A new trading day began on Tuesday, with CIENA Corp (NYSE: CIEN) stock price up 5.19% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $234.26. CIEN’s price has ranged from $49.21 to $261.13 over the past 52 weeks.
A company in the Technology sector has dropped its sales by -18.19% annually for the last half of the decade. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 102.16%. With a float of $138.47 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $141.02 million.
CIENA Corp (CIEN) Insider Updates
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 1.69%, while institutional ownership is 99.00%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Jan 09 ’26, was worth 548,200. In this transaction SVP and Chief Strategy Officer of this company sold 2,500 shares at a rate of $219.28, taking the stock ownership to the 202,194 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Jan 12 ’26, when Company’s Director sold 11,618 for $227.45, making the entire transaction worth $2,642,486. This insider now owns 50,184 shares in total.
CIENA Corp (CIEN) Performance Highlights and Predictions
In its latest quarterly report, released on 1/31/2025, the company reported earnings of 0.64 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 1.21 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 102.16% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 47.79% during the next five years compared to -18.19% drop over the previous five years of trading.
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 2.06. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 7.28. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 52.17.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.85, a number that is poised to hit 1.16 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 6.89 in one year’s time.
