CIENA CORP

(CIEN)

CIK 936395 · SEC filings only

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1 resolved promise

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Open promises (3)

Open · buyback authorization

allows us to repurchase up to $300 million of Ciena common stock through the end of fiscal 2020

unresolved — no outcome on file$300.0Mreceipt
Open · buyback authorization

Ciena may purchase shares at management's discretion in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions, in transactions structured through investment banking institutions, or a combination of the foregoing

unresolved — no outcome on filereceipt
Open · buyback authorization

are currently targeting repurchases in the range of $150 million during fiscal 2021

unresolved — no outcome on file$150.0Mreceipt

Credibility timeline

PARTIAL · Mar 7, 2024
20242024
Timeline as a list
  • Mar 7, 2024PARTIALCiena's Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $1.0 billion of the Company's stock
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Guidance shown, not graded (1)

These are non-GAAP forecasts. There is no comparable GAAP figure in SEC XBRL to check them against, so we show what was said — with its source filing — but never score it.

  1. eps guidance fy · Dec 12, 2019
    driving sustained EPS growth in 2020
    Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗

Open promises (12) · 5 superseded

Open · revenue guidance fy

we expect to continue to grow revenue faster than the market and take share

no set deadlinereceipt
Open · revenue guidance q

we are positioned for accelerated revenue growth

no set deadlinereceipt
Open · revenue guidance q

we expect to deliver sequential revenue growth in our fiscal third quarter

no set deadlinereceipt
Open · revenue guidance q

we expect our fiscal fourth quarter revenue will be roughly flat with our fiscal third quarter level

unresolved — no outcome on filereceipt
Open · revenue guidance q

we anticipate that our fiscal third quarter revenue will be in the range of $375 million to $400 million

unresolved — no outcome on filereceipt
Open · revenue guidance q

We expect fiscal first quarter 2011 revenue to be in the range of $410 million to $430 million

unresolved — no outcome on filereceipt
Open · revenue guidance q

We expect fiscal third quarter 2011 revenue to be in the range of $435 million to $455 million

unresolved — no outcome on filereceipt
Open · revenue guidance q

Revenue in the range of $615 million to $645 million

unresolved — no outcome on filereceipt
Open · revenue guidance fy

achieve the strong revenue growth we expect for the fiscal year

unresolved — no outcome on filereceipt
Open · revenue guidance fy

we expect to deliver outsized revenue growth in fiscal 2023

unresolved — no outcome on filereceipt
Open · revenue guidance q

Revenue of $1.625B billion plus or minus $50 million

resolves in ~107 daysreceipt
Open · revenue guidance fy

Revenue of $6.3 billion plus or minus $100 million

resolves in ~198 daysreceipt
Superseded · revenue guidance q

we believe will drive growth and market share gains going forward

revised by a later guidancereceipt
Superseded · revenue guidance fy

Revenue in the range of $5.9 billion to $6.3 billion

revised by a later guidancereceipt
Superseded · revenue guidance q

we will deliver our expected strong second half performance

revised by a later guidancereceipt
Superseded · revenue guidance fy

we continue to expect to achieve our revenue guidance of 11% to 13% annual growth for fiscal 2022

revised by a later guidancereceipt
Superseded · revenue guidance fy

Revenue in the range of $5.7 billion to $6.1 billion

revised by a later guidancereceipt

Credibility timeline

KEPT · Mar 9, 2022BEAT · Dec 12, 2025KEPT · Mar 5, 2026BEAT · Jun 4, 2026
20222026
Timeline as a list
  • Mar 9, 2022KEPTrevenue is now expected to be in the range of $840 to $850 million
  • Dec 12, 2025BEATRevenue in the range of $1.24 billion to $1.32 billion
  • Mar 5, 2026KEPTRevenue in the range of $1.35 billion to $1.43 billion
  • Jun 4, 2026BEATRevenue in the range of $1.5 billion plus or minus $50 million
4 resolved guidance promises · 1dropped (couldn't be resolved on a consistent basis) · resolver resolver-v3 · score score-v1. Every verdict links to its source filing. Full methodology →