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How Ciena Corporation stacks up
CIEN · against 92 other Technology companies of similar size
Valuation
32/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #73 of 93 · scores higher than 21% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score12 peers with a valuation score of 30–39, including CIEN · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 32?
Weighted metrics compared with all Technology companies.Mainly because of its EBITDA yield, which is weaker than most Technology peers.
- less operating profit (EBITDA) for the company's total value: weaker than 66% of peers. EBITDA yield: 2.1% vs peer median 4.2%
- Earnings yield is close to the peer norm. Earnings yield: 1.5% vs peer median 2.2%
- Free cash flow yield is close to the peer norm. Free cash flow yield: 1.9% vs peer median 2.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = CIEN, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | CIEN | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 93 reported | 1.5% | 2.9% | 28% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 91 reported | 2.4% | 4.8% | 23% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 66 reported | 1.9% | 3.0% | 34% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 89 reported | 7.2% | 15.1% | 25% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CIEN| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25.5B USD | 97 | 56 | |
| 2 | 1.42T TWD (≈$44.0B) | 95 | 75 | |
| 3 | 3.89T JPY (≈$26.5B) | 94 | 73 | |
| 4 | 28.8B USD | 92 | 70 | |
| 4 | 35.5B USD | 92 | 80 | |
| 69 | 23.3B USD | 35 | 39 | |
| 71 | 1.48T TWD (≈$45.9B) | 34 | 41 | |
| 71 | 28.7B USD | 34 | 47 | |
| 73 | 353.3B CNY (≈$49.5B) | 32 | 64 | |
| 73 | 42.6B USD | 32 | 60 | |
| 75 | 28.4B USD | 31 | 79 | |
| 76 | 183.1B CNY (≈$25.6B) | 28 | 77 | |
| 77 | 65.3B USD | 27 | 68 | |
| 77 | 33.2B USD | 27 | 53 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score