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FY 2025 · View financials
Decision snapshot: M stock price vs CIEN: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at CIEN's multiple
Needs CIEN P/E.
Implied fair value · at M's multiple
Price unavailable
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth lag
Reported gross margin
Operating income + D&A
Lower is better
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Annual statements in reported currencies, with calculations and source evidence.
Values retain reported currencies and share bases. Select a figure to inspect its period, calculation and filing inputs. Differences require compatible units and periods.
Explore enterprise value and market valuation multiples in the valuation sections.
Trendline
16 period-end years of reported revenue, earnings, and margins. Periods and currencies are shown with the data.
Price framework
USD market cap plus reported borrowing debt, less cash and equivalents. This EV proxy excludes investments, preferred stock and noncontrolling-interest adjustments.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
Macy's, Inc. · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
Ciena Corp · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
Balance sheet health
Inspect reported liquidity and leverage alongside historical financial-health checks.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Not enough data to score either balance sheet.
Cash excludes investments. EBITDA is an operating-income-plus-D&A proxy. Missing borrowing categories remain unavailable; select a value to inspect its inputs.
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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LLM-powered synthesis
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If you believe M can reaccelerate revenue growth while maintaining its current ROIC and margin profile, then holding or accumulating may make sense; otherwise, the data support a cautious stance because M already trades near its historical range and below the DCF range, while the huge implied upside versus CIEN is driven by CIEN’s extreme multiples rather than a clear undervaluation in M.
M trades at a far lower valuation than CIEN on P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA, and EV/Revenue, which makes the implied price from a P/E cross-application look mechanically inflated. The current price of $24.82 is within the historical band of $22.34 to $27.30, while the DCF range of $11.68 to $15.80 suggests the stock is not obviously cheap on intrinsic-value terms.
Supporting Metrics
