CIEN Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own CIEN shares is 634, representing 101.69% of the company's common stock.

MACQUARIE GROUP LTD, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in CIEN by -4.4% restricting it's holding to 407.87 thousand shares of worth nearly $20.17M. BLACKROCK INC. also lessened -5.63% of the CIEN shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 15.38 million shares of worth $760.49M. BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ also shunned CIEN shares holding by -0.43% last quarter which brought its holding to 1.99 million shares worth $98.65M.

As per its latest 13F filing, MORGAN STANLEY increased its stake in CIEN by 16.6% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 1.58 million shares having worth more than $77.89M. JPMORGAN CHASE & CO also added 53.15% more shares of CIEN to its portfolio, raising its holding to 1.56 million shares of worth $77.23M. ROKOS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLP also increased its CIEN shares holding by 118.71% which brought its holding to 1.52 million shares worth $75.38M.

The insider with the most stakes in CIEN is SMITH GARY B , President, CEO at the company. Additionally, CIEN stock is highly held by SVP Finance, CFO MOYLAN JAMES E JR and SVP and Chief Strategy Officer Rothenstein David M among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.92% percent of Ciena Corporation's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 20 transaction(s) in which CIEN insiders have sold stock, totaling 63.21K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include KOSARAJU SHEELA, DIPERNA DINO, and GAGE BRODIE.

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Ciena Corporation insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 2.61M Ciena Corporation shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.92% of CIEN stock.

CIEN President, CEO, SMITH GARY B holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. CIEN shares owned by SMITH total nearly 418.95 thousand.

MACQUARIE GROUP LTD is the largest institutional owner in CIEN which holds 407.87 thousand shares worth $20.17M or 0.28% of the total CIEN shares outstanding followed by BLACKROCK INC. with ownership of 15.38 million shares representing 10.58% of the CIEN ownership. BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ is the third largest stakeholder with 1.99 million shares or 1.37% of the ownership worth more than $98.65M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the CIEN is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of CIEN shares short is 6.26M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 142.12M shares of CIEN are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, CIEN has 143.11M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for CIEN is 4.34.