A new trading day began on Tuesday, with CIENA Corp. (NYSE: CIEN) stock price down -3.99% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $57.65. CIEN’s price has ranged from $39.94 to $63.24 over the past 52 weeks.
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Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Technology sector was 7.58%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged -27.67%. With a float of $141.41 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $144.83 million.
Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 8483 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 41.72%, operating margin of 6.53%, and the pretax margin is 4.59%.
CIENA Corp. (CIEN) Insider Activity
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Communication Equipment Industry. The insider ownership of CIENA Corp. is 1.60%, while institutional ownership is 101.62%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Aug 15 ’24, was worth 183,470. In this transaction SVP and Chief Strategy Officer of this company sold 3,500 shares at a rate of $52.42, taking the stock ownership to the 208,921 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Aug 15 ’24, when Company’s SVP, General Mgr. Blue Planet sold 1,289 for $52.42, making the entire transaction worth $67,569. This insider now owns 44,685 shares in total.
CIENA Corp. (CIEN) Earnings and Forecasts
In its latest quarterly report, released on 4/30/2024, the company reported earnings of 0.59 per share, which was $0.1 higher than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.77 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -27.67% per share during the next fiscal year.
CIENA Corp. (NYSE: CIEN) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are CIENA Corp.’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 2.74. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.92. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 17.90.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.04, a number that is poised to hit 0.26 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.87 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of CIENA Corp. (CIEN)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 1.74 million, its volume of 2.41 million showed improvement in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 67.77%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.68.
During the past 100 days, CIENA Corp.’s (CIEN) raw stochastic average was set at 80.60%, which indicates a significant increase from 67.74% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 41.92% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 35.01% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $50.57, while its 200-day Moving Average is $49.46. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $57.33 in the near term. At $59.32, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $60.38. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $54.28, it is likely to go to the next support level at $53.22. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $51.23.
CIENA Corp. (NYSE: CIEN) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 7.95 billion, the company has a total of 143,705K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 4,387 M while annual income is 254,830 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 910,830 K while its latest quarter income was -16,850 K.
