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 consists optical networking, routing, and switching products and services. This segment products include the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform, Waveserver modular interconnect system, the 6500 Reconfigurable Line System, and coherent pluggable transceivers; and the 3000 family of service delivery platforms and the 5000 family of service aggregation, as well as the 8100 Coherent Routing platforms and virtualization software. The Platform Software and Services segment offers navigator network control suite; and software subscription services, consulting, network migration and integration, installation and upgrade support services, and technical support solutions. The Blue Planet Automation Software and Services segment inventory management, orchestration, route optimization and analysis, and unified assurance and analytics software; and sells subscription, installation, support, consulting, and design services related to the Blue Planet automation platform. The Global Services segment provides services for advisory and enablement, implementation, and maintenance, support, and learning activities. Ciena Corporation was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in Fulton, Maryland.
Ciena Corporation (CIEN) Stock Price & Market Analysis
CIEN · NYSE · Communication Equipment
$344.19
▼ -$12.72(-3.56%)4:00 PM ET - vs previous closeQuote as of Sep 28, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT
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Session market context
- CIENStock · vs previous close
- ↓ -3.56%
- XLKTechnology ETF
- ↓ -0.89%
- QQQNasdaq-100 ETF
- ↓ -1.07%
CIEN underperformed the sector by 2.68 percentage points.
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Reported fundamentals
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Annual revenue
USD 4.77B
Sales reported for this fiscal year.
Revenue change
+18.8%
Compared with the prior fiscal year.
Net profit margin
2.6%
Reported net income divided by revenue.
These reported results describe the business’s recent scale and profitability. Compare cash generation and valuation before forming an investment view; historical growth is not a forecast.
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About Ciena Corporation (CIEN)
Sector, leadership, and how Ciena Corporation earns its revenue.
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Company · Profile
About Ciena Corporation (CIEN)
Sector, leadership, and how Ciena Corporation earns its revenue.
Ciena Corporation
NYSE · CIEN · US
Company narrative is editorial context. Source observation date: 2026-09-29T10:17:37.585Z. Editorial review date is not recorded. Narratives and leadership records are excluded from current quality ratings.
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Communication Equipment
- Headquarters
- Fulton, MD, United States
- Country
- US
- Founded
- 1997
- Employees
- 8,898
- CEO
- Mr. Gary B. SmithLeadership source/date unverified
- Exchange
- NYSE
Business model & operating evidence
AI business exposure
- Revenue exposure
- AI-specific revenue is not separated in the available company statements.
- Capital-spending dependency
- No reviewed quantitative dependency model is available.
- Compute role
- See the sourced business description; AI labels do not establish compute revenue.
- Platform examples
- An exhaustive, consistently defined product inventory is unavailable.
- Ecosystem links
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Narrative versus numbers
Demand is expanding
Supporting observation: 37.0%
Quarterly revenue growth year over year; company-wide, not exclusively AI. · TECHi unified data · 2026-08-01
Growth produces accounting profit
Supporting observation: 10.9%
Net margin. A positive figure supports profitability, not necessarily cash generation. · SEC Companyfacts · 2026-09-29T09:21:00.718Z
The business generates cash after investment
Supporting observation: 116.3M
Latest available free cash flow; period-specific, not a forecast. · SEC Companyfacts · 2026-08-01
These are explicit tests of individual claims, not an overall bull/bear rating. Demand growth can coexist with valuation, concentration and financing risk.
Operating measures
- Revenue
- $1.67Bquarter ended Aug 1, 2026
- Gross margin
- 45.4%quarter ended Aug 1, 2026
- Operating margin
- 18.0%quarter ended Aug 1, 2026
- EPS
- $1.83quarter ended Aug 1, 2026
- Capital expenditure
- $79.96Mquarter ended Aug 1, 2026
- Free cash flow
- $116.30Mquarter ended Aug 1, 2026
- Free cash flow margin
- 7.0%quarter ended Aug 1, 2026
- Operating cash / net income
- 0.74×quarter ended Aug 1, 2026
- Revenue growth year over year
- 37.0%quarter ended Aug 1, 2026
Leadership
CEO: Mr. Gary B. Smith
Source: Yahoo Finance · 2026-09-29T10:17:37.585Z
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