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CIEN vs CLFD
Side-by-side comparison of Ciena Corporation (CIEN) and Clearfield Inc. (CLFD): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both CIEN and CLFD operate in Telecommunications Equipment (Utilities), so they compete in similar markets.
- CIEN is the larger of the two at $53.00B, about 127.3x CLFD ($416.4M).
- Over the past year, CIEN is up 338.0% and CLFD is down 28.9% - CIEN leads by 366.9 points.
- CIEN has been more active in the news (10 items in the past 4 weeks vs 5 for CLFD).
- CIEN has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 11 for CLFD).
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.
Clearfield Inc.
Clearfield, Inc. manufactures, markets, and sells standard and custom passive connectivity products to the fiber-to-the-premises, enterprises, and original equipment manufacturers markets in the United States and internationally. The company offers FieldSmart, a series of panels, cabinets, wall boxes, and other enclosures. It also provides WaveSmart, which are optical components integrated for signal coupling, splitting, termination, multiplexing, demultiplexing, and attenuation for integration within its fiber management platform; and outdoor cabinet and fiber active cabinet products. In addition, the company offers StreetSmart, a portfolio of fiber management products; FieldShield, a fiber pathway and protection method for reducing the cost of broadband deployment; and YOURx platform that consists of hardened terminals, test access points, and various drop cable options for portions of the access network across various fiber drop cable media. Further, it provides CraftSmart, a line of optical protection field enclosures, including CraftSmart Fiber Protection Pedestals and CraftSmart Fiber Protection Vaults integrated solutions optimized to house FieldSmart products at the last mile access point of the network in above-grade or below-grade installations. Additionally, the company offers fiber and copper assemblies with an industry-standard or customer-specified configuration; and designs and manufactures custom solutions for in-the-box and network connectivity assemblies specific to that customer's product line. It provides its fiber to anywhere platform for various incumbent local exchange carriers, competitive local exchange carriers, wireless operators, and MSO/cable TV companies, as well as the utility/municipality, enterprise, and data center markets. The company was formerly known as APA Enterprises, Inc. and changed its name to Clearfield, Inc. in January 2008. Clearfield, Inc. was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Latest CIEN
- President, CEO Smith Gary B sold $1,243,098 worth of shares (2,952 units at $421.10) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 1% to 251,934 units (SEC Form 4)
- SVP and Chief Strategy Officer Rothenstein David M sold $1,052,284 worth of shares (2,500 units at $420.91) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 1% to 182,731 units (SEC Form 4)
- SVP Global Products & Supply Gage Brodie sold $538,980 worth of shares (1,200 units at $449.15) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 3% to 39,607 units (SEC Form 4)
- SVP Global R&D Diperna Dino sold $351,235 worth of shares (782 units at $449.15) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 2% to 39,624 units (SEC Form 4)
- SVP and General Counsel Kosaraju Sheela sold $938,461 worth of shares (2,013 units at $466.20) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 2% to 88,081 units (SEC Form 4)
- SVP & Chief Financial Officer Graff Marc D. sold $58,741 worth of shares (126 units at $466.20) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 0.10% to 126,955 units (SEC Form 4)
- SVP Global Sales and Marketing Phipps Jason sold $1,225,640 worth of shares (2,629 units at $466.20) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 4% to 62,382 units (SEC Form 4)
- President, CEO Smith Gary B sold $1,383,972 worth of shares (2,952 units at $468.83) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 1% to 254,886 units (SEC Form 4)
- Tradr Introduces Leveraged ETFs on Ciena, Quantinuum, Rambus, Tower Semiconductor and TTM Technologies
- SVP, General Mgr. Blue Planet Cumello Joseph sold $739,599 worth of shares (1,586 units at $466.33) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 4% to 42,872 units (SEC Form 4)
Latest CLFD
- Chief Executive Officer Beranek Cheryl sold $71,227 worth of shares (1,778 units at $40.06) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 0.36% to 492,973 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Financial Officer Herzog Daniel R was granted 752 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.88% to 85,834 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Commercial Officer Khemakhem Anis was granted 158 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.63% to 25,284 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Operating Officer Hill John P was granted 459 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.24% to 192,674 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Executive Officer Beranek Cheryl was granted 210 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.04% to 494,751 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Commercial Officer Khemakhem Anis sold $67,192 worth of shares (1,684 units at $39.90), decreasing direct ownership by 6% to 25,126 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Executive Officer Beranek Cheryl sold $351,900 worth of shares (7,500 units at $46.92) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 1% to 494,541 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Executive Officer Beranek Cheryl sold $125,000 worth of shares (2,500 units at $50.00) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 0.50% to 502,041 units (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form SD filed by Clearfield Inc.
- Clearfield Joins VoltServer's Solution Partner Program to Advance Digital Electricity® Adoption