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We are a network technology company, providing hardware, software, and services to a wide range of network operators and enabling enhanced network capacity, service delivery, and automation. Our solutions support network traffic across a wide range of applications, including cloud, voice, video, data, and artificial intelligence ( AI ).
$374.41
$14.40 (-3.70%)
EOD Jul 17, 2026
Operating margin is thin at 4.14%. Limited cushion if revenue slows or costs rise, not the profile of a wide-moat business.
Revenue grew 18.8%, still solid.
At 125x earnings, the current multiple leaves limited room for execution misses or growth deceleration.
124.8x earnings, 65.8x FCF. The market is pricing in years of above-average growth. If that thesis breaks, downside from multiple compression alone could be 30%+. This is a stock where you're paying for the future, not the present.
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$5.57B
▲ +18.8% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
$438M
▲ +46.9% YoY
Op. Margin
9.18%
ROIC
10.66%
▲ +0.8pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
$833M
▲ +76.1% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
$1.03B
▲ +56.7% YoY
Net Debt
$378M
Cash & Equiv.
$1.20B
5Y CAGR: +6.2%
5Y CAGR: +10.1%
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At a P/E of 124.8 and a price-to-free-cash-flow of 65.8, Ciena (CIEN) trades above a two-stage DCF intrinsic value of about $182.74 per share, so at $374.41 the stock looks overvalued (51.2% above estimated intrinsic value). A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, Ciena scores 80/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a high-quality business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Intrinsiqq's two-stage DCF estimates an intrinsic value of about $182.74 per share for CIEN, projecting its recent free cash flow forward with a growth rate that fades toward a long-run rate and discounting it back to today. Applying a 25% margin of safety gives a more conservative fair-value entry around $137.06. At today's $374.41, that puts the stock about 51.2% above estimated intrinsic value. The result is sensitive to the growth and discount-rate inputs, so it is best to run conservative, base and optimistic cases. You can adjust all of them yourself with the sliders on the DCF tab.
Ciena scores 80 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 8 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a high-quality business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 9.2% operating margin and a 10.7% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. CIEN currently trades above its estimated intrinsic value and scores 80/100 on quality (high-quality). A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.