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CIEN vs NTGR
Side-by-side comparison of Ciena Corporation (CIEN) and NETGEAR Inc. (NTGR): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both CIEN and NTGR operate in Telecommunications Equipment (Utilities), so they compete in similar markets.
- CIEN is the larger of the two at $54.87B, about 94.4x NTGR ($581.4M).
- Over the past year, CIEN is up 323.5% and NTGR is down 21.0% - CIEN leads by 344.4 points.
- CIEN has been more active in the news (12 items in the past 4 weeks vs 10 for NTGR).
- CIEN has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 10 for NTGR).
Ciena Corporation
Ciena Corporation provides network hardware, software, and services that support the transport, routing, switching, aggregation, service delivery, and management of video, data, and voice traffic on communications networks worldwide. The company's Networking Platforms segment offers hardware networking products and solutions that optimized for the convergence of coherent optical transport, optical transport network switching, and packet switching. Its products include 6500 Packet-Optical Platform, 5430 Reconfigurable Switching System, Waveserver stackable interconnect system, and the 6500 Reconfigurable line system, and the 5400 family of Packet-Optical platforms, as well as Z-Series Packet-Optical Platform; 3000 family of service delivery switches and service aggregation switches, and the 5000 family of service aggregation switches, as well as 8700 Packetwave Platform and the Ethernet packet configuration for the 5410 Service Aggregation Switch; and 6500 Packet Transport System. This segment also sells operating system software and enhanced software features embedded in each of its products. The company's Blue Planet Automation Software and Services segment provides multi-domain service orchestration, inventory, route optimization and analysis, network function virtualization orchestration, analytics, and related services. Its Platform Software and Service segment offers OneControl unified management system and platform software services, as well as manage, control, and plan software. The company's Global Services segment provides consulting and network design, installation and deployment, maintenance support, and training services. The company sells its products through direct and indirect sales channels to network operators. Ciena Corporation was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Hanover, Maryland.
NETGEAR Inc.
NETGEAR, Inc. designs, develops, and markets networking and Internet connected products for consumers, businesses, and service providers. It operates in two segments, Connected Home, and Small and Medium Business. The company offers smart home/connected home/broadband access products, such as broadband modems, WiFi gateways, WiFi hotspots, WiFi routers and home WiFi systems, WiFi range extenders, Powerline adapters and bridges, WiFi network adapters, and digital canvasses; and value added service offerings, including technical support, parental controls, and cybersecurity protection. It also provides Ethernet switches, wireless controllers and access points, unified storage products, and Internet security appliances for small and medium-sized businesses. The company markets and sells its products through traditional retailers, online retailers, wholesale distributors, direct market resellers, value-added resellers, and broadband service providers in the Americas, Europe, the Middle-East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. NETGEAR, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Latest CIEN
- Ciena upgraded by Northland Capital with a new price target
- SVP & Chief Financial Officer Graff Marc D. sold $2,151,435 worth of shares (4,995 units at $430.72) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 4% to 107,519 units (SEC Form 4)
- SVP and Chief Strategy Officer Rothenstein David M sold $1,095,250 worth of shares (2,500 units at $438.10) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 1% to 180,231 units (SEC Form 4)
- President, CEO Smith Gary B sold $1,321,840 worth of shares (2,952 units at $447.78) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 1% to 246,030 units (SEC Form 4)
- SVP Global Products & Supply Gage Brodie sold $527,088 worth of shares (1,200 units at $439.24) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 3% to 38,407 units (SEC Form 4)
- Amendment: SEC Form SCHEDULE 13G/A filed by Ciena Corporation
- Ciena Announces Reporting Date and Web Broadcast for Fiscal Third Quarter 2026 Results
- Roundhill Investments Launches First-Ever Neocloud ETF (NCLD) and Photonics & Optics ETF (LYTE)
- e& UAE Unveils Future-Ready DWDM Network Powered by Ciena’s High-Speed Connectivity Solutions
- SVP & Chief Financial Officer Graff Marc D. covered exercise/tax liability with 14,441 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 11% to 112,514 units (SEC Form 4)
Latest NTGR
- Amendment: SEC Form SCHEDULE 13G/A filed by NETGEAR Inc.
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by NETGEAR Inc.
- SEC Form 3 filed by new insider Murray Douglas Andrew
- Director Murray Douglas Andrew was granted 6,107 shares (SEC Form 4)
- NETGEAR Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Leadership Update, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- NETGEAR® Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results
- President & GM, NFB Badjate Pramod covered exercise/tax liability with 8,440 shares and sold $71,630 worth of shares (3,000 units at $23.88) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 7% to 154,073 units (SEC Form 4) to satisfy withholding tax
- Chief Executive Officer Prober Charles J. covered exercise/tax liability with 4,598 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 1% to 426,294 units (SEC Form 4) (for tax liability)
- Chief Financial Officer Murray Bryan covered exercise/tax liability with 9,107 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 4% to 223,206 units (SEC Form 4) (tax liability)
- Chief Financial Officer Murray Bryan was granted 9,461 shares, increasing direct ownership by 5% to 216,225 units (SEC Form 4)