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Ciena’s long term fair value is now framed at about US$237.13 per share, with analysts keeping the revenue growth outlook around 18.03% and only making a very small tweak to the discount rate used in their models. This reflects a view that hyperscale and AI related optical demand, along with broader IT hardware and networking investment, can still support the company’s long run earnings potential even as some analysts grow more cautious after a very large move in the share price. Stay tuned as we walk through how to monitor these kinds of price target and fair value updates so you can keep on top of the changing narrative around Ciena.
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🐂 Bullish Takeaways
Evercore ISI analyst Amit Daryanani lifted Ciena’s price target to US$200 from US$120 while keeping an In Line rating, linking the higher fair value to strong infrastructure spending across IT hardware and networking.
Bullish commentary centers on hyperscale and AI related optical demand, with Evercore ISI flagging these trends as key supports for Ciena’s growth prospects and potential for solid reported results.
Where analysts are constructive, they tend to emphasize execution against large infrastructure opportunities and the company’s exposure to AI driven networking needs, while still keeping an eye on risks such as rising memory prices.
🐻 Bearish Takeaways
BofA shifted Ciena to a Neutral rating after what it described as a 200% advance in the shares. This move reflects concern that a lot of optimism may already be embedded in the stock price.
The more cautious voices focus on valuation and the possibility that upside tied to AI and hyperscale demand could be largely priced in. This makes near term setbacks more sensitive for the stock.
Taken together, the mix of a higher US$200 target from Evercore ISI and the Neutral stance from BofA highlights a gap between confidence in Ciena’s growth exposure and reservations about how much investors are currently paying for that growth.
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Telekom Srbija Group and subsidiary Mtel are rolling out Ciena’s 6500 Packet Optic Platform with WaveLogic 5 Extreme coherent transceivers on a new 150 km fiber route between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, targeting regional traffic growth and future capacity related to hyperscaler demand and 5G rollout.
Trans Pacific Networks is using Ciena optical solutions on its Echo and Tabua subsea cables across Asia Pacific to support high speed, low latency connectivity and terabit wavelength services, with Pioneering Consulting handling route engineering and project execution.
Ciena issued earnings guidance for fiscal 2026, with expected revenue of US$1.35b to US$1.43b for the first quarter and US$5.7b to US$6.1b for the full year.
Constl in India completed a live trial of Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme solution, reaching a 1 Tbps line rate on a single optical channel over the 1,450 km Mumbai to Chennai route. This doubled wavelength capacity compared with its prior WaveLogic 5 Extreme deployment and is intended to help reduce cost per bit and power consumption.
Fair Value: Held steady at about US$237.13 per share, with no change in the long term fair value estimate.
Discount Rate: Adjusted slightly from 8.17% to about 8.18%, reflecting a very small change in the risk assumption used in the model.
Revenue Growth: Kept effectively unchanged at about 18.03%, indicating no reset to the long term top line growth assumption.
Net Profit Margin: Left essentially flat at about 12.18%, with only a negligible numerical adjustment.
Future P/E: Tweaked marginally from about 43.03x to about 43.04x, keeping the long run valuation multiple assumption almost the same.
Narratives on Simply Wall St are short, clear stories that connect your view on a company with the numbers, linking business drivers to forecasts for revenue, earnings and margins, and then to a fair value. They sit in the Community page used by millions of investors and help you compare Fair Value to the current price in real time, with the story automatically refreshed when news, earnings, or guidance change.
Head over to the Simply Wall St Community and follow the Narrative on Ciena to stay on top of the evolving AI optical story:
How cloud and AI networking demand shapes Ciena’s addressable market and long term revenue potential.
What analyst assumptions on earnings, margins, and P/E imply for fair value versus today’s share price.
Which risks, from customer concentration to tech shifts, could challenge the current thesis on Ciena.
Read the full Ciena Narrative on Simply Wall St to see how the story, forecasts, and fair value move together as new information comes through.
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