XNYS · Communication Equipment
Last stored close · Nov 9, 2026
Close · Nov 9, 2026
$269.33+10.66%
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TickerWhale Score
35/100
Weak
Score components
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CIENA scores 35 out of 100 overall, which we rate weak. Quality & growth is its strongest area and Technical its weakest.
What helps
- Quality & growth
- Sentiment Signal
What to watch
- Technical
- Valuation
- Risk
Quality & growth
30%76Strong
- Revenue growth 32.6%
- EPS growth 361.9%
Valuation
25%13Weak
- P/E 60.1
- EV/Sales 6.7
Ciena is a leader in high-speed optical connectivity, providing systems, components, and automation software for telecom providers and enterprises, such as data centers, to enable long-distance connectivity. The company operates through four primary business segments: networking platforms, platform software and services, Blue Planet automation software, and global services. While telecom carriers remain important customers, cloud providers and hyperscalers now drive a significant portion of the business. To meet the demands of AI data centers, customers are adopting Ciena's WaveLogic 6 platform, the first to support 1.6 terabits-per-second capacity.
#291 by market cap in our coverage · ~9,080 employees · Listed 1997-02-07 · www.ciena.com
Price history
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Market intelligence
Peer position
#168 / 205sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 35 vs sector average 47.6 (-12.6)
Revenue growth (industry)Top 47%
Gross margin (industry)Top 53%
Return on equity (industry)Top 33%
P/E (industry)Pricier than 89%
Technical analysis
our read · what classic indicators sayTickerWhale technical read
6/100Weak vs universe
Ranks 6th of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 16/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Strong Sell
1 buy · 5 sell · 2 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates CIEN's technical setup weak — 6th percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean sell, pointing the same way.
Moving averages
0 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day-33.6%
- vs 50-day-22.8%
Momentum
Mixed
- RSI (14)39 · neutral
- Stochasticbuy
- CCIsell
- Williams %Rneutral
Trend
Weak
- ADX (14) trend strength27· trending
- MACD (12,26,9)sell(histogram -9.322)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on sell — 0 buy vs 9 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 1 buy · 4 sell · 2 neutral.
Result — 1 buy vs 5 sell of 8 votes = Strong Sell. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-11-09 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)60.1
- P/S (TTM)6.5
- P/B12.9
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales6.7
- PEG—
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin44.1%
- Net margin10.9%
- ROE22.0%
- Debt/Equity1.06
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)32.6%
- EPS growth (YoY)361.9%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs industry peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $39.3B
Fundamentals history
Reported statement totals across recent periods.
| Metric | Nov '25 | Nov '24 | Oct '23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.8B | $4.0B | $4.4B |
| Gross profit | $2.0B | $1.7B | $1.9B |
| Operating income | $198M | $167M | $358M |
| Net income | $123M | $84M | $255M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.85 | $0.58 | $1.71 |
| Free cash flow | $665M | $378M | $62M |
| Cash | $1.1B | $935M | $1.0B |
| Total debt | $1.6B | $1.6B | $1.6B |
| Equity | $2.7B | $2.8B | $2.8B |
| Net debt | $490M | $649M | $594M |
| Debt / equity | 0.58 | 0.56 | 0.56 |
| Liabilities / assets | 0.53 | 0.50 | 0.49 |
Fundamentals are stored revised/latest (ADR-009): each period reflects the most recent vendor refresh, NOT point-in-time as-reported values. Do not use this series to claim what was known on a past date.
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Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIENCurrentCIENA | 35 | 16 | 60.1 | — | 12.9 | 6.7 | $269.33 | +10.66% | +32.6% | ||
| DUOLDuolingo Inc - | 78 | 65 | 18.8 | — | 5.5 | 5.7 | $154.25 | -3.85% | +29.4% | ||
| RELYRemitly Global | 72 | 56 | 17.4 | — | 4.7 | 2.6 | $23.97 | +7.39% | +23.8% | ||
| GGenpact | 71 | 78 | 12.4 | — | 2.8 | 1.5 | $42.55 | +0.66% | +6.5% | ||
| LYFTLyft Inc Cls A | 70 | 47 | 2.3 | — | 2.1 | 0.9 | $16.76 | -1.93% | +10.8% | ||
| MUMicron Technology | 70 | 23 | 9.9 | — | 6.1 | 6.1 | $733.15 | +6.25% | +256.3% |
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