Compare · CIEN vs NXPL
CIEN vs NXPL
Side-by-side comparison of Ciena Corporation (CIEN) and NextPlat Corp (NXPL): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- CIEN operates in Utilities, while NXPL operates in Telecommunications - the two are in different parts of the market.
- CIEN is the larger of the two at $53.00B, about 3367.9x NXPL ($15.7M).
- Over the past year, CIEN is up 338.0% and NXPL is down 22.6% - CIEN leads by 360.5 points.
- CIEN has been more active in the news (10 items in the past 4 weeks vs 5 for NXPL).
- CIEN has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 0 for NXPL).
- Company
- Ciena Corporation
- NextPlat Corp
- Price
- $374.32-3.71%
- $6.16-10.15%
- Market cap
- $53.00B
- $15.7M
- 1M return
- -13.08%
- +2.41%
- 1Y return
- +337.95%
- -22.58%
- Industry
- Telecommunications Equipment
- Telecommunications Equipment
- Exchange
- NYSE
- NASDAQ
- IPO
- 1997
- News (4w)
- 10
- 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.
NextPlat Corp
NextPlat Corp, together with its subsidiaries, provides mobile satellite services (MSS) solutions for satellite-enabled voice, data, personnel and asset tracking, machine-to-machine, and Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity services in the United States and internationally. It offers satellite communications products, which enable users to make voice calls, send and receive text messages and emails, and transmit GPS location coordinates virtually; GPS enabled emergency locator distress beacons that enables essential communication between customers, and search and rescue organizations during emergency situations and pinpoint locational information to search and rescue services; and SolarTrack, an IoT tracking device powered by the sun for tracking and monitoring anything that moves or remote asset used outdoors. The company also offers GTCTrack, a subscription-based mapping and tracking portal that allows managers to track, command, and control assets in near-real-time. The company provides its solutions for businesses, governments, military, humanitarian organizations, and individual users. It offers its products and services directly to end users and reseller networks; operates e-commerce websites that offer a range of MSS products and solutions; and offers portable satellite voice, data, and tracking solutions through various third-party e-commerce storefronts. The company was formerly known as Orbsat Corp. and changed its name to NextPlat Corp in January 2022. NextPlat Corp is headquartered in Coconut Grove, Florida.
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 NXPL
- NextPlat Corp filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- NextPlat to Acquire Pensacola-Area Pharmacy, Expanding Florida Footprint and Adding Approximately $5.6 Million in Profitable Annual Revenue
- Director Barreto Rodney was granted 1,886 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.40% to 471,795 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Armas Anthony was granted 943 shares (SEC Form 4)
- Director Ellenoff Douglas was granted 1,886 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.99% to 192,386 units (SEC Form 4)
- NextPlat Corp filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- SEC Form 424B3 filed by NextPlat Corp
- SEC Form EFFECT filed by NextPlat Corp
- NextPlat Corp filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- NextPlat Reports $9.9 Million in Revenue for Q1 2026 with Record Quarterly Consolidated Gross Margins of 35%