The Short-term Rise and Fall of CIENA Corp (CIEN) Stock

Kevin Freeman

CIENA Corp [CIEN] stock is trading at $155.94, down -4.69%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The CIEN shares have gain 2.96% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 17.69%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

CIENA Corp [NYSE: CIEN] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on October 10, 2025, when Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating to a Equal-Weight but kept the price target unchanged to $140 for it. Previously, Rosenblatt upgraded its rating to Buy on September 26, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $175. On September 05, 2025, Needham reiterated its Buy rating and revised its price target to $130 on the stock. B. Riley Securities downgraded its rating to a Neutral but stick to its price target of $113 on September 05, 2025. Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to a Underweight but $70 remained the price target by the analyst firm on July 08, 2025. Northland Capital upgraded its rating to Outperform for this stock on March 12, 2025, but kept the price target unchanged to $75. In a note dated January 28, 2025, JP Morgan upgraded an Overweight rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $84 to $88.

CIENA Corp [CIEN] stock has fluctuated between $49.21 and $164.02 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $120 within the next 12 months. CIENA Corp [NYSE: CIEN] shares were valued at $155.94 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -23.05% based on the average CIEN price forecast.

Analyzing the CIEN fundamentals

CIENA Corp [NYSE:CIEN] reported sales of 4.54B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 8.48%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.39% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.06%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.04%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.03%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.02, Equity is 0.05 and Total Capital is 0.05. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.09.

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Ratios To Look Out For

For context, CIENA Corp’s Current Ratio is 3.28. As well, the Quick Ratio is 2.52, while the Cash Ratio is 0.94. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 4.84, the price to book ratio is 7.91 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 161.06.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Kosaraju Sheela, SVP and General Counsel, that happened on Oct 01 ’25 when 1747.0 shares were sold. President, CEO, SMITH GARY B completed a deal on Oct 01 ’25 to sell 6800.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer SHEELA KOSARAJU bought 1747.0 shares on Oct 01 ’25.

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