US · CIEN
Ciena Corporation
- Sector
- Technology · Communication Equipment
- Headquarters
- Hanover, MD 21076
- Website
- ciena.com
Price · as of 2025-11-01
$535.29
Market cap 49.33B
Valuation summary
Four models, one snapshot. Upside is target ÷ current − 1.
| Valuation method | Value, $ | Upside, % |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence(AI) | $136.10 | -74.57% |
| Intrinsic Value(DCF) | $162.59 | -69.63% |
| Graham-Dodd Method(GD) | $19.86 | -96.29% |
| Graham Formula(GF) | $22.65 | -95.77% |
Valuation history
Annual price (USD per share) overlaid with each model's fair value. Y-axis is log scale.
| Year | Price | AI | DCF | Graham-Dodd | Graham Formula |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | $13.57 | $28.14 | $841.01 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| 2012 | $14.65 | $38.10 | $816.30 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| 2013 | $22.95 | $34.19 | $237.54 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| 2014 | $19.31 | $27.85 | $34.95 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| 2015 | $18.17 | $33.04 | $3.20 | $3.57 | $1.44 |
| 2016 | $24.20 | $54.85 | $3.80 | $6.23 | $7.48 |
| 2017 | $21.54 | $95.67 | $7.34 | $57.60 | $138.56 |
| 2018 | $36.67 | $47.23 | $4.62 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| 2019 | $41.64 | $51.10 | $7.57 | $20.18 | $37.21 |
| 2020 | $52.93 | $60.95 | $5.79 | $25.96 | $16.35 |
| 2021 | $73.05 | $75.75 | $7.65 | $33.55 | $34.20 |
| 2022 | $51.42 | $53.35 | $1.66 | $20.83 | $8.61 |
| 2023 | $46.43 | $62.76 | $64.72 | $24.69 | $47.94 |
| 2024 | $82.25 | $62.97 | $0.00 | $19.29 | $0.06 |
| 2025 | $230.56 | $136.10 | $1.97 | $19.86 | $22.65 |
AI valuation
Our deep-learning model estimates Ciena Corporation's (CIEN) per-share fair value from quarterly fundamentals, sector trend, and historical valuation patterns.
- AI fair value
- $136.10
- Current price
- $535.29
- AI upside
- -74.57%
Methodology and confidence bands appear in the dedicated valuation theory section. The AI score is an estimate, not a recommendation.
Intrinsic value (DCF)
Open DCF calculatorThree textbook valuation models, recomputed daily from the latest financial statements. The DCF uses our Chepakovich model. Graham-Dodd and Graham Formula are conservative reference points.
DCF
$162.59
-69.63% upside
Graham-Dodd
$19.86
-96.29% upside
Graham Formula
$22.65
-95.77% upside
Peer comparison
Same-industry comparables, ranked by market cap.
| Basic Info | Model Valuation | Core Valuation | Profitability | Leverage & Liquidity | Growth | Cash Flow | Dividends | Enterprise Value | Risk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ticker | Company Name | Price | Market Cap | AI Upside | DCF Upside | GD Upside | GF Upside | P/E | P/B | P/S | EV/EBITDA | PEG | P/TBV | Gross Margin | Operating Margin | Net Margin | ROE | ROIC | ROA | Debt/Equity | Interest Coverage | Current Ratio | Quick Ratio | Net Debt/EBITDA | EPS Growth | Sales Growth | FCF Growth | FCF Yield | Op Cash Flow Ratio | Cash ROIC | Dividend Yield | Dividend Payout | Shareholder Yield | EV/EBIT | EV/FCF | EV/Sales | Altman Z-Score |
| CIEN | Ciena Corporation | $535.29 | 49.33B | -75% | -70% | -96% | -96% | 265.86 | 12.01 | 6.88 | 85.33 | 571.10 | 16.53 | 41.50% | 6.52% | 2.59% | 4.45% | 7.91% | 2.14% | 0.58 | 3.48 | 2.73 | 1.75 | 1.27 | 4655.00% | 1879.00% | 7605.00% | 2.03% | 0.62 | 21.46% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 1.65% | 106.39 | 49.70 | 6.93 | 6.97 |
| ASTS | AST SpaceMobile, Inc. | $79.19 | 16.14B | — | -82% | — | — | -9.80 | 10.77 | 1168.02 | -10.76 | -12.06 | 10.77 | 100.00% | -5494.84% | -6792.28% | -182.09% | -280.05% | -80.02% | 0.36 | -13.00 | 7.90 | 7.44 | 0.88 | 8131.00% | — | 1215.00% | -5.82% | -1.66 | -346.40% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 7.35% | -19.64 | -15.88 | 1079.30 | 9.95 |
| BR | Broadridge Financial Solu… | $185.87 | 21.7B | -9% | -40% | — | -47% | 34.73 | 10.98 | 4.23 | 18.94 | 164.13 | -13.06 | 31.02% | 17.25% | 12.19% | 34.81% | 17.15% | 10.00% | 1.30 | 8.75 | 0.98 | 0.88 | 1.71 | 2116.00% | 588.00% | 1200.00% | 3.62% | 0.63 | 19.22% | 1.38% | 47.90% | 3.13% | 26.97 | 30.34 | 4.65 | 4.86 |
| CRDO | Credo Technology Group Ho… | $112.27 | 20.28B | -3% | +12,290% | -95% | -64% | 316.24 | 24.21 | 37.78 | 268.41 | — | 24.21 | 64.77% | 8.50% | 11.95% | 8.54% | 17.21% | 7.40% | 0.02 | — | 6.62 | 5.51 | -3.68 | -26111.00% | 12634.00% | 6987.00% | 0.18% | 0.60 | 14.15% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 1.01% | 433.34 | 554.31 | 36.83 | 79.00 |
| ERIC | Telefonaktiebolaget LM Er… | $11.60 | 38.67B | -27% | -49% | -83% | — | 13.46 | 3.28 | 1.62 | 7.62 | 0.01 | 6.76 | 48.14% | 13.82% | 12.01% | 26.21% | 25.27% | 9.26% | 0.42 | 10.73 | 1.29 | 1.08 | 0.05 | 13323333.00% | -1422.00% | -3797.00% | 7.93% | 0.28 | 31.25% | 2.50% | 33.60% | 2.50% | 11.35 | 12.24 | 1.57 | 2.58 |
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| TDY | Teledyne Technologies Inc… | $681.10 | 31.98B | -39% | -60% | -54% | -57% | 36.48 | 3.10 | 5.34 | 23.32 | 375.90 | -119.21 | 39.22% | 18.80% | 14.63% | 8.92% | 7.74% | 6.07% | 0.24 | 19.29 | 1.64 | 0.92 | 1.42 | 970.00% | 786.00% | -309.00% | 3.29% | 0.64 | 8.83% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 1.28% | 30.23 | 32.37 | 5.68 | 4.85 |
| TER | Teradyne, Inc. | $320.03 | 50.1B | -48% | -31% | -92% | -77% | 91.98 | 18.23 | 15.98 | 66.38 | 1908.68 | 22.92 | 58.55% | 21.74% | 17.37% | 19.73% | 23.44% | 14.06% | 0.12 | 86.44 | 1.76 | 0.99 | 0.07 | 482.00% | 1313.00% | -499.00% | 0.88% | 0.61 | 17.41% | 0.15% | 13.80% | 1.53% | 73.53 | 113.21 | 15.98 | 23.80 |
| WIT | Wipro Limited | $2.22 | 23.26B | +11% | -32% | -91% | -50% | 19.86 | 3.17 | 2.91 | 10.37 | 97.54 | 5.52 | 30.65% | 17.04% | 14.74% | 16.75% | 23.38% | 10.84% | 0.23 | 10.28 | 2.72 | 2.62 | 0.32 | 2037.00% | -24.00% | -683.00% | 5.88% | 0.59 | 31.11% | 2.39% | 47.50% | 2.39% | 14.88 | 14.80 | 2.54 | 5.79 |
| ZM | Zoom Communications, Inc. | $73.94 | 22.13B | +78% | -36% | -15% | +6% | 11.50 | 2.23 | 4.49 | 5.51 | 12.43 | 2.32 | 77.02% | 23.08% | 39.03% | 20.28% | 54.58% | 16.56% | 0.00 | — | 4.33 | 4.16 | -0.49 | 9252.00% | 436.00% | 638.00% | 8.80% | 0.99 | 119.14% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 7.42% | 12.52 | 7.31 | 2.89 | 8.14 |
About Ciena Corporation
Ciena Corporation provides network hardware, software, and services that support the transport, routing, switching, aggregation, service delivery, and management of video, data, and voice traffic on communications networks worldwide. The company's Networking Platforms segment offers hardware networking products and solutions that optimized for the convergence of coherent optical transport, optical transport network switching, and packet switching. Its products include 6500 Packet-Optical Platform, 5430 Reconfigurable Switching System, Waveserver stackable interconnect system, and the 6500 Reconfigurable line system, and the 5400 family of Packet-Optical platforms, as well as Z-Series Packet-Optical Platform; 3000 family of service delivery switches and service aggregation switches, and the 5000 family of service aggregation switches, as well as 8700 Packetwave Platform and the Ethernet packet configuration for the 5410 Service Aggregation Switch; and 6500 Packet Transport System. This segment also sells operating system software and enhanced software features embedded in each of its products. The company's Blue Planet Automation Software and Services segment provides multi-domain service orchestration, inventory, route optimization and analysis, network function virtualization orchestration, analytics, and related services. Its Platform Software and Service segment offers OneControl unified management system and platform software services, as well as manage, control, and plan software. The company's Global Services segment provides consulting and network design, installation and deployment, maintenance support, and training services. The company sells its products through direct and indirect sales channels to network operators. Ciena Corporation was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Hanover, Maryland.
- CEO
- Gary Smith
- Employees
- 8.8K
- Beta
- 1.15
Disclaimer: Information on this page is provided for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Upside computed as ($162.59 ÷ $535.29) − 1 = -69.63% (DCF, example).