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33.93%
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-11.29%
6 months
18.31%
Year to date
-4.46%
1 year
61.25%
5 years
60.18%
10 years
253.47%
 

About: Ciena Corp is a network and technology company. It provides network hardware, software, and services that support the transport, switching, aggregation, service delivery, and management of video, data, and voice traffic on communications networks. It serves various industries such as communication services providers, web-scale providers, cable operators, government, and large enterprises world-wide. The business activities function through Networking Platforms which generates maximum revenue; Platform Software and Services; Blue Planet Automation Software, and Global Services segments. Geographically, the company derives a majority of its revenue from the Americas, and the rest from the Asia-Pacific (APAC), and Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region.

Employees: 8,657

0
Funds holding %
of 7,425 funds
0
Analysts bullish %
of 8 analysts

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

144% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 127 | Existing positions closed: 52

57% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 7 [Q3] → 11 (+4) [Q4]

37% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $205M | Put options by funds: $149M

36% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $8.75B [Q3] → $11.9B (+$3.13B) [Q4]

14% more funds holding

Funds holding: 459 [Q3] → 525 (+66) [Q4]

0.26% more ownership

Funds ownership: 98.33% [Q3] → 98.59% (+0.26%) [Q4]

2% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 165 | Existing positions reduced: 169

Research analyst outlook

8 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

Low target
$65
18%
downside
Avg. target
$81
2%
upside
High target
$100
26%
upside

8 analyst ratings

positive
75%
neutral
25%
negative
0%
Rosenblatt
Mike Genovese
56% 1-year accuracy
28 / 50 met price target
18%downside
$65
Neutral
Maintained
22 Apr 2025
JP Morgan
Samik Chatterjee
58% 1-year accuracy
42 / 73 met price target
4%downside
$76
Overweight
Maintained
17 Apr 2025
Citigroup
Jim Suva
75% 1-year accuracy
3 / 4 met price target
6%downside
$75
Buy
Maintained
14 Apr 2025
B. Riley Securities
Dave Kang
67% 1-year accuracy
6 / 9 met price target
12%upside
$89
Buy
Maintained
12 Mar 2025
Barclays
Tim Long
65% 1-year accuracy
37 / 57 met price target
26%upside
$100
Overweight
Maintained
12 Mar 2025

Financial journalist opinion

Based on 6 articles about CIEN published over the past 30 days

Negative
Zacks Investment Research
1 day ago
Ciena (CIEN) International Revenue in Focus: Trends and Expectations
Review Ciena's (CIEN) international revenue performance and how it affects the predictions of financial analysts on Wall Street and the future prospects for the stock.
Ciena (CIEN) International Revenue in Focus: Trends and Expectations
Neutral
Business Wire
1 week ago
Telefónica Germany Picks Blue Planet to Drive Cloudification and Autonomous Network Transformation
BERLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Telefónica Germany is building one of Europe's first public cloud-based platforms for network automation and 5G monetization, leveraging intelligent automation software from Blue Planet, a division of Ciena (NYSE:CIEN). Blue Planet's Inventory, Orchestration, and 5G Network Slicing applications are supporting Telefónica Germany's innovative network and IT transformation, driving end-to-end resource management as well as network and service visibility and automation. Tel.
Telefónica Germany Picks Blue Planet to Drive Cloudification and Autonomous Network Transformation
Neutral
Business Wire
1 week ago
Swisscom Replaces Legacy Assurance Systems with Blue Planet
BERN, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Switzerland's leading ICT company, Swisscom, recently selected Blue Planet, a division of Ciena (NYSE:CIEN), to help modernize its assurance systems and processes into a unified solution optimized for managing dynamic, real-time services. Blue Planet's Unified Assurance and Analytics (UAA) will serve as Swisscom's assurance platform for fault and performance management across multiple domains, beginning with access and transport, then extending to mobile back.
Swisscom Replaces Legacy Assurance Systems with Blue Planet
Neutral
Business Wire
1 week ago
Ciena Announces Reporting Date and Web Broadcast for Fiscal Second Quarter 2025 Results
HANOVER, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ciena® Corporation, the global leader in high-speed connectivity, expects to announce fiscal second quarter financial results Tuesday, June, 5, 2025.
Ciena Announces Reporting Date and Web Broadcast for Fiscal Second Quarter 2025 Results
Neutral
Business Wire
1 week ago
Windstream Wholesale and Ciena Complete WL6e Trial to Advance 800G Service Adoption
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Windstream Wholesale, a leader in optical technology and advanced network solutions, is proud to announce the successful completion of a groundbreaking industry-first trial of Ciena's (NYSE: CIEN) WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) 2x1.2Tb with 3x800G Wave services. This milestone, achieved in collaboration with Ciena, represents a significant leap forward in optical network innovation. The trial took place over a 1,590-kilometer route from Virginia Beach to Jacksonv.
Windstream Wholesale and Ciena Complete WL6e Trial to Advance 800G Service Adoption
Neutral
Business Wire
4 weeks ago
Windstream Wholesale and Ciena Boost 400G Network Capacity in the Southeast
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Windstream Wholesale, a leader in advanced optical solutions, is proud to announce a significant infrastructure enhancement and network overbuild between Houston, Texas, and Tallahassee, Fla. Utilizing cutting-edge Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) line systems, this collaboration promises to deliver increased capacity, enhanced service capabilities, and improved network efficiency. This also enables Windstream Wholesale to offer 400G services over diverse routes to custome.
Windstream Wholesale and Ciena Boost 400G Network Capacity in the Southeast
Negative
Zacks Investment Research
1 month ago
Why Is Ciena (CIEN) Down 6.6% Since Last Earnings Report?
Ciena (CIEN) reported earnings 30 days ago. What's next for the stock?
Why Is Ciena (CIEN) Down 6.6% Since Last Earnings Report?
Neutral
WSJ
1 month ago
Ciena CFO's Last Act Before Retiring After 17 Years: Navigating a Trade War
Jim Moylan, who is retiring in August, is helping the networking equipment maker respond to tariffs, including imposing a surcharge for some customers.
Ciena CFO's Last Act Before Retiring After 17 Years: Navigating a Trade War
Negative
Investors Business Daily
1 month ago
Trump Tariffs Hit Computer Networking, Cybersecurity, Fiber-Optic Gear Makers
The Trump tariffs fallout sent down shares of Arista Networking, Coherent, Fortinet, Cisco, HPE and many other tech stocks. The post Trump Tariffs Hit Computer Networking, Cybersecurity, Fiber-Optic Gear Makers appeared first on Investor's Business Daily.
Trump Tariffs Hit Computer Networking, Cybersecurity, Fiber-Optic Gear Makers
Neutral
The Motley Fool
1 month ago
1 Attractive Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock Down 24% in 2025 to Buy Before It Starts Soaring
Optical networking equipment supplier Ciena's (CIEN -2.23%) stock price has had a rough 2025, dropping 24% as of this writing. That may surprise some investors at first, considering its financial performance has improved in recent quarters.
1 Attractive Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock Down 24% in 2025 to Buy Before It Starts Soaring
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