Cienavs.HPE
CIEN vs HPE · both in Data centers, part of the AI & digital infrastructure value chain: Servers, networking, optics and data center capacity that tie AI infrastructure together.
HPE is about 1.3× larger than Ciena by market cap; HPE trades at the lower P/E (51.3 vs 143.0); year to date, HPE leads (+118.3% vs +59.0%).
Side by side
| CIEN | HPE | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $62.7B | $79.8B |
| Price | $387.66 | $53.44 |
| Today | +4.2% | +1.9% |
| Return YTD | +59.0% | +118.3% |
| Return 1Y | +314.2% | +133.5% |
| P/E | 143.0 | 51.3 |
| P/S | 11.3 | 2.1 |
| P/B | 21.7 | 3.2 |
Data as of 2026-08-26 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
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Cray supercomputers and ProLiant AI servers on one side; on the other, a networking business that grew considerably with the Juniper acquisition.
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