$130,000 of CIENA CORPORATION (FORMERLY CIENA CORPORATION BROADBAND GROUP) lobbying was just disclosed, from Q3 of 2025, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.
This included lobbying on issues like:
"Subsea cable resilience and security; permitting and licensing reform for submarine cables; export controls on submarine cables; AI infrastructure and the use of connectivity; discussion of Build America Buy America requirements on revised broadband subsidy rules; discussion of data center architecture. Discussion of access to external markets and impact of tariffs; discussion of access to loans for 5G network of Telekom Srbjia."
You can find more data on corporate lobbying on Quiver Quantitative.
CIEN Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $CIEN stock 1 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 1 have been purchases and 0 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $CIEN stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE LISA C. MCCLAIN purchased up to $15,000 on 06/17.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.
CIEN Insider Trading Activity
CIEN insiders have traded $CIEN stock on the open market 34 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 34 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $CIEN stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- GARY B SMITH (President, CEO) has made 0 purchases and 12 sales selling 81,600 shares for an estimated $7,392,182.
- DAVID M ROTHENSTEIN (SVP and Chief Strategy Officer) has made 0 purchases and 6 sales selling 15,000 shares for an estimated $1,295,859.
- BRUCE L. CLAFLIN sold 8,461 shares for an estimated $1,185,555
- JOSEPH CUMELLO (SVP, General Mgr. Blue Planet) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 3,907 shares for an estimated $429,802.
- SHEELA KOSARAJU (SVP and General Counsel) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 3,495 shares for an estimated $391,268.
- JASON PHIPPS (SVP Global Sales and Marketing) sold 2,325 shares for an estimated $187,162
- BRODIE GAGE (SVP Global Products & Supply) has made 0 purchases and 6 sales selling 2,100 shares for an estimated $180,351.
- DINO DIPERNA (SVP Global R&D) has made 0 purchases and 4 sales selling 1,468 shares for an estimated $103,552.
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
CIEN Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 297 institutional investors add shares of CIEN stock to their portfolio, and 259 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- JERICHO CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P. added 1,335,000 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $108,575,550
- ATREIDES MANAGEMENT, LP added 1,262,818 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $102,704,987
- THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS removed 1,082,532 shares (-97.5%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $88,042,327
- BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P. added 1,004,323 shares (+3577.9%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $81,681,589
- VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P. added 975,792 shares (+375.4%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $79,361,163
- PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ removed 907,726 shares (-77.6%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $73,825,355
- QUBE RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGIES LTD removed 849,833 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $69,116,917
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
CIEN Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $CIEN in the last several months. We have seen 8 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- Rosenblatt issued a "Buy" rating on 09/26/2025
- Stifel issued a "Buy" rating on 09/23/2025
- Argus Research issued a "Buy" rating on 09/05/2025
- JP Morgan issued a "Overweight" rating on 09/05/2025
- Barclays issued a "Overweight" rating on 09/05/2025
- Wolfe Research issued a "Outperform" rating on 07/08/2025
- Needham issued a "Buy" rating on 06/06/2025
To track analyst ratings and price targets for CIEN, check out Quiver Quantitative's $CIEN forecast page.
CIEN Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $CIEN recently. We have seen 11 analysts offer price targets for $CIEN in the last 6 months, with a median target of $138.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Meta Marshall from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $140.0 on 10/10/2025
- Mike Genovese from Rosenblatt set a target price of $175.0 on 09/26/2025
- Ruben Roy from Stifel set a target price of $152.0 on 09/23/2025
- Tal Liani from B of A Securities set a target price of $155.0 on 09/17/2025
- Dave Kang from B. Riley Securities set a target price of $113.0 on 09/05/2025
- Samik Chatterjee from JP Morgan set a target price of $140.0 on 09/05/2025
- Jim Kelleher from Argus Research set a target price of $135.0 on 09/05/2025
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