Compare · CIEN vs IQST
CIEN vs IQST
Side-by-side comparison of Ciena Corporation (CIEN) and iQSTEL Inc. (IQST): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- CIEN operates in Utilities, while IQST operates in Telecommunications - the two are in different parts of the market.
- CIEN is the larger of the two at $39.78B, about 4991.1x IQST ($8.0M).
- IQST has been more active in the news (5 items in the past 4 weeks vs 3 for CIEN).
- CIEN has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 0 for IQST).
- Company
- Ciena Corporation
- iQSTEL Inc.
- Price
- -
- -
- Market cap
- $39.78B
- $8.0M
- 1M return
- -21.30%
- -
- 1Y return
- +46.31%
- -
- Industry
- Telecommunications Equipment
- Telecommunications Equipment
- Exchange
- NYSE
- NASDAQ
- IPO
- 1997
- News (4w)
- 3
- 5
- Recent ratings
- 25
- 0
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.
Latest CIEN
- Ciena Announces Reporting Date and Web Broadcast for Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2026 Results
- President & CEO Smith Gary B sold $880,155 worth of shares (2,952 units at $298.16) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 1% to 222,503 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP & Chief Financial Officer Graff Marc D. covered exercise/tax liability with 3,759 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 4% to 103,377 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP & Chief Product & Tech Gage Brodie sold $412,896 worth of shares (1,200 units at $344.08) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan (SEC Form 4)
- EVP & Chief R&D Officer Diperna Dino sold $308,866 worth of shares (890 units at $347.04) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan (SEC Form 4)
- President & CEO Smith Gary B sold $1,027,356 worth of shares (2,952 units at $348.02) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan (SEC Form 4)
- EVP & Chief Strategy Officer Rothenstein David M sold $870,157 worth of shares (2,500 units at $348.06) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan (SEC Form 4)
- President & CEO Smith Gary B sold $1,091,238 worth of shares (2,952 units at $369.66) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan (SEC Form 4)
- Ciena Appoints Monika Fahlbusch as Chief People Officer
- EVP & Chief Financial Officer Graff Marc D. sold $34,453 worth of shares (97 units at $355.19) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan (SEC Form 4)
Latest IQST
- IQST - IQSTEL Digital Advances Microdrama Commercialization as First Mobile Operator Approves Platform Integration, Targeting Q1 2027 Launch
- IQST - IQSTEL Reports Preliminary Q3 2026 Revenue of $106.0 Million; Nine-Month Revenue Up 35% Organically to $314.0 Million
- iQSTEL (NASDAQ: IQST) Executives Discuss Path to $1 Billion Revenue, Ultranet Acquisition, and High-Margin Digital Services Expansion in Exclusive Interview
- SEC Form 8-K filed by iQSTEL Inc.
- IQST - IQSTEL Closes Two-Year Non-Convertible Financing for Ultranet, a Profitable $131 Million-Revenue West African Telecom Platform Expected to Make IQSTEL Cash-Flow Positive on a Consolidated Basis
- IQST - IQSTEL Advances Microdrama Commercialization with Outreach to Seven Mobile Operators Serving Approximately 93 Million Subscribers
- IQST -- IQSTEL Announces Edison Initiation of Coverage with $6 Per Share Valuation, Forecasting Positive Adjusted EBITDA and Free Cash Flow
- Edison Issues Report on iQSTEL (IQST)
- iQSTEL Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- IQST - IQSTEL Reaches $450 Million Annualized Revenue Run Rate Based on $37.5 Million in July Net Revenue