Ciena (CIEN) on Thursday reported fiscal first-quarter profit and revenue that topped consensus estimates. Revenue guidance for Ciena stock came in below expectations.
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For the quarter ending Jan. 31, Ciena earnings rose 3% to 66 cents a share on an adjusted basis. Revenue fell nearly 2% to$1.04 billion.
A year earlier, the Hannover, Md.-based maker of optical communications gear, earned 64 cents a share on sales of $1.057 billion. Analysts expected Ciena earnings of 48 cents on sales of $1.02 billion.
Ciena’s fiber optics gear is built into telecom networks and hyperscale data centers operated by internet giants. Telecom customers have been ordering less network gear.
Ciena Stock: Guidance Misses
For fiscal Q2, Ciena forecast revenue of $890 million at the mid-point of guidance, missing estimates of $1.097 billion.
On the stock market today, Ciena stock fell 11.2% to near 55.
Short interest had climbed ahead of the Ciena earnings report. Short sellers borrow shares and sell them in the expectation of a price drop, after which they buy them back at a lower price, return them to the lender, and pocket the difference.
Shares had climbed 36% in 2024 prior to the Ciena earnings report.
Heading into the Ciena earnings report, the company owned a Relative Strength Rating of 90 out of a best-possible 99, according to IBD Stock Checkup.
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