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Technology Stocks : Ciena (CIEN) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MThree who wrote (3381)	9/20/1998 6:38:00 PM
From: flyboy	Respond to of 12623

CIEN is still cheaper than AFCI... (updated Sep 18, 1998) 52-Week Low $5.75 Recent Price $8.969 52-Week High $44.75 Beta N/A Daily Volume (3-month avg) 3.42M Share-Related Items Market Capitalization $672.4M Shares Outstanding 75.0M Float 52.5M Dividend Information Annual Dividend none Per-Share Data Book Value (mrq) $3.43 Earnings (ttm) $0.62 Sales (ttm) $4.67 Cash (mrq) $1.41 Valuation Ratios Price/Book (mrq) 2.61 Price/Earnings (ttm) 14.54 Price/Sales (ttm) 1.92 Income Statements After-Tax Income (ttm) $42.9M Sales (ttm) $333.3M Profitability Profit Margin (ttm) 13% Management Effectiveness Return on Assets (ttm) 16.10% Return on Equity (ttm) 19.26% Financial Strength Current Ratio (mrq) 5.46 Total Debt/Equity (mrq) 0 Total Cash (mrq) $104.9M Short Interest Shares Short as of Aug 10, 1998 2.32M Short Ratio 0.97 ____CIEN...__________________________________________________ Price and Volume (updated Sep 17, 1998) 52-Week Low $11.625 Recent Price $11.813 52-Week High $92.375 Beta N/A Daily Volume (3-month avg) 4.98M Share-Related Items Market Capitalization $1.22B Shares Outstanding 103.0M Float 92.7M Dividend Information Annual Dividend none Per-Share Data Book Value (mrq) $4.69 Earnings (ttm) $0.92 Sales (ttm) $5.25 Cash (mrq) $2.16 Valuation Ratios Price/Book (mrq) 2.52 Price/Earnings (ttm) 12.88 Price/Sales (ttm) 2.25 Income Statements After-Tax Income (ttm) $94.4M Sales (ttm) $538.0M Profitability Profit Margin (ttm) 18% Management Effectiveness Return on Assets (ttm) 18.48% Return on Equity (ttm) 23.28% Financial Strength Current Ratio (mrq) 5.75 Total Debt/Equity (mrq) 0 Total Cash (mrq) $221.6M Short Interest Shares Short as of Aug 10, 1998 3.85M Short Ratio 1.09 IMHO CIEN is still lower in price to AFCI. Numbers from market guide C I A O