In a filing, CIENA Corp revealed its President, CEO SMITH GARY B unloaded Company’s shares for reported $1.59 million on Dec 22 ’25. In the deal valued at $233.46 per share,6,800 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, SMITH GARY B now holds 391,437 shares worth roughly $93.3 million.
Then, Phipps Jason sold 1,984 shares, generating $284,545 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $143.42, the SVP Global Sales and Marketing now owns 80,244 shares.
Before that, NEVENS THOMAS MICHAEL sold 8,554 shares. CIENA Corp shares valued at $1,921,742 were divested by the Director at a price of $224.66 per share. As a result of the transaction, NEVENS THOMAS MICHAEL now holds 9,422 shares, worth roughly $2.25 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 fall -0.27% to $238.36. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 0.68%. CIENA Corp shares have risen nearly 169.52% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 181.05% 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 236.63, which if violated will result in even more drops to 234.89. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 240.30. A further resistance level may holdings at 242.23.
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.
