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 2.0× larger than NetApp by market cap; NetApp trades at the lower P/E (25.9 vs 148.8); year to date, Ciena leads (+97.0% vs +57.7%).
Side by side
| CIEN | NTAP | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $65.2B | $33.1B |
| Price | $460.72 | $168.87 |
| Today | −0.4% | −1.7% |
| Return YTD | +97.0% | +57.7% |
| Return 1Y | +487.3% | +58.7% |
| P/E | 148.8 | 25.9 |
| P/S | 11.7 | 4.8 |
| P/B | 22.5 | 24.5 |
Data as of 2026-07-11 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
CienaCIEN
Leading in long-distance optical transmission — connecting data centers with each other (data center interconnect).
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Data storage and hybrid-cloud data services for enterprises and AI workloads.
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