CIEN — Ciena Corporation
Technology · ETF XLK · as of 2026-09-21
Daily · EMA 10 / 20 / 50 · SMA 200 · VolPress: buy/sell split, 20-SMA, white dot = above avg · · E = earnings · RS vs SPY ⓘ · ● RS new high ⓘ
Ciena Corporation
NYQ
Technology · Communication Equipment
Ciena is a leader in high-speed optical connectivity, providing systems, components, and automation software for telecom providers and enterprises, such as data centers, to enable long-distance connectivity. The company operates through four primary business segments: networking platforms, platform software and services, Blue Planet automation software, and global services. While telecom carriers remain important customers, cloud providers and hyperscalers now drive a significant portion of the business. To meet the demands of AI data centers, customers are adopting Ciena's WaveLogic 6 platform, the first to support 1.6 terabits-per-second capacity.
Price & today
$365.96
ATR(14) 25.76 (7.04%)
| Stock today | +4.92% |
| Sector ETF today | +2.77% |
| Residual (stock-specific) | +2.15% |
Sector correlation
| 20-day correlation with XLK | 0.47 |
| 60-day correlation with XLK | 0.74 |
| Status | DECOUPLING |
Decoupling fires when 60d corr − 20d corr > 0.20: stock used to track its sector but the relationship has weakened recently.
Technicals
| 10 EMA | $347.81 |
| 20 EMA | $356.22 |
| 50 EMA | $384.24 |
| EMA stack | BEARISH |
| RSI(14) | 50.8 |
| 52-week high distance | -42.60% |
| 52-week low distance | +333.55% |
Signals
| Market F&G | 45.6 |
| Bull% | 12.2% |
| OVTLYR status | SELL (18d) |
| Sector rank | #226 |
| Next earnings | 2026-12-09 (BMO, 79d) |
MarketSmith metrics - our compute
RS Rating
25.7
ADR%
6.2
RMV (tight)
45.0
Ext (ATR>20EMA)
0.4
Rel Vol
123.0%
U/D 50d
0.98
U/D 25d
1.17
Accum/Dist 25d
7 / 6
EPS YoY
+215.0%
LoD dist
37.0
Off 52w High
42.6%
Above 52w Low
173.8%
1W / 1M
+14.5 / -6.8
Avg $Vol 50d
880.0M
Mkt Cap (B)
51.8
Trend 8/8
no
Leads Group
no
Sector XLK
+5.7% 1W
Base len (VCP)
10wk (5/29)
Coil (base shape)
85TVPX
What do these abbreviations mean?
- RS Rating
- - IBD-style relative strength vs SPY (weighted 3/6/9/12-mo). 70+ = leaders pool, 80+ = strong.
- ADR%
- - average daily range over 20 days. 4%+ = the fast movers the playbook prefers (selection order, not a gate).
- RMV (tight)
- - Relative Measured Volatility, 15 bars, scaled 0-100. <15 = tight coiled base (green), <35 moderate, high = loose/expanding - not a base right now.
- Ext (ATR>20EMA)
- - how many ATRs price sits above its 20-EMA. ≤1 = in value (green), >2 = extended/chasing (red) - prefer a pullback.
- Rel Vol
- - latest volume vs the 50-day average. 100% = normal; 140%+ = breakout confirmation.
- U/D 50d / 25d
- - up-day vs down-day volume over the window. 1.1+ = net accumulation (institutions buying); under 0.9 on the 25d = net selling.
- Accum/Dist 25d
- - heavy-volume up days vs heavy-volume down days in the last 25 sessions (close moved 0.2%+ on above-average volume). The institutional-participation footprint; 5+ distribution days = O'Neil caution line.
- LoD dist
- - close distance above the day low in % of ATR (100 = one full ATR off the low). High = strong close.
- Off/Above 52w
- - trend-template legs: within 25% of the 52-week high, at least 25% above the 52-week low.
- Trend 8/8
- - all 8 Minervini Trend Template criteria pass. Discovery floor, NOT an entry signal - entries come from the VCP pivot.
- Base len (VCP)
- - weeks since the VCP base started on the latest scan. 10wk+ bases carry the edge; short stacked bases test below random.
Fundamentals & valuation - reference, not entry inputs
P/E (TTM)
121.6
Fwd P/E
38.0
PEG
0.7
Price/Book
20.2
Profit margin
7.9%
ROE
15.5%
Debt/Equity
54.6
Rev growth
+39.5%
Analyst target
$566 (+55%)
Analyst rating
BUY
Institutional %
98.2%
Insider %
0.7%
Float %
98.3%
Valuation and analyst figures are Yahoo company stats (weekly refresh, ~3,000 larger names - blanks are honest gaps); logo, employees, website and IPO date are Massive company reference. Momentum/VCP entries do not use valuation - this card is context so you do not have to leave the page.
Company data - context read, not entry inputs
Industry rank
10 / 146
Industry
Communication Equipment
Float
139.1M
Float turnover 20d
2.0%
Avg $Vol 20d / 50d
944.5M / 880.0M
Days to cover
1.4
Short % float
4.4%
Institutional %
98.2%
Weinstein stage
1
Float, short interest and institutional % come from Yahoo company stats, refreshed weekly for ~3,000 larger names - a blank means Yahoo does not publish the figure for this stock, not that it is zero. Dollar volume and float turnover are computed from our own price bars; industry rank from our rotation data; stage from the weekly chart.
Quarterly EPS - earnings acceleration
A dash in %Chg is deliberate: the year-ago figure was a loss, so a growth % would be meaningless. A dash in Sales means we have no revenue figure for that quarter - read it as a gap in our data, not as zero revenue.
| Quarter | EPS ($) | %Chg YoY | Sales ($M) | %Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec-24 | 0.54 | -28% | 1,124.1 | +0% |
| Mar-25 | 0.64 | -3% | 1,072.3 | +3% |
| Jun-25 | 0.42 | +56% | 1,125.9 | +24% |
| Sep-25 | 0.67 | +91% | 1,219.4 | +29% |
| Dec-25 | 0.91 | +69% | 1,352.0 | +20% |
| Mar-26 | 1.35 | +111% | 1,427.0 | +33% |
| Jun-26 | 1.64 | +290% | 1,570.7 | +40% |
| Sep-26 | 2.11 | +215% | 1,671.1 | +37% |
† = SEC carries this same fiscal quarter under a second period-end with a materially different figure (hover for it) - a restatement, merger recast or successor-period split; %Chg is blanked when the two are more than 15% apart. It fires only when the two period-ends DISAGREE, so it is a floor, not a guarantee that the rest of the column shares one basis · ‡ = the revenue concept changed from the previous quarter WITH A FIGURE (hover for both) - a blank row in between is skipped, as the eye does - a step at that row is a change of basis, not necessarily of business · EPS = Yahoo
eps_actual (the figure MarketSmith/Deepvue show) - whether a given quarter is GAAP or excludes a one-off follows the filing, so it can sit either side of another vendor's number; AAPL's Oct-24 row, the Sep-2024 fiscal quarter, is $0.97 here - GAAP, including the EU tax charge - where TradingView's year implies $1.64 · Sales ($M) = SEC EDGAR quarterly revenue (fiscal Q4 derived as FY minus 9-mo) · quarter = report month · %Chg blank = prior-year base under $0.05 (not meaningful).Recent news - our DB (Finnhub + OVTLYR)
- Sep 17 + Corning Rides on Expanding Partner Base: Will it Boost Prospects? Zacks Investment Research
- Sep 15 + CIEN's New Venture Fund: Can it Turn AI Networking Into Growth Engine? Zacks Investment Research
- Sep 11 + Adobe vs. Ciena: Which Technology Stock Is a Better Buy in 2026? The Motley Fool
- Sep 11 · CIEN Falls 15.2% in a Week as AI Growth Faces Persistent Supply Risks Zacks Investment Research
- Sep 11 + Ciena's 2027 Growth Guide Raises the Stakes for AI Optical Demand Zacks Investment Research
- Sep 11 + Can Ciena Sustain Its Strong Growth Amid Rising Optical Demand? Zacks Investment Research
- Sep 10 + Can Ciena Convert Its $8.5B Backlog Despite Supply Constraints? Zacks Investment Research
- Sep 08 · Ciena Stock Down 14% in the Past Month: Time to Buy, Hold or Sell? Zacks Investment Research