Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. CIENA Corp shares valued at $1,185,555 were purchased by Bruce Claflin on Sep 24 ’25. At $140.12 per share, Bruce Claflin acquired 8,461 shares.
Also, Rothenstein David M sold 2,500 shares, netting a total of over 330,000 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $132.00 each, the insider now holds 190,628 shares.
Before that, Gage Brodie had sold 350 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $46,200, the SVP Global Products & Supply traded CIENA Corp shares for $132.00 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 350 shares, worth approximately $5.94 million.
As published in a research note from Needham on September 05, 2025, CIENA Corp [CIEN] has been retained to a Buy and the price target has been revised to $130. Analysts at B. Riley Securities downgraded the stock from ‘”a Buy”‘ to ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in early September. As of July 08, 2025, Morgan Stanley has decreased its “an Equal-weight” rating to a “an Underweight” for CIEN. Earlier on March 12, 2025, Northland Capital upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Outperform” for CIEN stock which previously was a “a Market perform”.
Analyzing CIEN Stock Performance
On last trading session, CIENA Corp [NYSE: CIEN] plunged -0.76% to $138.42. The stock’s lowest price that day was $136.0401, but it reached a high of $140.205 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.50%. Over the course of the year, CIENA Corp shares have jumped approximately 135.69%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $141.43 on 09/23/25 and a 52-week low of $49.21 on 04/04/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for CIENA Corp (CIEN)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 136.24, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 134.06. In the upper region, resistance lies at 140.40. The next price resistance is at 142.39. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 81.14 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment.
Is CIENA Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of CIENA Corp saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-08-29 dropping by -0.98 million shares to 4.76 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-31 was 5.74 million shares. A decline of -20.69% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.76 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.76.
Which companies own the most shares of CIENA Corp (CIEN)?
In terms of CIENA Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 110 in the next 12 months, down nearly -21.14% from the previous closing price of $139.48. Analysts anticipate CIENA Corp stock to reach 120 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 100. In spite of this, 21 analysts ranked CIENA Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On January 28, 2025, JP Morgan assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $88.
