CIEN's Quality Score fell 1 point on Tue, Nov 10, to 8. It closed away from its high of the day.
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Up 18% from Nov 5 to Nov 10.
| The company | Sales up 33% on the year |
| Latest filing | 10-Q, Sep 3 |
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CIEN closed +10.7% that day.
After its last 4 reports it closed -6.9% on average, higher 1 of 4 times.
Averagefor quality, not price, 2 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
CIEN is #1 of 3 by Quality Score.
| Rank | Stock | Quality Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||
| 2 | ||
| 3 |
Share count against a year before: CIEN +0.2%, AAOI +35%, LITE +32%, GLW +0.8%.
Expected to report Thu Dec 10, before the open (in 30 days).
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
The figures are not read from the release yet.
CIEN's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $6.42 billion ±$50 million |
Sales grew 6.2% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Its share count fell 1.4% a year over 5 years.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2026 | +0.1% | -10.4% | -5.5% |
| Jun 4, 2026 | -11.0% | -13.7% | -29.9% |
| Mar 5, 2026 | -9.2% | -12.9% | -1.1% |
Sales grew in five of the last seven years, to $4.8B in 2025. It made a profit in seven of the eight years.
RSI 40.0, MACD below signal, below both averages. Not scored.
2 insiders sold $2.4M across 2 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest:
14 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: CIEN is 0.3% of SPMO, 0.2% of XLK, and 0.2% of FTEC, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Aug 31, 2026.
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.
“Competition among networking solution vendors remains intense on a global basis.”
CIEN scores 8 today, which Breakaway calls Average. It is #1 of 3 in Telephone & Telegraph Apparatus by Quality Score, with 2 of 14 chart checks firing. Up 18% from Nov 5 to Nov 10. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
CIEN scores 8 today, which Breakaway calls Average (6 to 10). That is #1 of 3 in Telephone & Telegraph Apparatus by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind CIEN's 8.
2 insiders sold $2.4M across 2 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest is Bruce L. Claflin, Director, who sold $1M on Sep 24. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.
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