Jefferies Upgrades CIENA (CIEN) to Hold; Expecting Strong July Quarter Ahead

July 30, 2012 10:28 AM EDT
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Price: $428.77 -3.17%

Rating Summary:
    25 Buy, 7 Hold, 1 Sell

Rating Trend: Up Up

Today's Overall Ratings:
    Up: 13 | Down: 14 | New: 11
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Jefferies upgraded CIENA (NASDAQ: CIEN) from Underperform to Hold with a price target of $14.50 (from $10.00).

Analyst, George C. Notter, said, "While we remain concerned about longer term profitability and declining legacy products, we acknowledge that the stock can continue to work near term. In total, we see the current risk/reward in the stock as balanced. Hence, we’re upgrading to Hold."

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Shares of CIENA closed at $15.99 yesterday.


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