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CIEN vs NTGR
Side-by-side comparison of Ciena Corporation (CIEN) and NETGEAR Inc. (NTGR): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both CIEN and NTGR operate in Telecommunications Equipment (Utilities), so they compete in similar markets.
- CIEN is the larger of the two at $62.19B, about 95.9x NTGR ($648.2M).
- Over the past year, CIEN is up 500.0% and NTGR is down 21.4% - CIEN leads by 521.5 points.
- CIEN has been more active in the news (16 items in the past 4 weeks vs 10 for NTGR).
- CIEN has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 10 for NTGR).
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.
NETGEAR Inc.
NETGEAR, Inc. designs, develops, and markets networking and Internet connected products for consumers, businesses, and service providers. It operates in two segments, Connected Home, and Small and Medium Business. The company offers smart home/connected home/broadband access products, such as broadband modems, WiFi gateways, WiFi hotspots, WiFi routers and home WiFi systems, WiFi range extenders, Powerline adapters and bridges, WiFi network adapters, and digital canvasses; and value added service offerings, including technical support, parental controls, and cybersecurity protection. It also provides Ethernet switches, wireless controllers and access points, unified storage products, and Internet security appliances for small and medium-sized businesses. The company markets and sells its products through traditional retailers, online retailers, wholesale distributors, direct market resellers, value-added resellers, and broadband service providers in the Americas, Europe, the Middle-East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. NETGEAR, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Latest CIEN
- Colt and Ciena Set New Benchmark With Fastest Ever Quantum-Safe Transatlantic Data Transmission
- Ciena Corporation Announces Pricing of Upsized Convertible Senior Notes
- SEC Form 8-K filed by Ciena Corporation
- Ciena Announces Proposed Offering of Convertible Senior Notes
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by Ciena Corporation
- Ciena Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- Ciena Reports Fiscal Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
- President, CEO Smith Gary B sold $1,670,597 worth of shares (2,952 units at $565.92) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 1% to 269,557 units (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form SD filed by Ciena Corporation
- Biznet Enhances Digital Infrastructure and Connectivity with Ciena
Latest NTGR
- Director Roberts Janice M was granted 7,779 shares, increasing direct ownership by 11% to 75,830 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Durr Laura was granted 7,779 shares, increasing direct ownership by 18% to 49,838 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Orvidas Laura was granted 7,779 shares, increasing direct ownership by 43% to 25,690 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Butterfass Sarah was granted 7,779 shares, increasing direct ownership by 20% to 46,732 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Goli Shravan was granted 7,779 shares, increasing direct ownership by 30% to 33,636 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Goli Shravan sold $90,901 worth of shares (3,381 units at $26.89) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 12% to 25,857 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Butterfass Sarah sold $72,738 worth of shares (2,704 units at $26.90) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 6% to 38,953 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Durr Laura sold $78,640 worth of shares (3,000 units at $26.21) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 7% to 42,059 units (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form 8-K filed by NETGEAR Inc.
- SEC Form SD filed by NETGEAR Inc.