Ciena Corporation, a network technology company, provides hardware, software, and services for various network operators in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, Japan, and India. It operates through Networking Platforms, Platform Software and Services, Blue Planet Automation Software and Services, and Global Services segments. The Networking Platforms segment consist of a range of products and solutions for convergence of coherent optical transport, open optical networking, optical transport network switching, IP routing, and switching services. This segments products include the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform, Waveserver modular interconnect system, the 6500 Reconfigurable Line system, Coherent ELS open line system, O-NID edge OTN demarcation device, coherent pluggable transceivers, and the 5400 family of Packet-Optical platforms; and the 3000 family of service delivery platforms and the 5000 family of service aggregation, as well as the 8100 Coherent IP networking platforms, WaveRouter product, virtualization software, the 6500 Packet Transport system, the 8700 Packetwave platform, and SD-Edge software and passive optical network routing and switching portfolio products. The Platform Software and Services segment offers Navigator Network Control Suite domain controller solution, OneControl unified management system, and data and planning tools. The Blue Planet Automation Software and Services segment comprises inventory management, multi-domain service orchestration, multi-cloud orchestration, route optimization and analysis, and unified assurance and analytics. The Global Services segment provides maintenance support and training, installation and deployment, and consulting and network design services. Ciena Corporation was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in Hanover, Maryland.
AI Networking Boom | Ciena positions itself to capitalize on the surging demand for AI and ML networking infrastructure, with its optical solutions poised for significant growth |
Financial Resilience | Despite near-term challenges, Ciena projects long-term growth of 8-11%, supported by strategic investments and anticipated margin improvements |
Product Innovation | Explore how Ciena's WaveLogic 6 technology could drive revenue growth and maintain the company's competitive edge in high-performance networking |
Market Dynamics | Analyst targets range from $55 to $97, reflecting varied perspectives on Ciena's potential in the evolving telecommunications and cloud computing landscape |
Metrics to compare | CIEN | Sector Sector - Average of metrics from a broad group of related Technology sector companies | Relationship RelationshipCIENPeersSector | |
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P/E Ratio | 167.3x | −1.1x | 11.7x | |
PEG Ratio | −2.51 | 0.00 | 0.01 | |
Price/Book | 5.0x | 0.7x | 2.4x | |
Price / LTM Sales | 3.5x | 0.3x | 2.2x | |
Upside (Analyst Target) | −4.3% | 122.2% | 23.2% | |
Fair Value Upside | Unlock | 19.1% | 4.2% | Unlock |