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Ciena Corporation CIEN SPXAI

Technology · Communication Equipment · United States
https://www.ciena.com
Company Profile ↓
$446.93
+448.92% 1Y
Mkt Cap$63.26B
P/E149.47
P/B21.83
52W High$627.00
52W Low$81.42
Book Value$20.43
EPS (TTM)$2.99

Company Overview

Ciena Corporation, a network technology company, provides hardware, software, and services for various network operators in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, Japan, and India. It operates through Networking Platforms, Platform Software and Services, Blue Planet Automation Software and Services, and Global Services segments. The Networking Platforms segment consists optical networking, routing, and switching products and services. This segment products include the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform, Waveserver modular interconnect system, the 6500 Reconfigurable Line System, and coherent pluggable transceivers; and the 3000 family of service delivery platforms and the 5000 family of service aggregation, as well as the 8100 Coherent Routing platforms and virtualization software. The Platform Software and Services segment offers navigator network control suite; and software subscription services, consulting, network migration and integration, installation and upgrade support services, and technical support solutions. The Blue Planet Automation Software and Services segment inventory management, orchestration, route optimization and analysis, and unified assurance and analytics software; and sells subscription, installation, support, consulting, and design services related to the Blue Planet automation platform. The Global Services segment provides services for advisory and enablement, implementation, and maintenance, support, and learning activities. Ciena Corporation was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in Hanover, Maryland.

Why Investors Should Care

Strong Return on Equity

Generates a return on equity of 15.5%, reflecting efficient use of shareholder capital.

Healthy Margins

Operating margin of 15.2% supports profitability.

Positive Free Cash Flow

Generates positive free cash flow, funding growth and shareholder returns internally.

Recent Developments

  • Nov 2025 Revenue of $4.77B (+18.8% YoY); net profit $123.34M.
  • Trailing 12 Months Year-on-year growth — revenue +39.5%, earnings +2383.3%.
  • 5-Year Trend Long-term compounding — revenue CAGR 9.2%, profit CAGR 6.3%.

Growth & Price Performance

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:9.16%
1 Year:39.50%

Compounded Profit Growth

5 Years:6.26%
1 Year:2,383.30%

Stock Price Performance

1 Year:+448.92%
6 Months:+93.85%
3 Months:-6.87%
1 Month:+0.38%

Highlights auto-generated from reported financials and price data; not investment advice. Verify with official filings before acting.

AI Exposure AI AI Optical
Core Focus

DCI (data-center-interconnect) WaveLogic 6 platform for AI traffic.

Key Initiatives
  • AI-data-centre interconnect Ciena's coherent optical systems and pluggables connect data centres and carry the explosive AI-driven traffic between and within AI clusters.
  • WaveLogic & DCI Its WaveLogic coherent optics and data-centre-interconnect solutions are direct beneficiaries of hyperscaler AI build-outs.
  • AI-driven network automation Ciena's Blue Planet software uses analytics to automate and optimise large optical networks.
Why Investors Should Care
  • AI traffic growth drives demand for Ciena's optical interconnect — strong ~40% recent revenue growth.
  • Hyperscaler DCI orders are a multi-year tailwind tied to AI-cluster scaling.
  • Solid returns (ROE ~15%) with leadership in coherent optics.
  • Telco-capex cyclicality and lumpy ordering are key risks.
AI InvestmentWaveLogic roadmap + ZR+ pluggables.
AI RevenueCloud customer mix growing.
ROI (Now)Operating margin ~13%.
ROI (Expected)AI WAN traffic to drive multi-year cycle.

Curated from public filings and analyst commentary; figures are illustrative.

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Fundamental Growth Charts

Interactive charts for Revenue, Net Income, EBITDA, Free Cash Flow, EPS, ROE, ROCE, Gross/Net/Operating Margin and more — switch metric and period using the dropdowns above. CAGR is computed across the displayed window (quarterly CAGR is annualised). Visual growth charts make it easy to spot multi-year compounding trends at a glance — far faster than reading raw numbers in a table.

PROS

  • Generates positive free cash flow.
  • In a confirmed uptrend (50-DMA above 200-DMA).

CONS

  • Trading at a high P/E of 149.5.
  • Trading 28.7% below its 52-week high.

* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.

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Valuation

Stock P/E
149.47
Industry PE
36.02
Forward P/E
46.46
PEG Ratio
0.97
Book Value
$20.43
Price to Book
21.83
P/S
11.34
EV/EBITDA
80.83
Dividend Yield
0.00%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y
9.16%
Profit 5Y
6.26%
Revenue (YoY)
39.50%
Earnings (YoY)
2,383.30%

Profitability & Returns

ROCE
4.34%
ROE
15.46%
ROA
6.66%
Profit Margin
7.87%
Op Margin
15.20%
Gross Margin
43.05%
EPS (Latest Qtr)
$1.49
EPS (TTM)
$2.99

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Debt/Equity
0.55
Quick Ratio
1.85
Current Ratio
2.73
Debt
$1.58B
Total Assets
$6.04B
Current Assets
-
Working Capital
-

Ownership

Promoter Holding
0.66%
Chg in Prom Hold
-0.00%
FII / Inst Holding
97.63%
Chg in FII Hold
-0.32%

Financial Snapshot

Enterprise Value
$63.26B
Total Revenue (TTM)
$5.57B
EBITDA
$785.74M
Free Cash Flow
$700.93M
Operating Cash Flow
$1.03B
Shares Outstanding
141.55M
Gross Margin
43.05%
Payout Ratio
0.00%

Peer comparison

Peer companies in the same sector (Technology).

#NameCMP $P/E Mkt CapDiv Yld % ROCE %ROE % Rev CAGR 5Y %Profit CAGR 5Y %
1 CIEN Ciena Corporation SPXAI 446.93 149.47 $63.26B 0.00% 4.34% 15.46% 9.16% 6.26%
2 NVDA NVIDIA Corporation NDXSPXAI 211.80 32.43 $5.13T 0.49% 74.66% 114.29% 24.64% 32.12%
3 AAPL Apple Inc. NDXSPX 314.86 38.07 $4.62T 0.37% 68.72% 141.47% 1.81% 3.92%
4 MSFT Microsoft Corporation NDXSPXAI 384.93 22.91 $2.86T 0.93% 26.90% 34.01% 9.48% 10.85%
5 TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited AI 420.39 36.18 $2.18T 0.90% 30.20% 36.21% 18.94% 19.57%
6 AVGO Broadcom Inc. NDXSPXAI 389.11 64.85 $1.85T 0.68% 16.70% 37.28% 24.38% 26.24%
7 MU Micron Technology, Inc. NDXSPXAI 983.12 46.37 $1.11T 0.06% 13.69% 39.82% 13.68% 26.02%
8 AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. NDXSPXAI 548.13 181.50 $893.78B 0.00% 6.33% 8.06% 13.64% 48.64%
9 ASML ASML Holding N.V. NDXAI 1,775.64 59.55 $684.36B 0.47% 42.97% 52.24% 15.55% 19.55%
Financial Statements Quarterly Results · Profit & Loss · Balance Sheet · Cash Flows · Ratios

Quarterly Results

Figures in USD.

Metric Apr 2014Jul 2014Jan 2015Apr 2015Jul 2015Jan 2016Apr 2016Jul 2016Jan 2017Apr 2017Jul 2017Jan 2018Apr 2018Jul 2018Jan 2019Apr 2019May 2019Jul 2019Aug 2019Jan 2020Feb 2020May 2020Aug 2020Jan 2021May 2021Jul 2021Jan 2022Apr 2022Jul 2022Jan 2023Apr 2023Jul 2023Jan 2024Apr 2024Jul 2024Feb 2025May 2025Aug 2025Jan 2026May 2026
Revenue ----------728.72M646.13M729.98M818.82M778.53M865.01M865.01M960.61M960.61M832.91M832.91M894.05M976.71M757.13M833.93M988.14M844.44M949.23M867.98M1.06B1.13B1.07B1.04B910.83M942.31M1.07B1.13B1.22B1.43B1.57B
Gross Profit 237.69M263.97M230.29M272.41M269.87M251.45M283.09M308.49M273.79M318.24M328.08M271.76M293.31M351.54M323.34M374.68M374.68M424.35M424.35M370.54M370.54M413.33M464.68M357.89M412.42M474.55M384.19M401.78M340.78M455.95M487.68M448.94M466.96M388.66M403.94M471.82M452.84M503.08M625.52M691.55M
Operating Income 7.16M37.00M4.17M42.41M44.45M11.24M28.23M57.02M19.10M57.82M82.00M16.74M32.07M85.27M47.94M80.32M80.32M125.30M125.30M77.96M77.96M127.49M188.04M75.80M133.63M148.52M60.00M58.43M27.11M85.22M102.81M78.21M84.63M-3.96M26.74M80.66M32.84M73.53M189.41M237.87M
Net Income -10.16M16.16M-18.78M20.65M23.62M-11.55M14.00M33.55M3.86M38.03M60.01M-473.36M13.86M50.84M33.62M52.74M52.74M86.75M86.75M62.33M62.33M91.66M142.27M55.35M103.12M238.23M45.82M38.92M10.51M76.24M57.65M29.73M49.55M-16.85M14.23M44.57M8.97M50.31M150.28M218.22M
Diluted EPS -0.100.15-0.170.170.19-0.080.100.230.030.250.39-3.290.090.340.210.330.330.550.550.400.400.590.910.350.661.520.290.250.070.510.380.200.34-0.120.100.310.060.351.031.49
R&D Expense 103.49M97.69M100.76M105.20M100.38M108.05M114.60M116.70M116.87M121.62M117.73M118.52M116.92M121.13M128.63M137.97M137.97M139.88M139.88M130.90M130.90M131.53M130.22M132.74M110.25M146.22M148.41M159.32M150.03M181.73M189.99M189.39M187.27M195.38M188.89M192.66M214.87M211.90M221.46M237.91M

Profit & Loss (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric Oct 2008Oct 2009Oct 2010Oct 2011Oct 2012Oct 2013Oct 2014Oct 2015Oct 2016Oct 2017Oct 2018Nov 2018Oct 2019Nov 2019Oct 2020Oct 2021Oct 2022Oct 2023Nov 2024Nov 2025
Revenue 902.45M652.63M1.24B1.74B1.83B2.08B2.29B2.45B2.60B2.80B3.09B3.09B3.57B3.57B3.53B3.62B3.63B4.39B4.01B4.77B
Gross Profit 450.93M284.83M497.50M709.15M724.22M865.17M948.35M1.08B1.16B1.25B1.31B1.31B1.54B1.54B1.65B1.72B1.56B1.88B1.72B2.00B
Operating Income 21.87M-579.23M-321.82M-163.19M-79.85M-1.77M45.70M100.45M156.17M214.72M229.95M229.95M346.77M346.77M486.96M495.36M222.81M357.55M166.62M197.53M
Net Income 38.89M-581.15M-333.51M-195.52M-144.02M-85.43M-40.64M11.67M72.58M1.26B-344.69M-344.69M253.43M253.43M361.29M500.20M152.90M254.83M83.96M123.34M
Diluted EPS 0.42-6.37-3.58-2.04-1.45-0.83-0.380.100.517.53-2.49-2.491.611.612.323.191.001.710.580.85
R&D Expense 175.02M190.32M327.63M379.86M364.18M383.41M401.18M414.20M451.79M475.33M491.56M491.56M548.14M548.14M529.89M536.67M624.66M750.56M767.50M848.33M

Balance Sheet (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric Oct 2007Oct 2008Oct 2009Oct 2010Oct 2011Oct 2012Oct 2013Oct 2014Oct 2015Oct 2016Oct 2017Oct 2018Nov 2018Oct 2019Nov 2019Oct 2020Oct 2021Oct 2022Oct 2023Nov 2024Nov 2025
Total Assets --1.50B2.12B1.95B1.88B1.80B2.07B2.70B2.87B3.95B3.76B3.78B3.89B3.89B4.18B4.87B5.07B5.60B5.64B5.86B
Total Equity 850.15M998.95M455.84M159.29M13.87M-88.97M-82.68M-69.61M620.88M766.34M2.14B1.93B1.93B2.17B2.17B2.51B3.02B2.71B2.85B2.82B2.73B
Cash & Equivalents 892.06M550.67M485.70M688.69M541.90M642.44M346.49M586.72M790.97M777.62M640.51M745.42M-904.04M904.04M1.09B1.42B994.35M1.01B934.86M1.09B
Long Term Debt ------1.21B1.27B1.27B1.02B583.69M686.45M-680.41M680.41M676.36M670.36M1.06B1.54B1.53B1.52B
Total Liabilities --1.05B1.96B1.94B1.97B1.89B2.14B2.07B2.11B1.82B1.83B-1.72B1.72B1.67B1.85B2.36B2.75B2.83B3.14B
Current Liabilities --198.83M469.94M453.49M684.97M615.05M781.14M667.03M891.54M1.04B963.00M-845.94M845.94M760.70M909.03M1.04B932.02M999.84M1.31B

Cash Flows (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric Oct 2008Oct 2009Oct 2010Oct 2011Oct 2012Oct 2013Oct 2014Oct 2015Oct 2016Oct 2017Oct 2018Nov 2018Oct 2019Nov 2019Oct 2020Oct 2021Oct 2022Oct 2023Nov 2024Nov 2025
Operating Cash Flow 117.62M7.42M-229.01M-90.48M107.09M44.68M89.82M262.11M289.52M234.88M229.26M229.26M413.14M413.14M493.65M541.65M-167.76M168.33M514.53M806.09M
Investing Cash Flow 91.25M-74.19M-198.89M-68.57M-11.98M-130.86M-106.39M-43.13M-296.26M-61.37M-19.38M-19.38M24.08M24.08M-220.24M-90.72M-101.25M-383.45M-306.48M-241.50M
Financing Cash Flow -549.57M1.11M630.20M13.20M7.94M-207.34M258.53M-8.05M-4.23M-311.05M-99.23M-99.23M-278.97M-278.97M-87.22M-116.83M-133.06M229.38M-285.06M-405.92M
Capital Expenditure -30.00M-24.11M-51.21M-52.37M-48.10M-43.81M-48.22M-62.11M-107.19M-94.60M-67.62M-67.62M-62.58M-62.58M-82.67M-79.55M-90.82M-106.20M-136.64M-140.80M
Free Cash Flow 87.62M-16.69M-280.22M-142.85M58.99M864.00K41.60M200.00M182.34M140.28M161.65M161.65M350.56M350.56M410.99M462.10M-258.57M62.13M377.89M665.29M
Share Buybacks --------00110.98M110.98M150.08M150.08M74.53M91.29M500.80M242.20M254.50M334.51M

Ratios (Annual)

Figures in %.

Metric Oct 2008Oct 2009Oct 2010Oct 2011Oct 2012Oct 2013Oct 2014Oct 2015Oct 2016Oct 2017Oct 2018Nov 2018Oct 2019Nov 2019Oct 2020Oct 2021Oct 2022Oct 2023Nov 2024Nov 2025
Gross Margin % 50.0%43.6%40.2%40.7%39.5%41.5%41.4%44.0%44.7%44.5%42.5%42.5%43.2%43.2%46.8%47.6%43.0%42.8%42.8%42.0%
Operating Margin % 2.4%-88.8%-26.0%-9.4%-4.4%-0.1%2.0%4.1%6.0%7.7%7.4%7.4%9.7%9.7%13.8%13.7%6.1%8.2%4.1%4.1%
Net Margin % 4.3%-89.0%-27.0%-11.2%-7.9%-4.1%-1.8%0.5%2.8%45.0%-11.1%-11.1%7.1%7.1%10.2%13.8%4.2%5.8%2.1%2.6%
ROE % 3.9%-127.5%-209.4%-1,409.4%161.9%103.3%58.4%1.9%9.5%59.1%-17.9%-17.9%11.7%11.7%14.4%16.6%5.6%8.9%3.0%4.5%
ROCE % --44.4%-19.5%-10.9%-6.7%-0.1%3.5%5.0%7.9%7.4%8.2%-11.4%11.4%14.2%12.5%5.5%7.7%3.6%4.3%

Shareholding Pattern

Insiders
0.66%
Institutions
97.63%
Public Float
98.28%

Top Institutional Holders

#Holder% HeldSharesValue
1 FMR, LLC 14.98% 21.21M $9.32B
2 Blackrock Inc. 9.45% 13.37M $5.88B
3 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 7.22% 10.23M $4.50B
4 Vanguard Capital Management LLC 6.48% 9.17M $4.03B
5 Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC 5.21% 7.37M $3.24B
6 State Street Corporation 4.46% 6.31M $2.77B
7 Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc 3.70% 5.24M $2.30B
8 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2.87% 4.07M $1.79B
9 Capital Research Global Investors 1.94% 2.75M $1.21B
10 Bank of America Corporation 1.38% 1.95M $859.26M

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CIEN — Frequently Asked Questions

What is the current share price of Ciena Corporation (CIEN)?

As of 2026-07-14 21:23 PDT, Ciena Corporation (CIEN) trades at $446.93 on NYSE. Its 52-week range is $81.42 to $627.00.

What is the market capitalisation of CIEN?

Ciena Corporation (CIEN) has a market capitalisation of $63.26B on NYSE.

What is the P/E ratio of CIEN?

CIEN trades at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 149.47. The industry average P/E is 36.02. Its price-to-book (P/B) ratio is 21.83.

What is the return on equity (ROE) of CIEN?

CIEN has a return on equity (ROE) of 15.46%. Its return on capital employed (ROCE) is 4.34%.

Is CIEN a good stock to buy?

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