CIENA CORP
(CIEN)CIK 936395 · SEC filings only
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Sector median (Manufacturing): B across 8 graded companies
Not enough resolved promises to grade
1 of the 4 resolved buyback promises needed to publish a reliability grade. Here's what we're tracking — we never show a grade we can't back with receipts.
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allows us to repurchase up to $300 million of Ciena common stock through the end of fiscal 2020
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
are currently targeting repurchases in the range of $150 million during fiscal 2021
Credibility timeline
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- 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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Sector median (Manufacturing): A across 27 graded companies
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0 of 8 guidance figures that were graded or dropped for basis could not be graded on the same basis (0%). Guidance marked “not judged” is in neither number.
| Guidance type | Said | Graded | Dropped | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue · basis not stated | 23 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| EPS · basis not statedcannot be graded | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Said counts every revenue and EPS guidance figure on record. Dropped counts figures whose period was reported but which have no comparable GAAP actual in SEC XBRL. Other covers open, superseded, withdrawn and otherwise unresolved figures. The coverage note below counts every figure shown but not graded, including figures whose period has not been reported, so it can be larger.
Guidance shown, not graded (3)
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- revenue guidance q · Feb 15, 2022revenue is now expected to be in the range of $840 to $850 millionNot judged — this statement was filed after the period it is stored under had ended, so it is not guidance for that period.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Dec 12, 2019driving sustained EPS growth in 2020Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- revenue guidance q · Dec 9, 2010we expect to deliver sequential revenue growth in our fiscal third quarterNot judged — the company guided on a basis or for a measure that the reported figure we hold does not match.Filing ↗
Open promises (7) · 6 superseded
we expect to continue to grow revenue faster than the market and take share
we are positioned for accelerated revenue growth
we expect our fiscal fourth quarter revenue will be roughly flat with our fiscal third quarter level
achieve the strong revenue growth we expect for the fiscal year
we expect to deliver outsized revenue growth in fiscal 2023
Revenue of $1.75B billion plus or minus $50 million
Raising revenue guidance for fiscal year 2026 to $6.42 billion plus or minus $50 million
Revenue of $6.3 billion plus or minus $100 million
we believe will drive growth and market share gains going forward
Revenue in the range of $5.9 billion to $6.3 billion
we will deliver our expected strong second half performance
we continue to expect to achieve our revenue guidance of 11% to 13% annual growth for fiscal 2022
Revenue in the range of $5.7 billion to $6.1 billion
Credibility timeline
Timeline as a list
- Sep 8, 2010IN LINEwe anticipate that our fiscal third quarter revenue will be in the range of $375 million to $400 million
- Mar 10, 2011ABOVEWe expect fiscal first quarter 2011 revenue to be in the range of $410 million to $430 million
- Sep 8, 2011IN LINEWe expect fiscal third quarter 2011 revenue to be in the range of $435 million to $455 million
- Mar 8, 2017IN LINERevenue in the range of $615 million to $645 million
- Dec 12, 2025ABOVERevenue in the range of $1.24 billion to $1.32 billion
- Mar 5, 2026IN LINERevenue in the range of $1.35 billion to $1.43 billion
- Jun 4, 2026ABOVERevenue in the range of $1.5 billion plus or minus $50 million
- Sep 3, 2026IN LINERevenue of $1.625B billion plus or minus $50 million