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CIEN gains from rising network traffic, demand for bandwidth and the adoption of cloud architecture but competition, supply chain issues and higher costs limit its upside.

CIEN's WaveLogic 6 Extreme is used by Southern Cross to reach the world's first transpacific 1 Tb/s single-carrier wavelength on its live production network.

Northland analyst Tim Savageaux "once again" makes Nokia (NOK) a top pick in the firm's Communications Tech universe for 2025 after "a respectable 30%+ return in CY24," the analyst tells investors. Cloud providers accounted for over 40% of Infinera (INFN) revenue in Q3, which was a greater share than Ciena's (CIEN), notes the analyst, who sees Nokia's post deal $3.5B Optical unit valued at over $10B on a comparable basis. The firm. which sees the potential for "a significant positive rerating of the shares" in 2025, maintains an Outperform rating and $6.50 price target on Nokia. Nokia +0.07 (+1.54%) Infinera +0.035 (+0.53%) Ciena -2.64 (-3.12%)

HANOVER, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ciena® Corporation (NYSE: CIEN) today announced its expected participation in the following upcoming event with the financial community.

The demand for faster connectivity in data centers has been increasing of late to support artificial intelligence (AI) workloads, and this demand has rubbed off positively on companies such as Ciena (CIEN 0.44%) that are in the business of providing networking components.

Just as stocks can gap and crap on an earnings report, meaning the price initially gaps higher on the market open and sells off back to red during the day, stocks can also do the opposite, dump, and gap. Such was the case with leading optical networking solutions provider Ciena Co. NYSE: CIEN after releasing its fiscal fourth quarter 2024 earnings.

Explore how Ciena's (CIEN) revenue from international markets is changing and the resulting impact on Wall Street's predictions and the stock's prospects.

I downgrade CIEN from buy to hold due to its expensive valuation, trading at 35x forward PE, well above its historical trend of 13-20x. CIEN's recent earnings showed strong revenue but missed EPS estimates due to an outsized inventory obsolescence charge; adjusted EPS beat consensus. Growth drivers include rising AI traffic, MOFN projects, and recovering service provider demand, supporting management's upgraded 8-11% mid-term growth guidance.

Ciena Corporation has shown impressive growth, with a nearly 100% YTD return and a strong annualized ROR of 15.12% since 2015. Ciena's advanced tech, like the WaveLogic 6 Extreme, addresses growing bandwidth demands, but profitability pressures and inventory management challenges persist. Long-term growth prospects in cloud and AI are promising, but the stock's current high price leaves little room for error.

Ciena Corp. (CIEN) is up more than 20% on the week, and a company that George Tsilis is keeping a close eye on during the A.I. boom. He talks about how the legacy hardware and software player has gained attention over the last week and what it needs to gather future momentum.