Cienavs.Credo Technology
CIEN vs CRDO · both in Data centers, part of the AI & digital infrastructure value chain: Servers, networking, optics and data center capacity that tie AI infrastructure together.
Ciena is about 1.6× larger than Credo Technology by market cap; Credo Technology trades at the lower P/E (74.0 vs 96.7); year to date, Ciena leads (+89.7% vs +52.9%).
Side by side
| CIEN | CRDO | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $63.3B | $39.8B |
| Price | $425.93 | $211.86 |
| Today | −4.6% | −3.7% |
| Return YTD | +89.7% | +52.9% |
| Return 1Y | +189.5% | +60.4% |
| Since June 26, 2026 | −11.2% | −11.0% |
| P/E | 96.7 | 74.0 |
| P/S | 10.5 | 25.0 |
| P/B | 20.7 | 14.6 |
Data as of 2026-10-08 · updates daily after U.S. close
Since June 26, 2026: the change in the closing price, from the daily closes Sectivia records itself since that date.
The two companies
Credo TechnologyCRDO
Inside the rack, GPUs and switches are joined by active electrical cables and SerDes chips. That narrow gap is Credo's entire market.
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