Ciena Corp.

  • Market Cap: Large Cap
  • Industry: Telecom - Equipment & Accessories
  • ISIN: US1717793095
USD
428.22
-8.5 (-1.95%)
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

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Quality
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Financial
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Why is Ciena Corp. ?

1
Company has a low Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at USD 591.97 MM
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -0.97% (YoY)
  • DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Lowest at 9.36 %
2
With ROCE of 6.94%, it has a very expensive valuation with a 3.44 Enterprise value to Capital Employed
  • The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 231.06%, its profits have fallen by -38%
3
High Institutional Holdings at 100%
  • These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
4
Company is among the highest 1% of companies rated by MarketsMojo across all 4,000 stocks
5
Market Beating performance in long term as well as near term
  • Along with generating 231.06% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has outperformed S&P 500 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
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Verdict Report

How much should you buy?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Ciena Corp. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Telecom - Equipment & Accessories should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Telecom - Equipment & Accessories)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Ciena Corp. for you?

High Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Ciena Corp.
480.09%
7.18
59.71%
S&P 500
25.41%
0.70
20.15%
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
8.57%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-4.22%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
6.64
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.55
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.11
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.00
Tax Ratio
35.64%
Dividend Payout Ratio
0
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
11.87%
ROE (avg)
8.47%
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Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
166
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
20.34
EV to EBIT
135.88
EV to EBITDA
99.98
EV to Capital Employed
18.72
EV to Sales
11.13
PEG Ratio
0.81
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
13.78%
ROE (Latest)
12.22%
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Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bullish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Bullish
Dow Theory
No Trend
Bullish
OBV
Mildly Bullish
Bullish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
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Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

43What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 1,032.76 MM

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

The company hardly has any interest cost

ROCE(HY)

Highest at 15.46%

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 3.94 times

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at USD 1,570.74 MM

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 283.89 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Highest at 18.07 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 231.64 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 218.77 MM

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -11.45% (YoY

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 4.85 times

EPS(Q)

Highest at USD 1.49

0What is not working for the Company
NO KEY NEGATIVE TRIGGERS

Here's what is working for Ciena Corp.

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 1,032.76 MM and Grown
In each year in the last three years
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The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Net Sales
Highest at USD 1,570.74 MM and Grown
In each period in the last five periods
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Near term sales trend is very positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

Operating Profit
Highest at USD 283.89 MM and Grown
In each period in the last five periods
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Near term Operating Profit trend is quite positive

Operating Profit (USD MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Highest at 18.07 % and Grown
In each period in the last five periods
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Company's profit margin has improved

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit
Highest at USD 231.64 MM and Grown
In each period in the last five periods
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Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Pre-Tax Profit
At USD 231.64 MM has Grown at 142.42%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 95.56 MM
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Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
Highest at USD 218.77 MM and Grown
In each period in the last five periods
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Near term Net Profit trend is very positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
At USD 218.77 MM has Grown at 156.38%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 85.33 MM
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Near term Net Profit trend is very positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Highest at 3.94 times and Grown
In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods
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Company has been able to sell its inventory faster

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Net Sales
At USD 1,570.74 MM has Grown at 22.61%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 1,281.07 MM
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Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

EPS
Highest at USD 1.49
in the last five periods
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Increasing profitability; company has created higher earnings for shareholders

EPS (USD)

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Highest at 4.85 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
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Company has been able to sell its Debtors faster

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -11.45% (YoY)
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The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Depreciation
Highest at USD 45.21 MM
in the last five periods
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The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (USD MM)