Education
About Us
Working with TipRanks
Follow Us
Ciena (CIEN)
NYSE:CIEN
CIEN Stock Chart & Stats
$348.70
$0.15(0.18%)
At close: 4:00 PM EST
$348.70
$0.15(0.18%)
Day’s Range― - ―
52-Week Range$49.21 - $365.90
Previous CloseN/A
Volume617.38K
Average Volume (3M)3.55M
Market Cap
$49.33B
Enterprise Value$49.82B
Total Cash (Recent Filing)$1.31B
Total Debt (Recent Filing)$1.58B
Price to Earnings (P/E)410.5
Beta1.82
Next Earnings
Mar 05, 2026EPS Estimate
1.17Next Dividend Ex-DateN/A
Dividend YieldN/A
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)0.91
Shares Outstanding141,463,460
10 Day Avg. Volume2,183,500
30 Day Avg. Volume3,547,529
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio4.38
Price to Book (P/B)9.90
Price to Sales (P/S)5.66
P/FCF Ratio40.60
Enterprise Value/Market Cap1.01
Enterprise Value/Revenue10.45
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit26.19
Enterprise Value/Ebitda129.05
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$274.71Price Target Upside-21.22% Downside
Rating ConsensusModerate Buy
Number of Analyst Covering14
EPS Forecast (FY)5.34
Revenue Forecast (FY)$5.95B
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
AI Infrastructure TransitionAnalyst commentary highlights CIEN's shift toward AI infrastructure and cloud-driven revenue, positioning the company to capture rising demand for high-speed optical connectivity in data centers.
Backlog And Strategic Design WinsA record backlog and strategic design wins with major cloud customers, including deployments of new interconnect products and DCOM integrations, support durable demand and potential multi-hundred-million-dollar opportunities.
Guidance And Growth OutlookManagement raised FY26 revenue guidance, signaling materially stronger growth expectations and suggesting upside to consensus as hyperscaler spending expands.
Bears Say
Competition And Margin PressureA growing pool of suppliers and faster capacity additions could ease shortages and intensify competition, putting pressure on pricing and margins.
Customer ConcentrationRevenue dependence on a small number of large customers creates vulnerability if major customers slow spending or shift to alternatives.
ValuationShares trade at rich multiples relative to peers, which may limit upside and make further appreciation dependent on sustained execution or re-rating.
Ciena News
CIEN FAQ
What was Ciena’s price range in the past 12 months?
Ciena lowest stock price was $49.21 and its highest was $365.90 in the past 12 months.
What is Ciena’s market cap?
Ciena’s market cap is $49.33B.
When is Ciena’s upcoming earnings report date?
Ciena’s upcoming earnings report date is Mar 05, 2026 which is in 2 days.
How were Ciena’s earnings last quarter?
Ciena released its earnings results on Dec 11, 2025. The company reported $0.91 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.78 by $0.13.
Is Ciena overvalued?
According to Wall Street analysts Ciena’s price is currently Overvalued.
Does Ciena pay dividends?
Ciena does not currently pay dividends.
What is Ciena’s EPS estimate?
Ciena’s EPS estimate is 1.17.
How many shares outstanding does Ciena have?
Ciena has 141,463,460 shares outstanding.
What happened to Ciena’s price movement after its last earnings report?
Ciena reported an EPS of $0.91 in its last earnings report, beating expectations of $0.78. Following the earnings report the stock price went up 9.249%.
Which hedge fund is a major shareholder of Ciena?
Currently, no hedge funds are holding shares in CIEN
What is the TipRanks Smart Score and how is it calculated?
Smart Score combines eight research factors - such as analyst recommendations, hedge fund trends, and technical indicators - to measure a stock’s outlook. These signals are unified into a single score that reflects bullish or bearish momentum. See detailed methodology
Ciena Stock Smart Score
Neutral
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Analyst Consensus
Moderate Buy
Average Price Target:
$274.71 (-21.22% Downside)
$274.71 (-21.22% Downside)
Blogger Sentiment
Bullish
CIEN Sentiment 77%
Sector Average 67%
Sector Average 67%
Hedge Fund Trend
Decreased
By 2.5M Shares
Last Quarter.
Last Quarter.
Insider Transactions
Sold Shares
Worth $1.9M over
the Last 3 Months
the Last 3 Months
Crowd Wisdom
Very Positive
Last 7 Days >0.1%
Last 30 Days ▲ 12.6%
Last 30 Days ▲ 12.6%
News Sentiment
Bullish
Bullish news 64%
Bearish news 36%
Bearish news 36%
Technicals
SMA
Positive
20 days / 200 days
Momentum
346.87%
12-Months-Change
Fundamentals
Return on Equity
4.45%
Trailing 12-Months
Asset Growth
3.96%
Trailing 12-Months
Company Description
Ciena
Ciena Corporation provides network hardware, software, and services that support the transport, routing, switching, aggregation, service delivery, and management of video, data, and voice traffic on communications networks worldwide. The company's Networking Platforms segment offers hardware networking products and solutions that optimized for the convergence of coherent optical transport, optical transport network switching, and packet switching. Its products include 6500 Packet-Optical Platform, 5430 Reconfigurable Switching System, Waveserver stackable interconnect system, and the 6500 Reconfigurable line system, and the 5400 family of Packet-Optical platforms, as well as Z-Series Packet-Optical Platform; 3000 family of service delivery switches and service aggregation switches, and the 5000 family of service aggregation switches, as well as 8700 Packetwave Platform and the Ethernet packet configuration for the 5410 Service Aggregation Switch; and 6500 Packet Transport System. This segment also sells operating system software and enhanced software features embedded in each of its products. The company's Blue Planet Automation Software and Services segment provides multi-domain service orchestration, inventory, route optimization and analysis, network function virtualization orchestration, analytics, and related services. Its Platform Software and Service segment offers OneControl unified management system and platform software services, as well as manage, control, and plan software. The company's Global Services segment provides consulting and network design, installation and deployment, maintenance support, and training services. The company sells its products through direct and indirect sales channels to network operators. Ciena Corporation was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Hanover, Maryland.
CIEN Company Deck
CIEN Earnings Call
Q4 2025
0:00 / 0:00
Earnings Call Sentiment|Positive
Ciena Corporation reported an exceptionally strong fiscal year with record-breaking revenue and orders, significant growth in market share, and promising opportunities in the AI and data center markets. However, the company faces challenges with supply chain constraints and margin pressures due to rapidly increasing demand and rising input costs.View all CIEN earnings summariesCIEN Stock 12 Month Forecast
Average Price Target
$274.71
▼(-21.22% Downside)
Technical Analysis
Cisco Systems
―
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
―
Nokia
―
Lumentum Holdings
―
Viavi Solutions
―
Ownership Overview
1.32% Insiders
30.56% Mutual Funds
8.35% Other Institutional Investors
33.78% Public Companies and Individual Investors