The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. CIENA Corp shares valued at $559,150 were sold by SMITH GARY B on Jul 15 ’25. At $82.23 per share, SMITH GARY B sold 6,800 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 325,557 shares worth approximately $30.22 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Rothenstein David M sold 2,500 shares, netting a total of over 205,524 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $82.21 each, the insider now holds 195,628 shares.
Before that, DiPerna Dino had sold 734 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $60,606, the SVP Global R&D traded CIENA Corp shares for $82.57 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 734 shares, worth approximately $4.03 million.
As published in a research note from Morgan Stanley on July 08, 2025, CIENA Corp [CIEN] has been rated down from an Equal-weight to an Underweight and the price target has been revised to $70. Analysts at Northland Capital upgraded the stock from ‘”a Market perform”‘ to ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in mid March. As of January 28, 2025, JP Morgan has increased its “Neutral” rating to a “an Overweight” for CIEN. Earlier on December 13, 2024, BofA Securities upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for CIEN stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.
Analyzing CIEN Stock Performance
On last trading session, CIENA Corp [NYSE: CIEN] plunged -0.12% to $92.84. The stock’s lowest price that day was $92.785, but it reached a high of $95.51 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 6.48%. Over the course of the year, CIENA Corp shares have jumped approximately 85.20%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $101.44 on 01/24/25 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 91.91, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 90.99. In the upper region, resistance lies at 94.64. The next price resistance is at 96.44. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 77.13 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment.
Is CIENA Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of CIENA Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-07-15 jumping by 0.56 million shares to 5.43 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 4.87 million shares. A jump of 10.37% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.35 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 2.35.
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In terms of CIENA Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 100 in the next 12 months, up nearly 7.58% from the previous closing price of $92.95. Analysts anticipate CIENA Corp stock to reach 100 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 90. In spite of this, 21 analysts ranked CIENA Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On October 28, 2024, Morgan Stanley assigned a price target of “an Equal-weight” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $63.
