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CIENA Corp. (CIEN) gets rating Downgrade from BofA Securities

CIENA Corp.’s recent filing unveils that its SVP and Chief Strategy Officer Rothenstein David M unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.18 million on Aug 15 ’24. In the deal valued at $52.42 per share,3,500 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Rothenstein David M now holds 208,921 shares worth roughly $11.74 million.

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Then, Cumello Joseph sold 1,289 shares, generating $67,569 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $52.42, the SVP, General Mgr. Blue Planet now owns 44,685 shares.

Before that, SCOTT MCFEELY bought 2,500 shares. CIENA Corp. shares valued at $131,050 were divested by the Officer at a price of $52.42 per share.

BofA Securities downgraded its CIENA Corp. [CIEN] rating to a Neutral from a a Buy in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Morgan Stanley’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in mid June from “an Equal-weight” to “an Overweight”. Raymond James also remained covering CIEN and has decreased its forecast on June 06, 2024 with a “an Outperform” recommendation from previously “Strong buy” rating. Rosenblatt revised its rating on May 30, 2024. It rated CIEN as “a Neutral” which previously was an “a Buy”.

Price Performance Review of CIEN

On Friday, CIENA Corp. [NYSE:CIEN] saw its stock jump 3.01% to $56.17. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 9.79%. CIENA Corp. shares have risen nearly 24.79% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 15.48% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $63.24 was reached on 03/04/24, a 52-week low of $39.94 was recorded on 04/22/24. SMA at 50 days reached $51.50, while 200 days put it at $49.77.

Levels Of Support And Resistance For CIEN Stock

The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 55.30, which if violated will result in even more drops to 54.43. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 56.62. A further resistance level may holdings at 57.07. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 60.49, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -0.14, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been low at 35.82%. Stochastics %K at 46.64% indicates the stock is a holding.

How much short interest is there in CIENA Corp.?

A steep rise in short interest was recorded in CIENA Corp. stocks on 2024-08-30, growing by 1.34 million shares to a total of 5.75 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2024-07-31 was 4.41 million shares. There was a rise of 23.35%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.

The most recent change occurred on April 12, 2024 when Citigroup began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Sell”‘ rating along with a $44 price target.

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