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CIEN vs. LITE, ANET, APH, FFIV, JNPR, SATS, IDCC, CALX, EXTR, and VSAT

Should you be buying Ciena stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ciena include Lumentum (LITE), Arista Networks (ANET), Amphenol (APH), F5 (FFIV), Juniper Networks (JNPR), EchoStar (SATS), InterDigital (IDCC), Calix (CALX), Extreme Networks (EXTR), and Viasat (VSAT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Ciena vs. Its Competitors

Ciena (NYSE:CIEN) and Lumentum (NASDAQ:LITE) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and risk.

Ciena has higher revenue and earnings than Lumentum. Lumentum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ciena, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ciena$4.01B3.01$83.96M$0.72118.56
Lumentum$1.36B5.30-$546.50M-$6.45-16.10

In the previous week, Ciena had 9 more articles in the media than Lumentum. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Ciena and 6 mentions for Lumentum. Lumentum's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Ciena's score of 0.82 indicating that Lumentum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ciena
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Lumentum
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ciena has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lumentum has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ciena has a net margin of 2.46% compared to Lumentum's net margin of -29.87%. Ciena's return on equity of 5.08% beat Lumentum's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ciena2.46% 5.08% 2.55%
Lumentum -29.87%-8.69%-1.98%

92.0% of Ciena shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.1% of Lumentum shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Ciena shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Lumentum shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Ciena currently has a consensus price target of $85.54, suggesting a potential upside of 0.21%. Lumentum has a consensus price target of $87.07, suggesting a potential downside of 16.15%. Given Ciena's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Ciena is more favorable than Lumentum.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ciena
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73
Lumentum
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82

Summary

Ciena beats Lumentum on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CIEN vs. The Competition

MetricCienaCommunications Components IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$12.07B$3.70B$28.71B$20.69B
Dividend YieldN/A2.43%3.06%3.65%
P/E Ratio118.5660.2333.7927.47
Price / Sales3.012.081,830.0356.24
Price / Cash45.2718.4434.3117.94
Price / Book4.382.447.524.63
Net Income$83.96M-$16.41M$779.61M$993.88M
7 Day Performance4.98%2.52%2.68%-0.41%
1 Month Performance14.49%8.86%11.20%6.46%
1 Year Performance72.83%19.93%53,002.18%10.83%

Ciena Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CIEN
Ciena
4.1942 of 5 stars
$85.36
+0.4%
$85.54
+0.2%
+72.2%$12.07B$4.01B118.568,657
LITE
Lumentum
3.8244 of 5 stars
$92.88
-0.1%
$85.53
-7.9%
+86.6%$6.45B$1.36B-14.427,257Positive News
ANET
Arista Networks
4.371 of 5 stars
$108.42
-0.1%
$110.07
+1.5%
+35.5%$136.15B$7.00B45.894,412Positive News
APH
Amphenol
4.3733 of 5 stars
$100.23
+1.5%
$91.64
-8.6%
+60.6%$121.25B$15.22B48.66125,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
FFIV
F5
4.0664 of 5 stars
$294.21
+0.8%
$286.44
-2.6%
+72.7%$16.90B$2.82B27.916,557Analyst Forecast
JNPR
Juniper Networks
2.8703 of 5 stars
$39.95
flat
$40.00
+0.1%
N/A$13.36B$5.20B38.053,519
SATS
EchoStar
0.6928 of 5 stars
$29.65
-3.9%
$24.70
-16.7%
+48.2%$8.51B$15.68B-39.4613,700Positive News
IDCC
InterDigital
1.9055 of 5 stars
$227.35
+0.9%
$160.00
-29.6%
+84.4%$5.90B$815.48M18.03420Positive News
CALX
Calix
2.3231 of 5 stars
$50.62
+0.3%
$48.50
-4.2%
+47.7%$3.28B$831.52M-97.381,820
EXTR
Extreme Networks
3.0533 of 5 stars
$17.09
-1.2%
$18.92
+10.7%
+28.8%$2.28B$1.09B-41.672,656
VSAT
Viasat
4.3678 of 5 stars
$15.01
-0.1%
$19.00
+26.6%
+2.0%$1.96B$4.52B-3.387,000

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