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CIENA Corp (NYSE: CIEN) closed the day trading at $78.66 down -1.83% from the previous closing price of $80.13. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.83 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.46 million shares were traded. CIEN stock price reached its highest trading level at $79.88 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $77.11.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of CIEN, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 8.87 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 38.10. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 2.57 and its Current Ratio is at 3.40. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.57 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.56.
On March 12, 2025, Northland Capital Upgraded its rating to Outperform which previously was Market Perform but kept the price unchanged to $75.
JP Morgan Upgraded its Neutral to Overweight on January 28, 2025, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $84 to $88.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jul 01 ’25 when Kosaraju Sheela sold 1,748 shares for $80.50 per share. The transaction valued at 140,714 led to the insider holds 88,329 shares of the business.
SMITH GARY B sold 6,800 shares of CIEN for $546,409 on Jul 01 ’25. The President, CEO now owns 332,357 shares after completing the transaction at $80.35 per share. On Jul 01 ’25, another insider, Phipps Jason, who serves as the SVP Global Sales and Marketing of the company, sold 2,325 shares for $80.50 each. As a result, the insider received 187,162 and left with 84,833 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, CIEN now has a Market Capitalization of 11119929344 and an Enterprise Value of 11832077312. As of this moment, CIENA’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 109.57, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 23.36. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.25. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.61 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 4.01. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.775 whereas that against EBITDA is 34.701.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CIEN is 1.10, which has changed by 0.661597 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.10500872 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CIEN has reached a high of $101.44, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $44.89. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 2.38%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 6.84%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, CIEN traded about 2.07M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, CIEN traded about 2434530 shares per day. A total of 141.69M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 138.89M. Insiders hold about 1.75% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 96.55% stake in the company. Shares short for CIEN as of 1749772800 were 4870918 with a Short Ratio of 2.35, compared to 1747267200 on 3900086. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4870918 and a Short% of Float of 5.58.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
