Northland Capmk Has Negative Estimate for Ciena Q4 Earnings

Ciena Co. (NYSE:CIEN) – Analysts at Northland Capmk reduced their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Ciena in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, March 12th. Northland Capmk analyst T. Savageaux now forecasts that the communications equipment provider will post earnings per share of $0.53 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.55. Northland Capmk has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Ciena’s current full-year earnings is $1.60 per share.

Ciena (NYSE:CIEN) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, December 12th. The communications equipment provider reported $0.54 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.66 by ($0.12). The business had revenue of $1.12 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.10 billion. Ciena had a return on equity of 4.72% and a net margin of 2.09%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down .5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.56 earnings per share.

Other research analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of Ciena from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their price objective for the stock from $84.00 to $88.00 in a report on Tuesday, January 28th. Northland Securities raised shares of Ciena from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and raised their price target for the company from $60.00 to $75.00 in a report on Wednesday. Citigroup raised their price target on shares of Ciena from $84.00 to $98.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, December 13th. Rosenblatt Securities cut their price target on shares of Ciena from $94.00 to $79.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Friday, March 7th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $82.00 price target (up from $75.00) on shares of Ciena in a report on Tuesday, December 10th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Ciena currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $81.38.

Ciena Stock Up 2.5 %

CIEN opened at $63.84 on Friday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $82.30 and a 200 day moving average of $73.19. The company has a market cap of $9.10 billion, a PE ratio of 112.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.54 and a beta of 0.91. Ciena has a 12 month low of $43.30 and a 12 month high of $101.44. The company has a current ratio of 3.55, a quick ratio of 2.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.54.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Ciena

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Atria Investments Inc purchased a new position in shares of Ciena in the third quarter valued at about $1,988,000. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC purchased a new position in shares of Ciena in the third quarter valued at about $1,337,000. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. increased its position in shares of Ciena by 826.1% in the third quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. now owns 98,600 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $6,073,000 after acquiring an additional 87,953 shares during the period. KBC Group NV increased its position in shares of Ciena by 1.0% in the third quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 50,161 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $3,089,000 after acquiring an additional 488 shares during the period. Finally, CloudAlpha Capital Management Limited Hong Kong purchased a new position in shares of Ciena in the third quarter valued at about $3,748,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 91.99% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Bruce L. Claflin sold 16,912 shares of Ciena stock in a transaction on Monday, January 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $84.96, for a total value of $1,436,843.52. Following the transaction, the director now owns 59,347 shares in the company, valued at $5,042,121.12. This trade represents a 22.18 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, SVP Brodie Gage sold 350 shares of Ciena stock in a transaction on Wednesday, January 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $85.91, for a total transaction of $30,068.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president now owns 49,547 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,256,582.77. The trade was a 0.70 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 63,442 shares of company stock worth $5,337,764. 0.93% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Ciena Company Profile

Ciena Corporation provides hardware and software services for delivery of video, data, and voice traffic metro, aggregation, and access communications network worldwide. The company’s Networking Platforms segment offers convergence of coherent optical transport, open optical networking, optical transport network switching, IP routing, and switching services.