Head to head
Ciena vs Cisco
Side-by-side on the measures that matter, with a plain-English read. Full detail: CIEN · CSCO
CIEN
Ciena
446.45+0.63%
1-year price shape — +195% over the period
Quant Rating B · 98/100
vs
CSCO
Cisco
117.39-0.47%
1-year price shape — +73% over the period
Quant Rating B · 89/100
1-year performance, rebased to 100
Cisco edges it on the scoreable measures. Cisco trades cheapest on trailing earnings; Cisco pays the highest dividend yield; Cisco earns the most per share.
| CIEN | CSCO | |
|---|---|---|
| Snapshot | ||
| Sector | Communication Equipment | Communication Equipment |
| Last price | 446.45 | 117.39 |
| Change today | +0.63% | -0.47% |
| 1-year return | +194.7% | +72.6% |
| Market cap | $63.31B | $462.82B |
| 52-week range | 159.01 – 637.51 | 65.60 – 129.38 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E (TTM) | 99.88 | 35.25 |
| P/E percentile, own 5-yr range | 65th | 94th |
| P/B | 20.71 | 9.20 |
| Dividend yield | 0.00% | 1.41% |
| Profitability & growth | ||
| EPS (TTM) | 0.85 | 3.33 |
| Net profit (TTM) | $120.54M | $13.13B |
| Revenue (TTM) | $6.02B | $63.33B |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | +37.0% | +17.6% |
| Gross margin | 44.1% | 64.5% |
| Operating margin | 14.1% | 25.4% |
| Net margin | 10.9% | 21.0% |
| Free cash flow (TTM) | $814.36M | $12.77B |
| Ownership & sentiment | ||
| Institutional ownership | 90.8% | 82.4% |
| Insider activity (12mo) | 1 buy / 49 sell | 14 buy / 35 sell |
| Short interest (% of float) | 2.5% | 1.5% |
| Analyst consensus | 80% buy / 20% hold (15) | 75% buy / 25% hold (16) |
| Analyst price target | $524 (+17%) | $142 (+21%) |
| StockVane view | ||
| StockVane Quant Rating | B (98) | B (89) |
| Company | ||
| Employees | 9,080 | 82,400 |
| Founded | 1992 | 1984 |
▲ marks the more favourable stock(s) on measures with a clear direction (lower P/E, higher yield, higher Quant Rating, better 1-year return). Analyst consensus counts each covering institution once, at its most recent rating. Not a recommendation. Quant Rating method: Data & Methodology.