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Technology - Communication Equipment - NYSE - US
$ 55.22
3.21 %
$ 7.85 B
Market Cap
100.4
P/E
1. INTRINSIC VALUE

This DCF valuation model was last updated on Apr, 8, 2025.

The intrinsic value of one CIEN stock under the worst case scenario is HIDDEN Compared to the current market price of 55.2 USD, Ciena Corporation is HIDDEN

This DCF valuation model was last updated on Apr, 8, 2025.

The intrinsic value of one CIEN stock under the base case scenario is HIDDEN Compared to the current market price of 55.2 USD, Ciena Corporation is HIDDEN

This DCF valuation model was last updated on Apr, 8, 2025.

The intrinsic value of one CIEN stock under the best case scenario is HIDDEN Compared to the current market price of 55.2 USD, Ciena Corporation is HIDDEN

2. FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS

Price Chart CIEN

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FINANCIALS
4.01 B REVENUE
-8.47%
167 M OPERATING INCOME
-53.40%
84 M NET INCOME
-67.05%
515 M OPERATING CASH FLOW
205.66%
-306 M INVESTING CASH FLOW
20.07%
-285 M FINANCING CASH FLOW
-124.27%
1.07 B REVENUE
-4.61%
80.7 M OPERATING INCOME
36.23%
44.6 M NET INCOME
20.37%
104 M OPERATING CASH FLOW
-70.31%
-67.1 M INVESTING CASH FLOW
54.95%
-93.5 M FINANCING CASH FLOW
37.14%
Balance Sheet Ciena Corporation
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Current Assets 3.54 B
Cash & Short-Term Investments 1.25 B
Receivables 1.08 B
Other Current Assets 1.21 B
Non-Current Assets 2.1 B
Long-Term Investments 80.9 M
PP&E 27.4 M
Other Non-Current Assets 1.99 B
22.18 %19.19 %21.46 %35.25 %Total Assets$5.6b
Current Liabilities 1 B
Accounts Payable 423 M
Short-Term Debt 45 M
Other Current Liabilities 531 M
Non-Current Liabilities 1.83 B
Long-Term Debt 211 M
Other Non-Current Liabilities 1.61 B
14.99 %18.81 %7.47 %57.14 %Total Liabilities$2.8b
EFFICIENCY
Earnings Waterfall Ciena Corporation
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Revenue 4.01 B
Cost Of Revenue 2.3 B
Gross Profit 1.72 B
Operating Expenses 1.55 B
Operating Income 167 M
Other Expenses 82.7 M
Net Income 84 M
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RATIOS
42.83% GROSS MARGIN
42.83%
4.15% OPERATING MARGIN
4.15%
2.09% NET MARGIN
2.09%
2.98% ROE
2.98%
1.49% ROA
1.49%
2.49% ROIC
2.49%
FREE CASH FLOW ANALYSIS
Free Cash Flow Analysis Ciena Corporation
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Net Income 84 M
Depreciation & Amortization 133 M
Capital Expenditures 0
Stock-Based Compensation 156 M
Change in Working Capital 103 M
Others -80.1 M
Free Cash Flow 515 M
3. WALL STREET ANALYSTS ESTIMATES
Wall Street Analysts Price Targets Ciena Corporation
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Wall Street analysts predict an average 1-year price target for CIEN of $67.7 , with forecasts ranging from a low of $50 to a high of $105 .
CIEN Lowest Price Target Wall Street Target
50 USD -9.45%
CIEN Average Price Target Wall Street Target
67.7 USD 22.52%
CIEN Highest Price Target Wall Street Target
105 USD 90.15%
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4. DIVIDEND ANALYSIS
5. COMPETITION
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6. Ownership
Insider Ownership Ciena Corporation
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7. News
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. fool.com - 3 weeks ago
Lumen and Ciena Transmit Record-breaking 1.2 Tbps Wavelength Service Across 3,050 Kilometers Network trial paves the way for hyperscalers and enterprises to have the bandwidth agility and cost-efficiency needed for AI and next-gen applications DENVER , March 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) and Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) have successfully established a 1.2 terabit wavelength service trial across 3,050 kilometers (more than 1,800 miles) on Lumen's Ultra-Low-Loss (ULL) fiber network, making it the world's longest 1.2 terabit non-regenerated signal. Using 800G interfaces, Lumen and Ciena successfully tested and qualified the services to support wavelength, Ethernet, and IP services over the 1.2 Tbps single carrier channel. prnewswire.com - 3 weeks ago
Ciena to Exhibit Industry-First Data Center Technologies at OFC 2025 CIEN to unveil coherent optical and IMDD technologies at OFC 2025, boosting scalability and flexibility for cloud and AI-driven data center networks. zacks.com - 3 weeks ago
Ciena Posts Solid Q1 Beat, Raise; Guidance Could Be Missed Depending On 'Outcome Of Proposed Tariffs' Ciena Corp CIEN shares were climbing Wednesday after the company announced upbeat fiscal first-quarter results. benzinga.com - 1 month ago
CIEN's Q1 Earnings Top, Revenues Up Y/Y on Strong Market Dynamics Ciena's fiscal Q1 2025 performance is boosted by increasing market momentum across cloud and service providers. Blue Planet sales surge 87% year over year. zacks.com - 1 month ago
Why Telecom Stocks Like AT&T and T-Mobile US Tumbled Today One group of stocks that has been punished during this current market downturn is telecoms. On Tuesday, they got little respite, on news of remarks from a top executive at one of their incumbent companies. fool.com - 1 month ago
Ciena Corporation (CIEN) Q1 2025 Earnings Call Transcript Ciena Corporation (NYSE:CIEN ) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call March 11, 2025 8:30 AM ET Company Participants Gregg Lampf - Vice President of Investor Relations Gary Smith - President and Chief Executive Officer Jim Moylan - Chief Financial Officer Scott McFeely - Executive Advisor Conference Call Participants Adrienne Colby - Citi Meta Marshall - Morgan Stanley Amit Daryanani - Evercore Joe Cardoso - JPMorgan Simon Leopold - Raymond James Tal Liani - Bank of America Alyssa Shreves - Barclays Ruben Roy - Stifel Tim Savageaux - Northland Capital Markets Ryan Koontz - Needham Andrew Spinola - UBS Operator Good day and welcome to the Ciena Fiscal First Quarter 2025 Financial Results Conference Call. All participants will be in listen-only mode. seekingalpha.com - 1 month ago
Crude Oil Gains 1%; Ciena Earnings Top Views U.S. stocks traded lower midway through trading, with the Dow Jones falling more than 1% on Tuesday. benzinga.com - 1 month ago
Ciena (CIEN) Surpasses Q1 Earnings and Revenue Estimates Ciena (CIEN) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.64 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.39 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.66 per share a year ago. zacks.com - 1 month ago
Ciena Fiscal Q1 Earnings, Revenue Top Wall Street Targets Fiber optics network gear maker Ciena reported fiscal first-quarter profit and revenue that topped consensus estimates. The post Ciena Fiscal Q1 Earnings, Revenue Top Wall Street Targets appeared first on Investor's Business Daily. investors.com - 1 month ago
Ciena Stock Jumps on First-Quarter Earnings and Revenue Beat Ciena posts results that top expectations, even as net income falls from the previous year. barrons.com - 1 month ago
Ciena Reports Fiscal First Quarter 2025 Financial Results HANOVER, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ciena® Corporation, a networking systems, services and software company, announced unaudited financial results for its fiscal first quarter 2025. businesswire.com - 1 month ago
8. Profile Summary

Ciena Corporation CIEN

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COUNTRY US
INDUSTRY Communication Equipment
MARKET CAP $ 7.85 B
Dividend Yield 0.00%
Description 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.
Contact 7035 Ridge Road, Hanover, MD, 21076 https://www.ciena.com
IPO Date Feb. 7, 1997
Employees 8795
Officers Mr. Gary B. Smith Chief Executive Officer, President & Director