A share price of CIENA Corp [CIEN] is currently trading at $88.77, down -3.44%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The CIEN shares have lost -7.91% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 3.86%, 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 July 08, 2025, when Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to a Underweight but kept the price target unchanged to $70 for it. Previously, Northland Capital upgraded its rating to Outperform on March 12, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $75. On January 28, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Overweight and revised its price target to $88 on the stock. BofA Securities upgraded its rating to a Buy and increased its price target to $95 on December 13, 2024. Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to a Equal-Weight but $63 remained the price target by the analyst firm on October 28, 2024. Evercore ISI downgraded its rating to In-line for this stock on October 15, 2024, but kept the price target unchanged to $65. In a note dated October 09, 2024, Exane BNP Paribas downgraded a Neutral rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $59 to $67.
CIENA Corp experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $49.21 and $101.44. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $96.67 within the next 12 months. CIENA Corp [NYSE: CIEN] shares were valued at $88.77 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 8.9% based on the average CIEN price forecast.
Analyzing the CIEN fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for CIENA Corp [NYSE:CIEN] were 4.26B which represents 19.48% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.42% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.05%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.04%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.02%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.02, Equity is 0.04 and Total Capital is 0.04. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.57.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 87.69 points at the first support level, and at 86.61 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 90.61, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 92.44.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for CIENA Corp [NYSE:CIEN] is 3.40. As well, the Quick Ratio is 2.57, while the Cash Ratio is 0.91. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.94, the price to book ratio is 4.53 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 123.65.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Rothenstein David M, SVP and Chief Strategy Officer, that happened on Aug 15 ’25 when 2500.0 shares were sold. SVP Global Products & Supply, Gage Brodie completed a deal on Aug 15 ’25 to sell 350.0 shares. Meanwhile, President, CEO SMITH GARY B sold 6800.0 shares on Aug 15 ’25.
