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Ciena (CIEN) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 5.14 (As of Jul. 17, 2025)


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What is Ciena Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-07-17), Ciena's current share price is $84.12. Ciena's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2025 was $16.38. Ciena's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 5.14.

The historical rank and industry rank for Ciena's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

CIEN' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.26   Med: 6.03   Max: 11.65
Current: 5.04

During the past years, Ciena's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 11.65. The lowest was 3.26. And the median was 6.03.

CIEN's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
82.29% of 1942 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.7 vs CIEN: 5.04

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Ciena's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Apr. 2025 was $19.595. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is $16.38 for the trailing ten years ended in Apr. 2025.

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Ciena Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ciena's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Ciena Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Ciena Annual Data
Trend Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23 Oct24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.00 6.99 4.65 3.31 4.19

Ciena Quarterly Data
Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25 Apr25
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.29 3.61 4.19 5.52 4.10

Competitive Comparison of Ciena's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Ciena's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Ciena's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Ciena's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ciena's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.


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Ciena Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Ciena's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=84.12/16.38
=5.14

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Ciena's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Ciena's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Apr. 2025 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Apr. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Apr. 2025)
=19.595/135.3468*135.3468
=19.595

Current CPI (Apr. 2025) = 135.3468.

Ciena Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201507 1.498 100.691 2.014
201510 4.578 100.346 6.175
201601 4.562 99.957 6.177
201604 4.848 100.947 6.500
201607 5.182 101.524 6.908
201610 5.483 101.988 7.276
201701 5.655 102.456 7.470
201704 5.971 103.167 7.833
201707 6.619 103.278 8.674
201710 14.935 104.070 19.424
201801 12.180 104.578 15.764
201804 12.160 105.708 15.569
201807 12.436 106.324 15.831
201810 12.502 106.695 15.859
201901 13.140 106.200 16.746
201904 13.262 107.818 16.648
201907 13.663 108.250 17.083
201910 14.072 108.577 17.541
202001 14.249 108.841 17.719
202004 14.583 108.173 18.246
202007 15.739 109.318 19.487
202010 16.237 109.861 20.004
202101 16.667 110.364 20.440
202104 17.380 112.673 20.877
202107 18.854 115.183 22.155
202110 19.502 116.696 22.619
202201 18.398 118.619 20.992
202204 18.443 121.978 20.464
202207 17.990 125.002 19.479
202210 18.279 125.734 19.676
202301 19.029 126.223 20.404
202304 19.456 127.992 20.574
202307 19.809 128.974 20.788
202310 19.667 129.810 20.506
202401 20.169 130.124 20.978
202404 19.974 132.289 20.436
202407 20.016 132.708 20.414
202410 19.741 133.182 20.062
202501 19.599 134.029 19.792
202504 19.595 135.347 19.595

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Ciena  (NYSE:CIEN) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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Ciena Business Description

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Address
7035 Ridge Road, Hanover, MD, USA, 21076
Ciena Corp is a network and technology company. It provides network hardware, software, and services that support the transport, switching, aggregation, service delivery, and management of video, data, and voice traffic on communications networks. It serves various industries such as communication services providers, web-scale providers, cable operators, government, and large enterprises world-wide. The business activities function through Networking Platforms which generates maximum revenue; Platform Software and Services; Blue Planet Automation Software, and Global Services segments. Geographically, the company derives a majority of its revenue from the Americas, and the rest from the Asia-Pacific (APAC), and Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region.
Executives
Brodie Gage officer: SVP Global Products & Supply 2351 ALFRED-NOBEL BLVD, SUITE N-300, SAINT LAURENT A8 H4S 2A9
David M Rothenstein officer: Sr. VP, General Counsel 7035 RIDGE ROAD, HANOVER MD 21076
Gary B Smith director, officer: President, CEO C/O CIENA CORPORATION, 7035 RIDGE ROAD, HANOVER MD 21076
Dino Diperna officer: SVP Global R&D 385 TERRY FOX DR, OTTAWA A6 K2K OL1
Sheela Kosaraju officer: SVP, General Counsel 43-51 WORSHIP ST, LONDON X0 EC2A 2DX
Jason Phipps officer: SVP Global Sales and Marketing 7410 RIDGE RD, HANOVER MD 21076
Bruce L. Claflin director 7035 RIDGE ROAD, HANOVER MD 21076
Joseph Cumello officer: SVP, General Mgr. Blue Planet 7035 RIDGE RD, HANOVER MD 21076
Scott Mcfeely officer: SVP, Networking Platforms 7035 RIDGE RD, HANOVER MD 21076
Mary G Puma director AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC., 108 CHERRY HILL DRIVE, BEVERLY MA 01915
Andrew C Petrik officer: VP, CONTROLLER 7035 RIDGE ROAD, HANOVER MD 21076
Stephen B Alexander officer: SVP, Chief Technology Officer C/O CIENA CORPORATION, 7035 RIDGE ROAD, HANOVER MD 21076
Rick Hamilton officer: SVP, Software and Services 9500 AMBERGIEN, AUSTIN TX 78729
Moylan James E Jr officer: SVP Finance, CFO CIENA CORPORATION, 7035 RIDGE ROAD, HANOVER MD 21076
Judith M Obrien director 855 MAUDE AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043