Ciena Stock Forecast, Price & News

21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ciena in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 16 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Ciena stock.
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Ciena is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, June 3rd 2021.
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Ciena Co. (NYSE:CIEN) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March, 3rd. The communications equipment provider reported $0.52 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.45 by $0.07. The communications equipment provider earned $757.10 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $750.24 million. Ciena had a net margin of 10.23% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.41%. The business's revenue was down 9.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.52 earnings per share.
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Ciena's stock was trading at $38.83 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CIEN stock has increased by 26.7% and is now trading at $49.20.
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Ciena issued an update on its second quarter 2021 After-Hours earnings guidance on Thursday, March, 4th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $810-840 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $828.23 million.

21 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Ciena's shares. Their forecasts range from $46.00 to $73.00. On average, they expect Ciena's stock price to reach $58.34 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.6% from the stock's current price.
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581 employees have rated Ciena CEO Gary B. Smith on Glassdoor.com. Gary B. Smith has an approval rating of 95% among Ciena's employees. This puts Gary B. Smith in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Ciena trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CIEN."

Ciena's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (9.57%), Spring Creek Capital LLC (3.01%), Congress Asset Management Co. MA (2.33%), First Trust Advisors LP (1.88%), UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. (1.81%) and Alliancebernstein L.P. (1.70%). Company insiders that own Ciena stock include Andrew C Petrik, Bruce L Claflin, David M Rothenstein, Gary B Smith, James E Moylan Jr, James E Moylan, Jr, James Frodsham, Jason Phipps, Jean I Liu, Judith M Obrien, Patrick H Nettles, Rick Hamilton, Scott Mcfeely, Stephen B Alexander and Thomas Michael Nevens.
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CIEN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Swedbank, Fort Pitt Capital Group LLC, Ion Asset Management Ltd., Ion Asset Management Ltd., Alliancebernstein L.P., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Phoenix Holdings Ltd., and CWM LLC. Company insiders that have sold Ciena company stock in the last year include Andrew C Petrik, Bruce L Claflin, David M Rothenstein, Gary B Smith, James E Moylan Jr, James E Moylan, Jr, Patrick H Nettles, Rick Hamilton, Scott Mcfeely, and Stephen B Alexander.
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CIEN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Spring Creek Capital LLC, Norges Bank, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., BlackRock Inc., Senvest Management LLC, Morgan Stanley, New York State Common Retirement Fund, and Nuveen Asset Management LLC.
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One share of CIEN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $49.20.

Ciena has a market capitalization of $7.63 billion and generates $3.53 billion in revenue each year. The communications equipment provider earns $361.29 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.65 on an earnings per share basis.

Ciena employs 7,032 workers across the globe.

The official website for Ciena is www.ciena.com.

Ciena is headquartered at 7035 RIDGE ROAD, HANOVER MD, 21076.

Ciena's mailing address is 7035 RIDGE ROAD, HANOVER MD, 21076. The communications equipment provider can be reached via phone at 410-694-5700 or via email at [email protected]