In a filing, CIENA Corp revealed its President, CEO SMITH GARY B unloaded Company’s shares for reported $19.17 million on Jan 05 ’26. In the deal valued at $229.44 per share,83,552 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, SMITH GARY B now holds 307,885 shares worth roughly $78.26 million.
Then, Kosaraju Sheela sold 1,748 shares, generating $421,268 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $241.00, the SVP and General Counsel now owns 96,513 shares.
Before that, Gary B. Smith bought 101,305 shares. CIENA Corp shares valued at $23,391,324 were divested by the Officer at a price of $230.90 per share.
Northland Capital downgraded its CIENA Corp [CIEN] rating to a Market perform from a an Outperform in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including BNP Paribas Exane’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in mid October from “a Neutral” to “an Outperform”. Morgan Stanley also remained covering CIEN and has increased its forecast on October 10, 2025 with a “an Equal-weight” recommendation from previously “an Underweight” rating. Rosenblatt revised its rating on September 26, 2025. It rated CIEN as “a Buy” which previously was an “a Neutral”.
Price Performance Review of CIEN
On Tuesday, CIENA Corp [NYSE:CIEN] saw its stock jump 10.09% to $254.19. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 6.36%. CIENA Corp shares have risen nearly 205.37% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 8.69% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $252.60 was reached on 01/06/26, a 52-week low of $49.21 was recorded on 01/06/26.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For CIEN Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 231.94, which if violated will result in even more drops to 209.68. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 265.63. A further resistance level may holdings at 277.07.
How much short interest is there in CIENA Corp?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in CIENA Corp stocks on 2025-12-15, growing by 1.47 million shares to a total of 7.31 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-11-14 was 5.84 million shares. There was a rise of 20.14%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on September 05, 2025 when Needham resumed its ‘”a Buy”‘ rating for the stock and retained the price target to $130.
