Ciena Corporation
General ticker "CIEN" information:
- Sector: Information Technology
- Industry: Communication Equipment
- Capitalization: $47.1B (TTM average)
Ciena Corporation follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 47.3%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 6.0%: low 335.61$, high 378.43$
Factors to consider:
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Total employees count: 9080 (+4.9%) as of 2025
- US accounted for 71.3% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2025-11-01
- Top business risk factors: Customer concentration, Market competition, Supply chain disruptions, Economic downturns and volatility, Cybersecurity threats
- Current price 74.5% above estimated high
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 exceed our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-11-01 to 2027-11-01
- 2025-11-01 to 2026-11-01 estimated range: [120.16$, 190.62$]
- 2026-11-01 to 2027-11-01 estimated range: [113.53$, 182.29$]
Financial Metrics affecting the CIEN estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 68.2 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Positive: 0.56 < Operating profit margin, % of 4.14
- Positive: 2.37 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 3.15
- Negative: Industry earnings per price (median), % of 0 <= 0
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of -5.58 <= -0.92
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 0.35 <= 0.75
- Negative: 42.26 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 46.54 <= 49.86
- Negative: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 2.06 <= 3.48
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Financial data
| YTD | 2023-10-28 | 2024-11-02 | 2025-11-01 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $4,386.55MM | $4,014.95MM | $4,769.51MM |
| Operating Expenses | $4,029.00MM | $3,823.75MM | $4,571.98MM |
| Operating Income | $357.55MM | $191.21MM | $197.53MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-33.89MM | $-71.36MM | $-41.24MM |
| Interest Expense | $88.03MM | $97.03MM | $89.40MM |
| R&D Expense | $750.56MM | $767.50MM | $848.33MM |
| Income(Loss) | $323.65MM | $119.85MM | $156.29MM |
| Taxes | $68.83MM | $35.89MM | $32.95MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $254.83MM | $83.96MM | $123.34MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $2,848.36MM | $2,816.14MM | $2,729.32MM |
| Inventory | $1,050.84MM | $820.43MM | $826.24MM |
| Assets | $5,601.49MM | $5,641.34MM | $5,864.67MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $168.33MM | $514.53MM | $806.09MM |
| Capital expenditure | $106.20MM | $136.64MM | $140.80MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-383.45MM | $-306.48MM | $-241.50MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $229.38MM | $-285.06MM | $-405.92MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $1.71 | $0.58 | $0.87 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.