Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
Decision snapshot: ORCL 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 ORCL's multiple
Needs ORCL P/E.
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.
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Trendline
12 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.
Oracle Corporation · implied price per share
Latest annual free cash flow must be positive to qualify the filing-backed baseline.
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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 ORCL's current premium-quality profitability and scale justify a valuation near its historical band rather than CIEN's extreme multiple, then hold or accumulate ORCL on pullbacks because CIEN-implied upside is distorted by CIEN's 497.0x P/E and weak operating margins.
The comparison shows a massive apparent premium if ORCL is valued off CIEN's P/E, with an implied price of $2,897.58 versus ORCL's current $140.27, or 1,965.7% upside. That gap is driven more by CIEN's extremely high P/E of 497.0x and ORCL's much stronger earnings base than by a realistic CIEN multiple relationship.
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