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 1.6× larger than Ciena by market cap; HPE trades at the lower P/E (34.6 vs 92.3); year to date, HPE leads (+195.6% vs +90.9%).
Side by side
| CIEN | HPE | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $60.4B | $96.7B |
| Price | $449.77 | $73.46 |
| Today | +5.6% | +3.5% |
| Return YTD | +90.9% | +195.6% |
| Return 1Y | +194.7% | +172.2% |
| Since June 26, 2026 | −6.2% | +68.1% |
| P/E | 92.3 | 34.6 |
| P/S | 10.0 | 2.3 |
| P/B | 19.8 | 3.6 |
Data as of 2026-10-09 · 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
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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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