Ciena CIEN Insider Ownership

NYSE CIEN

$243.05 +12.24 (+5.30%)

At close: Nov 6, 2026 · 4:00 PM EST

The most recent Ciena (CIEN) insider transaction: Gary B Smith (President Ceo) sold 2,952 shares worth about $880.16K on Nov 2, 2026, reported on Form 4 on Nov 4, 2026. So far in the quarter ending Dec 31, 2026, insiders were net sellers of 22.03K shares.

Updated Nov 5, 2026 Ciena (CIEN) stock price and overview

Insider Holdings by Owner

1.78Mn Shares

James E Jr Moylan225.05K12.7%

Gary B Smith222.50K12.5%

David M Rothenstein172.88K9.7%

Patrick H Nettles165.75K9.3%

Lawton W Fitt130.03K7.3%

Other insiders (19)861.58K48.5%

Insider Ownership Statistics

as of 30 Sep, 2026

Insider Ownership

1.20%

▼-0.062% pp QoQ

Shares Held by Insiders

1.70Mn

filed for Sep 2026

▼-4.87% QoQ

Shares Outstanding

142.06Mn

142,061,000 shares

Direct Holdings

1.54Mn

Indirect: 160.40K

Net Open-Market Trades

-48.04K

net sold · -$19.37Mn in Sep 2026

Insiders Holding Shares

with Form 4 holdings on file

Shares Owned by Insiders

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Open-Market Insider Trades

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Insider Ownership Summary

Updated Nov 5, 2026

Over the trailing 12 months, CIEN insiders sold $100.94 million worth of shares (325.52K shares) in open-market trades, with no open-market purchases.

By number of insiders, Ciena saw 11 insiders sell on the open market over the past 12 months and none buy.
The largest open-market sales of CIEN in the past 12 months were by Gary B. Smith (President & CEO), totaling $47 million (163.03K shares), most recently on November 2, 2026.
Beyond open-market trades, insiders at Ciena received 428.91K shares in stock awards, gave up 246.61K shares to cover taxes or exercise prices and gave away 2.8K shares as gifts in the last 12 months.
Business Quant data shows Ciena insiders holding 1.68Mn shares in total in their latest Form 4 filings, down 6.10% from 1.78Mn shares at the end of Q2 2026 and down 12.66% from 1.92Mn shares at the end of Q3 2025.
Of the 1.68Mn shares held by Ciena insiders, 1.52Mn shares (90.43%) are held directly and 160.4K shares (9.57%) indirectly, through trusts, partnerships, family members and other entities.
Business Quant counts 20 insiders with holdings in Ciena stock, among the officers, directors and 10% owners who have filed a Form 4 in the past two years.
CIEN's three largest insider shareholders, per their latest Form 4 filings, are James E. Moylan Jr. (SVP Finance, CFO, 377.17K shares), Gary B. Smith (President & CEO, 222.5K shares) and David M. Rothenstein (EVP & Chief Strategy Officer, 172.88K shares).
James E. Moylan Jr. alone accounts for 22.51% of the shares held by Ciena insiders.
Institutions accounted for 93.21% of CIEN's outstanding shares in Q2 2026, insiders about 1.18% per their latest Form 4 filings, and other investors, including the public, about 5.61%.
A total of 126 Form 4 filings with transactions in Ciena stock were made over the past 12 months, by 17 insiders.
The insider data for CIEN reflects Form 4 filings through November 4, 2026.

Form 4 Holdings

Insiders Holding CIEN

Insiders 24

Shares held 1.78Mn

Of outstanding 1.25%

#	Insider	Position	Direct	Indirect	Total	Share of Insiders	Last Filed
1	James E Jr Moylan	Svp Finance, Cfo	225,045	0	225,045	12.7%	23 Jun, 2025
2	Gary B Smith	President Ceo	222,503	0	222,503	12.5%	04 Nov, 2026
3	David M Rothenstein	Evp Chief Strategy Officer	172,881	0	172,881	9.7%	16 Oct, 2026
4	Patrick H Nettles	Executive Chairman	165,745	0	165,745	9.3%	24 Mar, 2025
5	Lawton W Fitt	Director	130,033	0	130,033	7.3%	30 Mar, 2026
6	Marc D. Graff	Evp Chief Financial Officer	103,377	0	103,377	5.8%	02 Nov, 2026
7	Scott Mcfeely	Svp, Networking Platforms	85,054	0	85,054	4.8%	17 Oct, 2023
8	Sheela Kosaraju	Evp Chief Legal Officer	84,065	0	84,065	4.7%	02 Oct, 2026
9	Rick Hamilton	Svp, Software And Services	77,190	0	77,190	4.3%	22 Dec, 2022
10	Stephen B Alexander	Svp, Chief Technology Officer	74,561	0	74,561	4.2%	22 Dec, 2022
11	Judith M Obrien	Director	68,341	0	68,341	3.8%	06 Apr, 2022
12	Jason Phipps	Evp Chief Customer Officer	57,388	0	57,388	3.2%	02 Oct, 2026
13	Patrick Gallagher	Director	50,789	0	50,789	2.9%	27 Mar, 2026
14	Joseph Cumello	Evp General Mgr.	39,570	0	39,570	2.2%	25 Sep, 2026
15	Dino Diperna	Evp Chief Rd Officer	36,183	0	36,183	2.0%	19 Oct, 2026
16	Joanne Beth Olsen	Director	35,003	0	35,003	2.0%	27 Mar, 2026
17	Brodie Gage	Evp Chief Product Tech	34,073	0	34,073	1.9%	19 Oct, 2026
18	Andrew C Petrik	Vp, Controller	32,804	0	32,804	1.8%	18 Dec, 2024
19	Devinder Kumar	Director	29,557	0	29,557	1.7%	27 Mar, 2026
20	Hassan Ahmed	Director	24,025	0	24,025	1.4%	27 Mar, 2026
21	Mary G Puma	Director	11,477	0	11,477	0.6%	27 Mar, 2026
22	Bruce L. Claflin	Director	0	8,279	8,279	0.5%	28 Sep, 2026
23	Grant Hoffman	Evp Chief Supply	6,347	0	6,347	0.4%	21 Sep, 2026
24	Thomas Michael Nevens	Director	3,492	0	3,492	0.2%	25 Sep, 2026

Each row is that insider’s most recently reported position, from Form 4 filings over the last 60 months — which is why this total does not tie to the quarterly series above, where a quarter counts only the insiders who filed in it. Shares held through a fund or institutional portfolio are counted on the institutional ownership page instead.

Form 4 Filings

5,669 Insider Transactions

Source SEC Form 4

Latest quarter Sep 2026

Date	Insider	Position	Transaction	Shares	Price	Value	Shares Held After	Ownership
02 Nov, 2026	Gary B Smith	President Ceo	Disposed S	2,952	$298.16	$880.16K	222,503	Direct
01 Nov, 2026	Marc D. Graff	Evp Chief Financial Officer	Disposed F	3,759	$320.72	$1.21Mn	103,377	Direct
15 Oct, 2026	Brodie Gage	Evp Chief Product Tech	Disposed S	1,200	$344.08	$412.90K	34,073	Direct
15 Oct, 2026	Dino Diperna	Evp Chief Rd Officer	Disposed S	445	$344.08	$153.12K	36,628	Direct
15 Oct, 2026	Dino Diperna	Evp Chief Rd Officer	Disposed S	445	$350.00	$155.75K	36,183	Direct
15 Oct, 2026	David M Rothenstein	Evp Chief Strategy Officer	Disposed S	2,500	$348.06	$870.16K	172,881	Direct
15 Oct, 2026	Gary B Smith	President Ceo	Disposed S	2,952	$348.02	$1.03Mn	225,455	Direct
01 Oct, 2026	Gary B Smith	President Ceo	Disposed S	2,952	$369.66	$1.09Mn	228,407	Direct
01 Oct, 2026	Marc D. Graff	Evp Chief Financial Officer	Disposed S	97	$355.19	$34.45K	107,136	Direct
01 Oct, 2026	Jason Phipps	Evp Chief Customer Officer	Disposed S	2,629	$355.19	$933.79K	57,388	Direct
01 Oct, 2026	Sheela Kosaraju	Evp Chief Legal Officer	Disposed S	2,101	$355.19	$746.25K	84,065	Direct
24 Sep, 2026	Bruce L. Claflin	Director	Disposed S	2,857	$355.91	$1.02Mn	8,279	Indirect
25 Sep, 2026	Joseph Cumello	Evp General Mgr.	Disposed S	1,586	$358.52	$568.60K	39,570	Direct
23 Sep, 2026	Thomas Michael Nevens	Director	Disposed S	3,738	$359.04	$1.34Mn	6,289	Direct
24 Sep, 2026	Thomas Michael Nevens	Director	Disposed G	2,797	—	—	3,492	Direct
20 Sep, 2026	Gary B Smith	President Ceo	Disposed F	2,985	$348.80	$1.04Mn	237,141	Direct
20 Sep, 2026	Marc D. Graff	Evp Chief Financial Officer	Disposed F	286	$348.80	$99.76K	107,233	Direct
20 Sep, 2026	Jason Phipps	Evp Chief Customer Officer	Disposed F	735	$348.80	$256.37K	61,647	Direct
20 Sep, 2026	Dino Diperna	Evp Chief Rd Officer	Disposed F	204	$348.80	$71.16K	38,922	Direct
20 Sep, 2026	David M Rothenstein	Evp Chief Strategy Officer	Disposed F	679	$348.80	$236.84K	177,052	Direct

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