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Here's What to Expect Ahead of Ciena's (CIEN) Q4 Earnings

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Ciena Corporation (CIEN - Free Report) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter fiscal 2022 results on Dec 8.

The Zacks Consensus Estimate for fiscal fourth-quarter earnings is pegged at 8 cents per share, suggesting a 90.6% decline from the year-ago quarter’s levels.

For the fiscal fourth quarter, management anticipates revenues between $800 million and $880 million. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenues is pegged at $851.5 million, indicating an 18.2% decline from the year-ago quarter’s levels

Shares of Ciena have declined 26.9% in the past year compared with the sub-industry's decline of 26.6%.

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Factors to Note

Lingering global supply-chain disruptions, elongated lead times, component shortages and related higher logistics costs are likely to act as major dampeners. Higher expenses on product development amid stiff competition in the networking space might further have limited margin expansion in the to-be-reported quarter.

However, the company’s performance is likely to get some cushioning owing to strong order flow and a higher backlog amid robust secular demand trends like 5G, cloud and automation, and infrastructure spending among others. Increasing cloud adoption and rising demand for higher capacity and bandwidth, and the proliferation of edge applications bode well for Ciena.

Ciena’s routing and switching solutions are likely to have witnessed strong uptake. The contribution from the Vyatta platform, which Ciena acquired from AT&T, is likely to have favored the segment.

Ciena is witnessing strong momentum for its WaveLogic 5 Extreme solution. In the last reported quarter, the company added 14 new customers for its WaveLogic 5 Extreme solution.

Also, the company continues to win deals for its solutions in next-gen metro and edge-use cases. Incremental gains from the healthy performance of its software automation business, especially Blue Planet Software, are likely to have favored the top line.

Ciena Corporation Price and EPS Surprise

Ciena Corporation Price and EPS Surprise

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What Our Model Says

According to the Zacks model, the combination of a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) increases the odds of an earnings beat. But that’s not the case here.

Ciena has an Earnings ESP of 0.00% and a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell). You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they’re reported with our Earnings ESP Filter.

Stocks to Consider

Here are some stocks that you may consider as our model shows that these have the right combination of elements to beat on earnings this season.

Casey's General Stores (CASY - Free Report) has an Earnings ESP of +12.58% and a Zacks Rank of 3 at present. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.

Casey's General Stores is set to release second-quarter fiscal 2023 results on Dec 6. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings is pegged at $3.10 per share, suggesting a 19.7% increase from the prior-year quarter’s reported figure. Shares of CASY have gained 19.9% in the past year.

MongoDB, Inc (MDB - Free Report) has an Earnings ESP of +1.66% and a Zacks Rank of 3 at present.

MongoDB is set to release third-quarter fiscal 2023 results on Dec 6. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the bottom line is pegged at a loss of 17 cents per share. Shares of MDB have increased 64% in the past year.

Coupa Software Incorporated has an Earnings ESP of +71.17% and a Zacks Rank of 3.

Coupa Software is scheduled to release third-quarter fiscal 2023 results on Dec 12. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings is pegged at 11 cents per share, suggesting a 64.5% decline from the prior-year quarter’s levels. Shares of COUP have decreased 62.3% in the past year.

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