Fundamentals · 2026-09-09S&P 500ANNUAL BASIS

Ciena

CIEN stock analysis · Information Technology · Communications Equipment

FY 2025-11-01ANNUAL FILINGS
Compare ⇄
These are research estimates based on annual filings. Valuation uses a cash-flow proxy and explicit assumptions; prices are not live. Published valuations use annual periods first filed by the price date, with later restatements retained.
Reference share price · USD
$490.56HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT

As of · fund-implied per-share value

Fund holding value ÷ shares held. Not a live quote; not adjusted for later stock splits.

View SEC fund filing ↗
Estimated issuer market cap
$69.4B

Price × SEC outstanding shares. Shares measured 2026-05-29. Approximate; share and price dates can differ.

View share-count filing ↗
Valuation

DCF value

$71.39

Equity cash-flow scenario · SEC outstanding shares at 2026-05-29 · -85.4% versus input cap

How this is calculated ↗
Valuation

Reverse DCF

59.3%

Annual basis · read assumptions below

How this is calculated ↗
Valuation

Relative valuation

-91.9%

5 industry peers · median 45.5×

How this is calculated ↗
Valuation

Historical multiples

Requires three annual historical market caps and eligible filed earnings.

Requires three annual historical market caps and eligible filed earnings.

How this is calculated ↗
Valuation

Free cash flow yield

1.0%

Annual basis · read assumptions below

How this is calculated ↗
Quality

ROIC / quality

4.7%

Normalized tax · financing-capital proxy · parent-equity fallback (scope limitation) · short-term borrowing coverage incomplete

How this is calculated ↗
Valuation

Value composite

17/100

Annual basis · read assumptions below

How this is calculated ↗
Momentum

12–1 price momentum

Split and corporate-action verification is incomplete for these fund observations. Verified adjusted endpoints are required for 12–1 momentum.

Split and corporate-action verification is incomplete for these fund observations. Verified adjusted endpoints are required for 12–1 momentum.

How this is calculated ↗
Investment

Asset growth

4.0%

Annual basis · read assumptions below

How this is calculated ↗
Investment

Net payout yield

0.4%

Annual basis · read assumptions below

How this is calculated ↗
Quality

Accrual quality

-11.9%

Parent-earnings fallback versus consolidated cash flow · scope limitation

How this is calculated ↗
Momentum

Fundamental momentum

7.6%

Annual basis · read assumptions below

How this is calculated ↗

Follow the cash

ANNUAL · USD

Operating cash flow and reinvestment over time

USD · bar maximum 806.1M2020-10-31: cfo $493,654,000.002020-10-31: capex $82,667,000.0020202021-10-30: cfo $541,646,000.002021-10-30: capex $79,550,000.0020212022-10-29: cfo -$167,756,000.00 (negative; lower scale compressed)2022-10-29: capex $90,818,000.0020222023-10-28: cfo $168,332,000.002023-10-28: capex $106,197,000.0020232024-11-02: cfo $514,532,000.002024-11-02: capex $136,641,000.0020242025-11-01: cfo $806,093,000.002025-11-01: capex $140,801,000.002025
Operating cash flowCapital expenditure

Annual USD. Negative bars use a compressed lower scale. Hover or inspect the financial history table for exact values.

Make the assumptions yours

Personal inputs stay in this browser. Blank fields retain published inputs. Five-year forecast; zero net borrowing. Required return must exceed terminal growth.

How sensitive is the valuation?

DCF per-share sensitivity · includes reviewed preferred and minority-owner claims · rows: required return · columns: growth
Return / Growth3.0%5.0%7.0%
8.0%$89.54$97.69$106.46
10.0%$65.61$71.39$77.58
12.0%$51.76$56.17$60.89

Annual financial history

Open SEC filings ↗
Fiscal year-endRevenueNet incomeOperating cash flowCapital expenditureAssets
2025-11-014.8B123.3M806.1M140.8M5.9B
2024-11-024B84M514.5M136.6M5.6B
2023-10-284.4B254.8M168.3M106.2M5.6B
2022-10-293.6B152.9M-167.8M90.8M5.1B
2021-10-303.6B500.2M541.6M79.6M4.9B
2020-10-313.5B361.3M493.7M82.7M4.2B
2019-11-023.6B253.4M413.1M62.6M3.9B
2019-10-313.6B253.4M413.1M62.6M3.9B
2018-11-033.1B-344.7M229.3M67.6M
2018-10-313.1B-344.7M229.3M67.6M3.8B

USD, abbreviated. Restated annual history; not a point-in-time backtest. Missing values appear as dashes.

Trace the inputs

MODEL ANNUAL PERIOD
InputValueSEC tag / sourceFiled
revenue4.8BRevenues2025-12-12
netIncome123.3MNetIncomeLoss
Parent-attributable fallback: a verified consolidated total is unavailable in the supported tags. Noncontrolling interests have not been assumed to be zero; this may differ in scope from consolidated cash flow or operating income.
2025-12-12
Parent/common earnings proxy123.3MNetIncomeLoss2025-12-12
cfo806.1MNetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities2025-12-12
capex140.8MPaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment2025-12-12
operatingIncome197.5MOperatingIncomeLoss2025-12-12
assets5.9BAssets2025-12-12
equity2.7BStockholdersEquity
Parent-attributable fallback: a verified consolidated total is unavailable in the supported tags. Noncontrolling interests have not been assumed to be zero; this may differ in scope from consolidated cash flow or operating income.
2025-12-12
Parent book equity proxy2.7BStockholdersEquity2025-12-12
debt1.5BLongTermDebtCurrent + LongTermDebtNoncurrent2025-12-12
shortDebtNot reported under a supported tag
cash1.1BCashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue2025-12-12
shares145.2MWeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding2025-12-12
dividends0Reviewed manual correction
This issuer explicitly confirms in its annual filing that it has never declared or paid cash dividends on its common/capital stock. Reviewed cash-dividend zero, bounded to fiscal period ending 2025-11-01. The exact statement and source filing are retained in the evidence record. This is explicit filing evidence, not an assumption from an absent cash-flow line. Surrounding source passage reviewed as the registrant’s own common-stock policy, not a subsidiary or predecessor statement.
2025-12-12
buybacks334.5MPaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock2025-12-12
issuance35.9MProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock2025-12-12