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Seasonal Chart Analysis

Analysis of the CIENA Corp. (NYSE:CIEN) seasonal charts above shows that a Buy Date of November 19 and a Sell Date of February 17 has resulted in a geometric average return of 12.88% above the benchmark rate of the S&P 500 Total Return Index over the past 20 years. This seasonal timeframe has shown positive results compared to the benchmark in 18 of those periods. This is an excellent rate of success and the return strongly outperforms the relative buy-and-hold performance of the stock over the past 20 years by an average of 11.59% per year.

The seasonal timeframe correlates Fairly Well with the period of seasonal strength for the Technology sector, which runs from October 9 to February 15. The seasonal chart for the broad sector is available via the following link: Technology Sector Seasonal Chart.

Ciena Corp. is a network technology company, which engages in the provision of hardware, software, and services to network operators, as well as enabling enhanced network capacity, service delivery, and automation. It operates through the following segments: Networking Platforms, Platform Software and Services, Blue Planet Automation Software and Services, and Global Services. The Networking Platforms segment consists of converged packet optical and packet networking portfolios. The Platform Software and Services segment provides analytics, data, and planning tools to assist customers in managing its networking platforms products. The Blue Planet Automation Software and Services segment enables customers to implement large-scale software and IT-led OSS transformations by transforming legacy networks into service ready networks. The Global Services segment offers a broad suite of value-added services. The company was founded by Patrick H. Nettles and Kevin Brian Kimberlin in 1992 and is headquartered in Hanover, MD.

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