating metrics relevant to revenue, sourced from website and/or SEC filings for Q, with status based on reported data.

Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) — Q3 FY2026 Post Earnings

Broadcom avgo q3 26 post earnings

Operations

As of September 3, 2026
Q3 Revenue ↑ 86% YoY $29.6B
Divisions
Semiconductor Solutions 70.4%
Infrastructure Software 29.6%

Key Earnings Driver

AI Accelerators and AI Networking Semiconductor Solutions revenue increased 127% year over year to $20.8B. Within Semiconductor Solutions, AI semiconductor revenue increased 221% to $16.7B, driven by strong demand for custom AI accelerators and AI networking. Infrastructure Software revenue increased 29% to $8.8B. Management expects AI semiconductor revenue to reach $21.7B in Q4.

Key Operating Metrics¹

METRIC

STATUS

Semiconductor Solutions↑ 127%

AI Accelerators

🟢 Scaling

AI Networking

🟢 Scaling

Infrastructure Software↑ 29%

Key Financial Metrics

Gross Margin 69.13% +2.04 pp YoY
Backlog / Revenue N/A
CapEx Intensity 1.80% 0.01x Revenue

Key Operating Metrics¹: Core operating metrics relevant to revenue, sourced from website and/or SEC filings for Q, with status based on reported data.

Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) — Q3 FY2026 Pre Earnings

Broadcom avgo q3 26 pre earnings finance note

Operations

As of September 2, 2026
Q2 Revenue ↑ 48% YoY $22.2B
Divisions
Semiconductor Solutions 67.6%
Infrastructure Software 32.4%

Key Earnings Driver

AI Accelerators and AI Networking Semiconductor Solutions revenue increased 79% year over year to $15.0B. Within Semiconductor Solutions, AI semiconductor revenue increased 143% to $10.8B, driven by increasing demand for custom AI Accelerators and AI Networking. Infrastructure Software revenue increased 9% to $7.2B, primarily driven by VMware Cloud Foundation. For Q3, Hock Tan, President and CEO of Broadcom, expects semiconductor revenue from AI to grow more than 200% year over year to $16.0B.

Key Operating Metrics¹

METRIC

STATUS

Semiconductor Solutions↑ 79%

AI Accelerators

🟢 Scaling

AI Networking

🟢 Scaling

Infrastructure Software↑ 9%

VMware Cloud Foundation

Key Financial Metrics

Gross Margin 69.47% +1.51 pp YoY
Backlog / Revenue N/A
CapEx Intensity 1.04% 0.01x Revenue

Key Operating Metrics¹: Core operating metrics relevant to revenue, sourced from website and/or SEC filings for Q, with status based on reported data.