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- symbol CIEN
- Rev/Share 32.0181
- Book/Share 19.6502
- PB 5.8693
- Debt/Equity 0.0921
- CurrentRatio 3.2811
- ROIC 0.0379
- MktCap 16304209528.0
- FreeCF/Share 4.9408
- PFCF 23.264
- PE 116.1258
- Debt/Assets 0.0447
- DivYield 0
- ROE 0.0504
- Rating B-
- Score 3
- Recommendation Neutral
- P/E Score 1
- DCF Score 3
- P/B Score 2
- D/E Score 3
Recent Analyst Ratings
| Type | Ticker | Analyst Firm | Previous Rating | Current Rating | Previous Price Target | Current Price Target | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reiterated | CIEN | Needham | -- | Buy | $90 | $130 | Sept. 5, 2025 |
| Downgrade | CIEN | B. Riley Securities | Buy | Neutral | -- | $113 | Sept. 5, 2025 |
| Downgrade | CIEN | Morgan Stanley | Equal Weight | Underweight | -- | $70 | July 8, 2025 |
| Upgrade | CIEN | Northland Capital | Market Perform | Outperform | -- | $75 | March 12, 2025 |
| Upgrade | CIEN | JP Morgan | Neutral | Overweight | $84 | $88 | Jan. 28, 2025 |
| Upgrade | CIEN | BofA Securities | Neutral | Buy | $70 | $95 | Dec. 13, 2024 |
| Downgrade | CIEN | Evercore ISI | Outperform | In-line | -- | $65 | Oct. 15, 2024 |
| Downgrade | CIEN | Exane BNP Paribas | Outperform | Neutral | $59 | $67 | Oct. 9, 2024 |
| Downgrade | CIEN | JP Morgan | Overweight | Neutral | -- | $65 | Oct. 7, 2024 |
| Upgrade | CIEN | Citigroup | Sell | Buy | $44 | $68 | Sept. 23, 2024 |
News
CIEN Q3 Earnings & Sales Top, Stock Up on 91% Y/Y Bottom-Line Growth
Published: September 05, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive
Ciena posts a revenue and earnings surge, lifts outlook with AI-driven demand and sees shares jump over 23% on strong fiscal Q3 2025 results.
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Ciena Q3: Today's Big Winner In The AI Buildout
Published: September 04, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive
Ciena Corporation delivered a blowout quarter, beating revenue and earnings estimates, raising guidance, and surprising a market that had extremely low expectations. Cloud and AI-driven demand are fueling rapid growth, with cloud provider revenue up 94% and new product milestones achieved across WaveLogic and routing lines. Despite trading at a high earnings multiple, Ciena's growth-adjusted valuation, or PEG, is actually cheaper than its historical average, reflecting outsized growth.
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Ciena Q3 Review: Will Continue To Ride The AI Wave
Published: September 04, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive
Ciena Corporation delivered strong Q3 results, driven by AI infrastructure demand and high-speed connectivity, but I believe the stock is trading at a premium. Management's focus on margin expansion and a shift to software/AI-driven solutions is impressive, with operating margin targets raised for 2026. Despite solid execution and optimistic guidance, I view the current valuation as stretched, even under bullish assumptions for growth and profitability.
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Ciena Corporation (CIEN) Q3 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Published: September 04, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Neutral
Ciena Corporation (NYSE:CIEN ) Q3 2025 Earnings Call September 4, 2025 8:30 AM EDT Company Participants Gregg Lampf - Vice President of Investor Relations Gary Smith - CEO, President & Director Marc Graff - Senior VP & CFO Scott McFeely - Executive Advisor Conference Call Participants George Notter - Wolfe Research, LLC Samik Chatterjee - JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division Meta Marshall - Morgan Stanley, Research Division Ruben Roy - Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, Research Division Simon Leopold - Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Research Division Timothy Long - Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division Timothy Savageaux - Northland …
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Ciena (CIEN) Q3 Earnings: How Key Metrics Compare to Wall Street Estimates
Published: September 04, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral
While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Ciena (CIEN) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended July 2025, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.
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Ciena (CIEN) Tops Q3 Earnings and Revenue Estimates
Published: September 04, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive
Ciena (CIEN) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.67 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.52 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.35 per share a year ago.
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Ciena Gears Up to Release Q3 Earnings: Here's What to Expect
Published: September 01, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive
CIEN's fiscal Q3 results are likely to reflect surging cloud provider revenues, WaveLogic traction and growing Blue Planet adoption despite margin pressures.
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Wall Street's Insights Into Key Metrics Ahead of Ciena (CIEN) Q3 Earnings
Published: August 29, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral
Get a deeper insight into the potential performance of Ciena (CIEN) for the quarter ended July 2025 by going beyond Wall Street's top-and-bottom-line estimates and examining the estimates for some of its key metrics.
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DFA and Ciena Shatter Fibre Capacity Records in World-First Trial in Partnership with Willcom
Published: August 27, 2025 by: Business Wire
Sentiment: Neutral
JOHANNESBURG & HANOVER, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DFA and Ciena announce a landmark breakthrough in fibre capacity.
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Why Ciena (CIEN) is a Top Momentum Stock for the Long-Term
Published: August 26, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive
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Arista vs. Ciena: Which Network Infrastructure Stock Has the Edge?
Published: July 14, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive
CIEN's lower valuation and stronger price gains stand out, but ANET's software edge and growth potential keep it in the game.
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CIEN, Telxius Hit a Pioneering 1.3 Tb/s Wavelength Across the Atlantic
Published: June 26, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive
Ciena and Telxius achieve a record 1.3 Tb/s transatlantic transmission, boosting global optical network capacity with WaveLogic 6 Extreme.
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Telxius and Ciena Achieve First Live 1.3 Tb/s Data Transmission Across the Atlantic
Published: June 25, 2025 by: Business Wire
Sentiment: Neutral
HANOVER, Md. & MADRID--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Telxius, a leading global connectivity provider, and Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) recently completed a key milestone and industry first—a 1.3 Tb/s single wavelength transmission carried out across Telxius' 6,600km Marea submarine cable between Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Bilbao, Spain. Powered by Ciena's WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) technology, the companies also achieved the highest-ever spectral-efficiency transmission across the Atlantic, reaching a record-setti.
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Ciena Taps Marc Graff as CFO
Published: June 18, 2025 by: WSJ
Sentiment: Neutral
Previously, Graff was CFO at provider of hardware and software solutions Altera, and before that served as CFO and chief operating officer for Intel's data center and AI group.
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Bear Of The Day: Ciena (CIEN)
Published: June 12, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Negative
This company recently missed earnings and as a result, estimates have dropped.
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Deciphering Ciena (CIEN) International Revenue Trends
Published: June 10, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral
Explore Ciena's (CIEN) international revenue trends and how these numbers impact Wall Street's forecasts and what's ahead for the stock.
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Ciena Publishes Report Analyzing the Impact of AI, DCI, and Cloud Evolution on Wave Services Demand
Published: June 10, 2025 by: Business Wire
Sentiment: Neutral
HANOVER, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) has compiled a new report on wavelength services – the first of its kind – that explores the key drivers of the need for high-speed connectivity. The report examines the critical role of wave services in enabling the expansion of interconnected data centers driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI), the growing importance of low latency and data sovereignty for AI workloads, and the build-out of terrestrial and critical submarine network infrastruc.
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Ciena Poised For Growth On Cloud Demand, But Analysts Warn About Margin Pressure, Tariff Costs
Published: June 06, 2025 by: Benzinga
Sentiment: Neutral
Wall Street analysts responded to Ciena Corp.'s CIEN second-quarter financial results on Thursday.
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CIEN Stock Tanks 13% on Q2 Earnings Miss, AI Demand Drives Sales Y/Y
Published: June 06, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral
Ciena's fiscal Q2 2025 results reflect surging demand for high-speed connectivity in cloud computing and AI amid evolving tariff rates and rising costs.
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Ciena Delivers Growth, But Not Value
Published: June 06, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive
Ciena is deeply embedded in secular growth trends—cloud, AI, 5G, and hyperscaler expansion—driving strong revenue and strategic contract wins. Despite robust top-line growth and product traction, margins remain pressured by product mix, supply chain issues, and concentration risk among hyperscaler clients. Valuation is stretched: Ciena trades at a significant premium to peers and its own history, with high multiples unsupported by recent earnings or cash flow trends.
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Ciena Stock Tumbles as Incentive Compensation Drives Profit Below Estimates
Published: June 05, 2025 by: Investopedia
Sentiment: Negative
Ciena (CIEN) shares tumbled nearly 14% Thursday after the networking systems company's fiscal second-quarter profit fell short of analysts' estimates.
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Ciena Corporation (CIEN) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Published: June 05, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Neutral
Ciena Corporation (NYSE:CIEN ) Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call June 5, 2025 8:30 AM ET Company Participants Gary B. Smith - CEO, President & Director Gregg M.
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Compared to Estimates, Ciena (CIEN) Q2 Earnings: A Look at Key Metrics
Published: June 05, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral
While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Ciena (CIEN) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended April 2025, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.
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Ciena (CIEN) Q2 Earnings Miss Estimates
Published: June 05, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Negative
Ciena (CIEN) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.42 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.52 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.27 per share a year ago.
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Ciena Stock Is Falling After Earnings Miss. What We Know.
Published: June 05, 2025 by: Barrons
Sentiment: Negative
The networking-equipment company misses earnings expectations for its fiscal second quarter.
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Ciena Earnings Miss Estimates, Revenue Edges By Wall Street Target
Published: June 05, 2025 by: Investors Business Daily
Sentiment: Neutral
The maker of optical networking gear reported 55% EPS growth in Q2 with sales up 24%.
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Ciena Reports Fiscal Second Quarter 2025 Financial Results
Published: June 05, 2025 by: Business Wire
Sentiment: Neutral
HANOVER, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ciena® Corporation, a networking systems, services and software company, today announced financial results for its fiscal second quarter.
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Ciena Set To Beat Q2 Estimates But AI Ambitions Face Margin Math And Marvell-ous Rivals
Published: June 04, 2025 by: Benzinga
Sentiment: Neutral
Rosenblatt analyst Mike Genovese is questioning how successful Ciena CIEN will be over the next one to five years, taking on companies like Marvell Technology MRVL and Broadcom Inc AVGO.
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CIEN's Q2 Earnings on Deck: Should Investors Expect a Beat This Time?
Published: June 02, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Negative
Ciena's fiscal Q2 2025 performance is likely to have gained from strong AI network traffic, higher bandwidth and cloud demand amid disruptions from new tariffs.
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Unveiling Ciena (CIEN) Q2 Outlook: Wall Street Estimates for Key Metrics
Published: June 02, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive
Looking beyond Wall Street's top -and-bottom-line estimate forecasts for Ciena (CIEN), delve into some of its key metrics to gain a deeper insight into the company's potential performance for the quarter ended April 2025.
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About Ciena Corporation (CIEN)
- IPO Date 1997-02-07
- Website https://www.ciena.com
- Industry Communication Equipment
- CEO Gary B. Smith
- Employees 8795