Ciena (CIEN): FY26 Q3 earnings call, Sep 3, 2026
On its Sep 3, 2026 earnings call (FY26 Q3), Ciena said 9 of the 12 words Kalshi listed; Parrot’s count agreed with all 12 settlements. Quotes below are at most 25 words each, with timed clips.
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12 words · 9 settled yes · our count agreed on 12 of 12- Kalshi: company speakers + operator
Kalshi
backtest The probabilities on settled rows are a walk-forward backtest: the model as of before each event, computed after Parrot went live; they were not published at the time.
| Word | Result | Our count | All speakers | Agrees | Probability | Clip | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RLS | Yes | 14 | 18 | ✓ | 91%transcripts from the transcript model | Hear it 9:40, RLS | – |
| Multi-Rail / Hyper Rail | Yes | 13 | 15 | ✓ | 80%transcripts from the transcript model | Hear it 10:14, Multi-Rail / Hyper Rail | – |
| Tariff | Yes | 8 | 9 | ✓ | 73%transcripts from the transcript model | Hear it 15:59, Tariff | – |
| Hyperscaler | Yes | 7 | 10 | ✓ | 93%transcripts from the transcript model | Hear it 10:25, Hyperscaler | – |
| WaveLogic | Yes | 7 | 7 | ✓ | 76%transcripts from the transcript model | Hear it 9:16, WaveLogic | – |
| Neoscaler | Yes | 3 | 3 | ✓ | 78%transcripts from the transcript model | Hear it 33:26, Neoscaler | – |
| India | Yes | 3 | 3 | ✓ | 74%transcripts from the transcript model | Hear it 38:44, India | – |
| Inventory | Yes | 1 | 1 | ✓ | 71%transcripts from the transcript model | Hear it 17:05, Inventory | – |
| Subsea | Yes | 1 | 1 | ✓ | 34%transcripts from the transcript model | Hear it 5:50, Subsea | – |
| Tailwind | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 57%transcripts from the transcript model | – | |
| Headwind | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 54%transcripts from the transcript model | – | |
| Quantum | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 16%transcripts from the transcript model | – |
Market prices are mid quotes from Kalshi and Polymarket, shown for context, may be delayed by several minutes and are not a signal. Quotes as of Oct 20, 2026 15:46 UTC.
Transcript
quotes of at most 25 wordsSpeaker-labelled transcript · Source and credits · Used to count words; quotes of at most 25 words.
Where the listed words were said
…customer adoption and scaling of our intelligent line systems remains exceptionally strong. RLS is basically the industry standard in disaggregated optical line systems, where Ciena's…
…first system deployed for scale across applications. The next generation of RLS, Hyper-Rail, is our second generation of RLS and represents our sixth generation of…
…gross margin this quarter, which was positively impacted by the treatment of tariff refunds by about 70 basis points. Even without the tariff impact, gross…
…noting that last quarter we announced a significant win with a major hyperscaler that integrates our WaveLogic 6 Extreme coherent technology into their own platform.…
…the performance limitations, of course, of today's short-reach technologies. Starting with our WaveLogic 5 Nano pluggable optics, we are seeing strong market adoption as we…
…But increasingly, I think to your point, we're seeing this sort of neo scalers, umbrella of neo scalers, which covers a multitude of different business…
…MOFN deals globally as well to support this expansion, particularly markets like India and the Middle East, and certain parts of Asia, where the hyperscalers…
…to the year-ago results. We've invested working capital to support slightly higher inventory levels and to increase revenue through the quarter. Even with these investments,…
…network edge, and network operations. It includes optical connectivity for long haul subsea metro regional applications that people are familiar with. It is also being…
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