Ciena Corporation (CIEN)

NYSE: CIEN · Real-Time Price · USD
87.38
+1.59 (1.85%)
Dec 20, 2024, 4:00 PM EST - Market closed
1.85%
Market Cap 12.42B
Revenue (ttm) 4.01B
Net Income (ttm) 83.96M
Shares Out 142.12M
EPS (ttm) 0.58
PE Ratio 150.66
Forward PE 36.40
Dividend n/a
Ex-Dividend Date n/a
Volume 2,044,262
Open 84.85
Previous Close 85.79
Day's Range 84.54 - 89.22
52-Week Range 43.30 - 91.82
Beta 0.94
Analysts Buy
Price Target 77.07 (-11.8%)
Earnings Date Dec 12, 2024

About CIEN

Ciena Corporation provides hardware and software services for delivery of video, data, and voice traffic metro, aggregation, and access communications network worldwide. The company’s Networking Platforms segment offers convergence of coherent optical transport, open optical networking, optical transport network switching, IP routing, and switching services. Its products include 6500 Packet-Optical Platform, Waveserver stackable interconnect system, and the 6500 Reconfigurable line system, and the 5400 family of Packet-Optical platforms, as wel... [Read more]

Sector Technology
IPO Date Feb 7, 1997
Employees 8,483
Stock Exchange NYSE
Ticker Symbol CIEN
Full Company Profile

Financial Performance

In 2024, Ciena's revenue was $4.01 billion, a decrease of -8.47% compared to the previous year's $4.39 billion. Earnings were $83.96 million, a decrease of -67.05%.

Financial Statements

Analyst Forecast

According to 14 analysts, the average rating for CIEN stock is "Buy." The 12-month stock price forecast is $77.07, which is a decrease of -11.80% from the latest price.

Price Target
$77.07
(-11.80% downside)
Analyst Consensus: Buy
Stock Forecasts

News

Ciena Corporation: I Don't See Much Upside From Here (Rating Downgrade)

I downgrade CIEN from buy to hold due to its expensive valuation, trading at 35x forward PE, well above its historical trend of 13-20x. CIEN's recent earnings showed strong revenue but missed EPS esti...

4 days ago - Seeking Alpha

Ciena Delivers Strong Q4 Earnings, But Valuation Demands Precision

Ciena Corporation has shown impressive growth, with a nearly 100% YTD return and a strong annualized ROR of 15.12% since 2015. Ciena's advanced tech, like the WaveLogic 6 Extreme, addresses growing ba...

5 days ago - Seeking Alpha

Overlooked Stock: CIEN

Ciena Corp. (CIEN) is up more than 20% on the week, and a company that George Tsilis is keeping a close eye on during the A.I. boom. He talks about how the legacy hardware and software player has gain...

7 days ago - Schwab Network

Ciena's Strong 2025 Outlook Wins Analyst Confidence: AI Bandwidth And Optical Market Expansion In Focus

Ciena Corp CIEN stock surged after BofA Securities upgraded it from Neutral to Buy and raised its price target from $70 to $95.

7 days ago - Benzinga

Ciena reported a big profit miss. Here's why the stock is rocketing to a 22-year high.

Ciena's stock was soaring toward a 22-year high, as order growth and outlook on inventory overshadowed a big profit miss.

8 days ago - Market Watch

Ciena Corporation (CIEN) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

Ciena Corporation (NYSE:CIEN) Q4 2024 Results Conference Call December 12, 2024 8:30 AM ET Company Participants Gregg Lampf - Vice President of Investor Relations Gary Smith - President and Chief Exe...

8 days ago - Seeking Alpha

Ciena Stock Tumbles as Earnings Miss Estimates. What We Know.

The optical networking equipment company misses earnings estimates in its fiscal fourth quarter.

9 days ago - Barrons

Ciena Announces Lawton W. Fitt as Independent Chair of Board of Directors

HANOVER, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ciena® Corporation announced the appointment of Lawton W. Fitt as independent Chair of Ciena's Board of Directors, effective December 11, 2024.

9 days ago - Business Wire

Ciena Reports Fiscal Fourth Quarter 2024 Financial Results

HANOVER, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ciena® Corporation, a networking systems, services and software company, announces financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter ended Nov 2, 2024.

9 days ago - Business Wire

Ciena Gears Up For Q4 Print; Here Are The Recent Forecast Changes From Wall Street's Most Accurate Analysts

Ciena Corporation CIEN will release its fourth-quarter financial results, before the opening bell, on Thursday, Dec. 12.

9 days ago - Benzinga

Ciena Announces Reporting Date and Web Broadcast for Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Year End 2024 Results

HANOVER, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ciena® Corporation expects to announce its fiscal fourth quarter and year-end financial results on Thursday, December 12, 2024.

5 weeks ago - Business Wire

euNetworks First to Deploy 1.6 Tb/s Coherent Solution in Europe with Ciena's WaveLogic 6 Extreme

LONDON & HANOVER, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Critical bandwidth infrastructure provider euNetworks announced Europe's first-ever 1.6 Tb/s coherent solution deployment using Ciena's WL6e.

5 weeks ago - Business Wire

Ziply® Fiber announces 400 Gig “Northern Link Route” connecting Pacific Northwest to Minneapolis and Chicago

This represents the shortest distance route commercially available between the Pacific Northwest and Midwest; Ziply offers lowest latency and 4X capacity found on most West-East commodity routes This ...

2 months ago - GlobeNewsWire

Boldyn Networks Adds Scalable 1.6Tb/s Wavelengths to its Fiber Network in New York and New Jersey

Advanced network enhancements powered by Ciena's WaveLogic 6 coherent optical technology benefits carriers, enterprises and hyperscalers with reliable, high-speed connections between data centers NEW ...

2 months ago - PRNewsWire

2 Stocks Riding the Recovery in Cloud Computing Driven by AI

The artificial intelligence (AI) boom has been underway throughout 2024 despite many legacy technologies still undergoing normalization after a fantastic post-pandemic reopening surge in 2021. The acc...

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2 months ago - Benzinga

On Net Fibra Colombia Deploys Blue Planet to Streamline Delivery of Wholesale Fiber Optic Services

BOGOTA, Colombia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On Net Fibra Colombia (ON NET FIBRA) is leveraging software from Blue Planet, a division of Ciena (NYSE:CIEN), to support its transition to a cloud-native Operations...

2 months ago - Business Wire

Ciena Stock Powers the AI Cloud Boom—Don't Miss Out

Ciena Co. CIEN can be considered a legacy company in the computer and technology sector when it comes to the Internet. It was one of the original manufacturers of optical fiber, which provided network...

2 months ago - Benzinga

Ciena Downgraded: Analyst Cites Telco Spending Slump And Margins Squeeze

Ciena Corporation CIEN shares are trading lower on Monday. JP Morgan analyst Samik Chatterjee downgraded the company to Neutral from Overweight with a price target of $65.

2 months ago - Benzinga

Sify Doubles National Long Distance Network Capacity with Ciena Technology

CHENNAI, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sify Technologies (Sify) today announced that it has deployed Ciena's (NYSE: CIEN) optical technology to connect its seven Metro Area Networks across India. Starting w...

2 months ago - Business Wire

Ciena Corp (CIEN) Trading 6.54% Higher on Oct 2

Shares of Ciena Corp (CIEN, Financial) surged 6.54% in mid-day trading on Oct 2. The stock reached an intraday high of $65.95, before settling at $65.47, up from its previous close of $61.45.

2 months ago - GuruFocus

Ciena Announces $1 Billion Share Repurchase Authorization

HANOVER, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ciena announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a program to repurchase up to $1 billion of the company's common stock.

2 months ago - Business Wire

Lightpath Deploys Industry's First 400G Protected Circuit Utilizing Power-Efficient Ciena WaveLogic 5 Nano Coherent Optics

Raises ceiling for high-availability network services while using 80% less power NEW YORK , Sept. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Lightpath , an all-fiber, infrastructure-based connectivity provider that is ...

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3 months ago - PRNewsWire

Sipartech Enhances European Network Resilience and Quality with Ciena Technology

HANOVER, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sipartech is leveraging Ciena's GeoMesh Extreme solution to provide wholesale 400GbE services over an 800Gb/s wavelength on its submarine network.

3 months ago - Business Wire

Citi double upgrades Ciena to ‘Buy' with $68 target: best time to invest?

Ciena Corp (NYSE: CIEN) saw its stock rise by about 4% in premarket trading on September 23 after analysts at Citi double-upgraded the shares from Sell to Buy. Citi also raised the price target signif...

3 months ago - Invezz

Ciena Unveils 1.6 Tb/s Coherent Pluggable Solution for Hyperscale Cloud Providers' Capacity Surge

HANOVER, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) continues to push technology boundaries by bringing to market a 1.6 Tb/s Coherent-Lite pluggable to help cloud and data center providers cope with the...

3 months ago - Business Wire