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Ciena (STU:CIE1) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 54.00 (As of May. 25, 2025)


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What is Ciena Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2025-05-25), Ciena's share price is €70.58. Ciena's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2025 was €1.31. Hence, Ciena's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 54.00.

The historical rank and industry rank for Ciena's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

STU:CIE1' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 10.59   Med: 22.99   Max: 606.41
Current: 57.42

During the past 13 years, Ciena's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 606.41. The lowest was 10.59. And the median was 22.99.

STU:CIE1's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
81.49% of 1378 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 17.235 vs STU:CIE1: 57.42

Ciena's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was €0.51. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was €1.31.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Ciena was -66.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -4.20% per year.

During the past 13 years, Ciena's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 432.80% per year. The lowest was -46.00% per year. And the median was 11.35% per year.


Ciena Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ciena's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Ciena Annual Data
Trend Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23 Oct24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.95 18.42 - 101.44 24.53

Ciena Quarterly Data
Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 12.89 15.13 27.26 24.53 62.38

Competitive Comparison of Ciena's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Ciena's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Ciena's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ciena's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.


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Ciena Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Ciena's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=70.58/1.307
=54.00

Ciena's Share Price of today is €70.58.
Ciena's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €1.31.

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Ciena  (STU:CIE1) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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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.

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