Cienavs.NetApp
CIEN vs NTAP · 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 NetApp by market cap; NetApp trades at the lower P/E (31.1 vs 143.0); year to date, NetApp leads (+74.5% vs +59.0%).
Side by side
| CIEN | NTAP | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $62.7B | $39.6B |
| Price | $387.66 | $187.43 |
| Today | +4.2% | +0.3% |
| Return YTD | +59.0% | +74.5% |
| Return 1Y | +314.2% | +69.1% |
| P/E | 143.0 | 31.1 |
| P/S | 11.3 | 5.7 |
| P/B | 21.7 | 29.3 |
Data as of 2026-08-26 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
NetAppNTAP
Keeps enterprise data on flash arrays and moves it between on-premises kit and the cloud; AI workloads are the newer source of demand.
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