NYSE:CIENCiena Stock Price, Forecast & News

Ciena's stock was trading at $38.83 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CIEN shares have increased by 36.4% and is now trading at $52.97. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ciena in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 15 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Ciena.

Ciena is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, September 3rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Ciena.

Ciena Co. (NYSE:CIEN) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, June, 4th. The communications equipment provider reported $0.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.49 by $0.27. The communications equipment provider earned $894 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $889.42 million. Ciena had a return on equity of 16.18% and a net margin of 8.78%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 3.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.48 earnings per share. View Ciena's earnings history.

Ciena updated its third quarter 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Thursday, June, 4th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $955-985 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $969.26 million.

20 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Ciena's stock. Their forecasts range from $31.00 to $73.00. On average, they expect Ciena's stock price to reach $57.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Ciena.

News articles about CIEN stock have trended positive recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ciena earned a news sentiment score of 2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the communications equipment provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Ciena.

Ciena saw a drop in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 3,450,000 shares, a drop of 27.2% from the June 15th total of 4,740,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,070,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.7 days. Currently, 2.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Ciena's Current Options Chain.

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

Ciena's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.28%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.08%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%), Toth Financial Advisory Corp (0.01%), Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency LLC (0.01%) and CENTRAL TRUST Co (0.01%). 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. View institutional ownership trends for Ciena.

CIEN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Global Retirement Partners 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, Jason Phipps, Jean I Liu, Judith M Obrien, Patrick H Nettles, Scott Mcfeely, Stephen B Alexander, and Thomas Michael Nevens. View insider buying and selling activity for Ciena.

CIEN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency LLC, CENTRAL TRUST Co, Hudson Valley Investment Advisors Inc. ADV, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Tatro Capital LLC, Canandaigua National Corp, and Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd.. View insider buying and selling activity for Ciena.

Shares of CIEN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of CIEN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $52.97.

Ciena has a market capitalization of $8.13 billion and generates $3.57 billion in revenue each year. The communications equipment provider earns $253.43 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.84 on an earnings per share basis. Ciena employs 6,383 workers across the globe.

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

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]