Ciena Corporation
CIEN Technology Communication Equipment NYSE
$348.70
+$7.54 (+2.21%)
Open: $328.21 | High: $353.57 | Low: $328.21 | Prev Close: $341.16
Market Cap: $49.33B
Volume: 3.0M | Avg: 3.3M
Last updated: March 02, 2026 at 08:01 AMInvestment Rating
Sell
Overall Score: 40/100
Rating Breakdown:
Stock Score Analysis
Stock Score: 414
Comprehensive Quality Assessment
Component Breakdown:
Valuation Metrics
| P/E Ratio | 415.12 |
| P/B Ratio | 18.08 |
| P/S Ratio | 10.34 |
| EPS | $0.84 |
| Beta | 1.15 |
| Shares Outstanding | 141.46M |
| 52-Week High | $365.90 |
| 52-Week Low | $49.21 |
| SMA 50 | $263.10 |
| SMA 200 | $160.73 |
| Next Earnings | March 05, 2026 01:30 PM ET |
Financial Ratios
| Gross Margin | 39.9% |
| Operating Margin | 6.5% |
| Net Margin | 2.6% |
| ROE | 4.5% |
| ROA | 2.1% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.58 |
| Current Ratio | 2.73 |
| Quick Ratio | 2.09 |
Balance Sheet
| Total Assets | $5.86B |
| Total Liabilities | $3.14B |
| Total Equity | $2.73B |
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| Cash | $1.09B |
| Total Debt | $1.58B |
| Net Debt | $490.26M |
Income Statement
| Revenue | $4.77B |
| Gross Profit | $1.98B |
| Operating Income | $310.79M |
| Net Income | $123.34M |
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| EBITDA | $387.49M |
| Revenue/Share | $33.70 |
Cash Flow
| Operating CF | $806.09M |
| CapEx | $140.80M |
| Free Cash Flow | $665.29M |
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| Book Value/Share | $19.28 |
| Tangible Book/Share | $14.02 |
| Equity/Share | $19.28 |
Technical Indicators
| RSI (14) | 50.00 Neutral |
| MACD |
0.00
Signal: 0.00
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| Volatility | 0.00% |
| Trading Signal | Neutral |
Performance & Returns
Insufficient historical data
Insufficient historical data (need 200+ days, have 9)Sector Comparison (Technology)
| Metric | CIEN | Sector Avg | Percentile |
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| P/E Ratio | 415.12 | 13.58 | 99% |
| P/B Ratio | 18.08 | 12.1 | 79% |
| ROE (%) | 4.45% | 25.77% | 19% |
| Net Margin (%) | 2.59% | 17.94% | 9% |
| Stock Score | 414 | 550.0 | 5% |
📊 Historical Price Analysis (Last 200 Days)
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Technical Analysis
| Ticker | Close | SMA 5 | SMA 8 | SMA 13 | SMA 50 | SMA 200 | RSI (14) | MACD | Volatility (%) | Volume | Signal | SMA Decision |
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| CIEN | $348.70 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 50.00 | 0.00 | 0.00% | 0 | Neutral | Mixed |
Candlestick Patterns
| Ticker | Pattern | Signal | Explanation | Suggestion | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIEN | CDLBELTHOLD | Bullish | Belt-hold: Trend reversal pattern. | Watch closely | View Chart |
| CIEN | CDLLONGLINE | Bullish | Long Line Candle: Indicates strong sentiment. | Watch closely | View Chart |
News Sentiment
| 📊 Ticker | 📰 Headline | 💭 Sentiment | 📡 Source | 🔗 URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIEN | The 3 Best-Performing Tech Stocks in the S&P 500 This Week | Neutral | fool.com | Read More |
| CIEN | Barclays PLC Increases Holdings in Ciena Corporation $CIEN | Positive | defenseworld.net | Read More |
| CIEN | The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock That's Quietly Outperforming Nvidia in 2026 | Neutral | fool.com | Read More |
| CIEN | Ciena's Networking Innovations Aim to Power the AI Infrastructure Boom | Neutral | zacks.com | Read More |
| CIEN | Quantum Computing Inc. and Ciena Demonstrate Next-Generation Quantum-Secured Communications with High-Speed Encryption using PQC and QKD at OFC 2026 | Neutral | prnewswire.com | Read More |
Recent Insider Trading
| Date | Insider | Position | Transaction | Shares | Price | Value |
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| 2026-03-02 | SMITH GARY B | director, officer: President, CEO | SELL | 2952 | $354.64 | $1046893 |
Company Information
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.
| CEO | Gary Smith |
| Employees | 8795 |
| Country | US |
| IPO Date | 1997-02-07 |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Website | https://www.ciena.com |
| Sector | Technology |
| Industry | Communication Equipment |
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Rating Metrics Explained
DCF Score (Discounted Cash Flow)
Measures the intrinsic value of the stock based on projected future cash flows. A higher score indicates the stock is undervalued relative to its DCF valuation.
ROE Score (Return on Equity)
Evaluates how efficiently a company generates profit from shareholders' equity. Higher ROE indicates better profitability and management effectiveness.
ROA Score (Return on Assets)
Measures how efficiently a company uses its assets to generate profit. A higher ROA means better asset utilization and operational efficiency.
D/E Score (Debt-to-Equity)
Assesses the company's financial leverage and risk. Lower debt-to-equity ratios indicate less financial risk and better balance sheet health.
P/E Score (Price-to-Earnings)
Compares stock price to earnings per share. A lower P/E ratio may indicate the stock is undervalued, while a higher ratio could suggest overvaluation or growth expectations.
P/B Score (Price-to-Book)
Compares market price to book value per share. Lower P/B ratios may indicate undervaluation relative to the company's net asset value.
Rating Recommendations:
Each metric is scored on a scale of 1-5, where the scores are determined by comparing the company's performance against industry benchmarks and historical data:
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Strong Buy (5/5): Excellent score - strong positive indicator
- The metric significantly outperforms industry averages (top 20% of companies)
- Indicates exceptional financial health or attractive valuation in that category
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Buy (4/5): Good score - positive indicator
- Above-average performance (top 40% of companies)
- Shows strong fundamentals with room for improvement
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Neutral (3/5): Average score - neutral indicator
- Performance in line with industry median (middle 20%)
- Neither significantly positive nor negative signal
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Sell (2/5): Below average - negative indicator
- Below-average performance (bottom 40% of companies)
- Suggests weakness in this particular metric
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Strong Sell (1/5): Poor score - strong negative indicator
- Significantly underperforms industry (bottom 20%)
- Indicates potential risk or overvaluation in that category