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Ciena — Q3 2019 Earnings Presentation

22 slides from Ciena's earnings presentation, Sep 5, 2019

  1. Slide 1: Ciena Corporation Q3 fiscal 2019 Investor Presentation

    Ciena Corporation Q3 fiscal 2019 Investor Presentation Quarterly Period ended July 31, 2019 September 5, 2019 Copyright © Ciena Corporation 2019. All rights reserved. Confidential & Proprietary.

  2. Slide 2: Forward-looking statements and non-GAAP measures

    Forward-looking statements and non-GAAP measures Information in this presentation and related comments of presenters contain a number of forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current expectations, forecasts, assumptions and other information available to the Company as of the dat

  3. Slide 3: Achieving balanced growth, driving innovation, delivering shareholder value

    Achieving balanced growth Driving the pace of innovation Delivering shareholder value • Non-telco represented 41% of total • TTM Adjusted R&D* investment was revenue $527.0 million • Direct web-scale contributed over 26% • WaveLogic Ai has 128 total customers of total revenue with 16 new wins in Q3

  4. Slide 4: Q3 fiscal 2019 financial highlights

    Q3 fiscal 2019 financial highlights Adjusted Operating Margin* * A reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures to our GAAP results is included in the appendix to this presentation. Copyright © Ciena Corporation 2019. All rights reserved. Confidential & Proprietary. 4

  5. Slide 5: Q3 fiscal 2019 comparisons (year-over-year)

    Q3 fiscal 2019 comparisons (year-over-year) Revenue Adj. Gross Margin* Adj. Operating Margin* (in millions) Q3'18 Q3'19 Q3'18 Q3'19 Q3'18 Q3'19 44.7% 16.2% $960.6 43.4% 14.0% $818.8 Adj. EBITDA* Adj. EPS* (in millions) Q3'18 Q3'19 Q3'18 Q3'19 $0.71 $178.0 $0.48 $136.1 Copyright © Ciena Corporation 2

  6. Slide 6: Revenue by segment

    Revenue by segment (Amounts in millions) Q3 FY 2019 Q3 FY 2018 Revenue %** Revenue %** $1,000.0 44.7% 50.0% 44.7% Networking Platforms 43.4% 43.9% $900.0 42.2% 45.0% Converged Packet Optical $724.3 75.4 $592.8 72.4 $800.0 40.0% Packet Networking 71.8 7.5 84.6 10.4 $700.0 35.0% Total Networking Platf

  7. Slide 7: Continued strength derived from non-telco revenue

    Continued strength derived from non-telco revenue* Q3 FY 2019 Direct Webscale Cable Gov't, R&E & Enterprise 45% 40% 7% 35% 7.2% Direct Webscale 11% 8% 30% 8% 8% 7% 25% Cable 6% 7% 6.7% 9% 7% 20% 26.5% Gov't, R&E, Enterprise 15% 27% 10% 21% 21% 17% 19% 5% 0% Q3 FY2018 Q4 FY2018 Q1 FY2019 Q2 FY2019 Q3

  8. Slide 8: Revenue by geographic region

    Revenue by geographic region Q3 FY 2019 North America EMEA CALA APAC $1,000.0 $900.0 14% $800.0 19% 16% 4% North America 21% 4.1% 14.1% $700.0 6% 17% 5% 18% 3% 4% 13% Europe, Middle East $600.0 14% and Africa 15% 17% 17.6% Caribbean and Latin $500.0 64.2% America (Inmillions) $400.0 Asia Pacific $30

  9. Slide 9: Q3 fiscal 2019 balance sheet and operating metrics

    Q3 fiscal 2019 balance sheet and operating metrics DSO Copyright © Ciena Corporation 2019. All rights reserved. Confidential & Proprietary. 9

  10. Slide 10: Returning value to shareholders through strong capital allocation priorities

    Returning value to shareholders through strong capital allocation priorities Adj. R&D* R&D % Rev $50.0 $500.0 17% $45.0 $40.0 $480.0 16% $35.0 $460.0 15% $30.0 $440.0 14% $25.0 $420.0 13% $20.0 $15.0 $400.0 12% $10.0 $380.0 11% $5.0 $360.0 10% $0.0 2015 2016 2017 2018 Q3 FY18 Q4 FY18 Q1 FY19 Q2 FY19

  11. Slide 11: Delivering consistent and differentiated financial performance

    Delivering consistent and differentiated financial performance Normalized Revenue Normalized Adjusted OM Ciena Industry Avg1 Ciena Industry Avg1 1.60 3.00 2.50 1.40 2.00 1.20 1.50 1.00 1.00 0.50 0.80 0.00 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 *Industry Average: ACIA, ADTN, ADVA, CSCO, IN

  12. Slide 12: Delivering profitability and total shareholder return

    Delivering profitability and total shareholder return Adjusted EPS 1YR Stock Return* 22.3% CAGR $1.39 60.00% $1.14 40.00% $0.93 20.00% 0.00% -20.00% -40.00% -60.00% FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 Ciena Acacia Cisco Nokia ADVA Juniper ADTRAN Infinera *1 year represents 8/22/18-8/22/19 Copyright © Ciena Corpora

  13. Slide 13: Business outlook and long-term targets

    Business outlook and long-term targets Copyright © Ciena Corporation 2019. All rights reserved. Confidential & Proprietary. 13

  14. Slide 14: Fiscal 2019 performance driven by strategic execution and favorable dynamics

    Our extraordinary fiscal 2019 performance is driven by a combination of strategic execution and favorable dynamics Continued strategic execution • Favorable competitive dynamics • Customer trust in Ciena and strong relationships • Subscale vendors struggle financially and with innovation • Web-scale

  15. Slide 15: Long-term financial targets

    Long-term financial targets1 Execution of our strategy will drive top-line growth, profitability and cash generation 1 Projections or outlook with respect to future operating results are only as of December 13, 2018, the date presented on the related earnings call. Actual results may differ material

  16. Slide 16: Long-term financial targets

    Long-term financial targets* Optical Systems Attached Services Packet Networking Blue Planet *Projections or outlook with respect to future operating results are only as of December 13, 2018, the date presented on the related earnings call. Actual results may differ materially from these forward loo

  17. Slide 17: Q3 fiscal 2019 appendix

    Q3 fiscal 2019 appendix Copyright © Ciena Corporation 2019. All rights reserved. Confidential & Proprietary. 17

  18. Slide 18: Adjusted gross profit reconciliation

    Q3 FY 2019 Q2 FY 2019 Q1 FY 2019 Q4 FY 2018 Q3 FY 2018 GAAP gross profit $424,352 $374,677 $323,341 $398,075 $351,543 Share-based compensation-products 781 702 637 705 783 Share-based compensation-services 783 907 770 651 618 Amortization of intangible assets 3,303 3,303 3,418 2,957 2,534 Total adju

  19. Slide 19: Adjusted operating expense and income reconciliation

    Q3 FY 2019 Q2 FY 2019 Q1 FY 2019 Q4 FY 2018 Q3 FY 2018 GAAP operating expense $299,051 $294,357 $275,398 $302,205 $266,269 Share-based compensation-research and development 3,560 4,083 3,391 3,385 3,082 Share-based compensation-sales and marketing 4,192 4,346 3,785 3,741 3,417 Share-based compensati

  20. Slide 20: Adjusted net income reconciliation

    Q3 FY 2019 Q2 FY 2019 Q1 FY 2019 Q4 FY 2018 Q3 FY 2018 GAAP net income $86,749 $52,738 $33,616 $63,977 $50,840 Exclude GAAP provision (benefit) for income taxes 30,198 17,867 9,139 (10,224) 19,280 Income before income taxes 116,947 70,605 42,755 53,753 70,120 Total adjustments related to income from

  21. Slide 21: EBITDA reconciliation

    Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) Q3 FY 2019 Q2 FY 2019 Q1 FY 2019 Q4 FY 2018 Q3 FY 2018 Net income (GAAP) $ 86,749 $ 52,738 $ 33,616 $ 63,977 $ 50,840 Add: Interest expense 9,404 9,471 9,441 14,873 13,611 Less: Interest and other income (loss), net 1,050 (244) 4,

  22. Slide 22: Thank You

    Thank You Copyright © Ciena Corporation 2019. All rights reserved. Confidential & Proprietary.

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