In a filing, CIENA Corp revealed its SVP and General Counsel Kosaraju Sheela unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.25 million on Oct 01 ’25. In the deal valued at $143.42 per share,1,747 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Kosaraju Sheela now holds 84,661 shares worth roughly $13.95 million.
Then, SMITH GARY B sold 6,800 shares, generating $1,019,160 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $149.88, the President, CEO now owns 282,070 shares.
Before that, SHEELA KOSARAJU bought 1,747 shares. CIENA Corp shares valued at $250,555 were divested by the Officer at a price of $143.42 per share.
BNP Paribas Exane upgraded its CIENA Corp [CIEN] rating to an Outperform from a a Neutral 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 early October from “an Underweight” to “an Equal-weight”. Rosenblatt also remained covering CIEN and has increased its forecast on September 26, 2025 with a “Buy” recommendation from previously “Neutral” rating. Needham maintained its rating on September 05, 2025. It rated CIEN as “a Buy”.
Price Performance Review of CIEN
On Tuesday, CIENA Corp [NYSE:CIEN] saw its stock jump 0.02% to $164.82. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 8.81%. CIENA Corp shares have risen nearly 140.61% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 94.34% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in CIENA Corp?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in CIENA Corp stocks on 2025-09-30, growing by 92897.0 shares to a total of 4.85 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-08-29 was 4.76 million shares. There was a rise of 1.91%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
