Customer Order VolatilityVolatility in Ciena’s top-line growth by year demonstrates the inherent cyclicality and lumpiness of customer orders, leading to concerns to visibility in assuming sustainability of order trends.
Earnings And MarginsCiena’s better revenue growth and lower margin expectations are driving earnings estimates for FY25 lower relative to consensus.
Valuation ConcernsAt current valuations investors are ignoring several key drivers limiting magnitude of EPS upside: Spending from telcos, which is largest customer vertical, outside of MOFN is still not very exciting.