CIENA Corp’s recent filing unveils that its SVP Global Sales and Marketing Phipps Jason unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.28 million on Oct 01 ’25. In the deal valued at $143.42 per share,1,984 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Phipps Jason now holds 80,244 shares worth roughly $19.28 million.
Then, NEVENS THOMAS MICHAEL sold 8,554 shares, generating $1,921,742 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $224.66, the Director now owns 9,422 shares.
Before that, Gage Brodie sold 550 shares. CIENA Corp shares valued at $121,462 were divested by the SVP Global Products & Supply at a price of $220.84 per share. As a result of the transaction, Gage Brodie now holds 39,992 shares, worth roughly $9.61 million.
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 1.50% to $240.29. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 14.51%. CIENA Corp shares have risen nearly 180.09% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 183.33% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $248.00 was reached on 12/11/25, a 52-week low of $49.21 was recorded on 04/04/25.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For CIEN Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 235.69, which if violated will result in even more drops to 231.10. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 243.94. A further resistance level may holdings at 247.60.
How much short interest is there in CIENA Corp?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in CIENA Corp stocks on 2025-11-28, growing by 2.31 million shares to a total of 6.41 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-10-31 was 4.1 million shares. There was a rise of 36.02%, 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.
