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sellWeak cluster of 210b5-1 plan

Gary B Smith sold $608k of CIEN

President, CEO at CIENA CORP. 6,800 shares at an average of $89.39, traded Feb 18, 2025, filed Feb 20, 2025.

Warning score
33
Value
$608k
6,800 shares
Holdings after
405,349
-2% from before
From 52-week low
-
no price yet
From 52-week high
-
no price yet

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $608k at market
    +20
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 1.6% of holdings
    0
  • Cluster
    2 insiders selling within 14 days
    +8
  • 10b5-1 plan
    Pre-scheduled under a 10b5-1 plan
    -20

What happened after comparable sells

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

CIENOct 9, 2026 · close 449.77
Since filing Feb 20, 2025: +420.3%SPY +30.1% · excess +390.2%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001032553-25-000009, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Feb 18, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock10b5-1
-3,400$89.41$304k408,749Feb 20, 2025
Feb 18, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock10b5-1
-3,400$89.37$304k405,349Feb 20, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at CIENA CORP and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
34Weak
CIENsell 610b5-1
CIENA CORP
Jason Phipps
EVP & Chief Customer Officer
$934k
2,629 shares
-4%
31Weak
CIENsell 610b5-1
CIENA CORP
Sheela Kosaraju
EVP & Chief Legal Officer
$746k
2,101 shares
-2%
23Weak
CIENsell 610b5-1
CIENA CORP
Marc D. Graff
EVP & Chief Financial Officer
$34k
97 shares
-0%
29Weak
CIENsell 1010b5-1
CIENA CORP
Joseph Cumello
EVP & General Mgr.
$569k
1,586 shares
-4%
65Notable
CIENsell 10
CIENA CORP
Bruce L. Claflin
director
$1.0M
2,857 shares
-26%
65Notable
CIENsell 10
CIENA CORP
Thomas Michael Nevens
director
$1.3M
3,738 shares
-37%
45Moderate
CIENsell 710b5-1
CIENA CORP
Gary B Smith
President & CEO
$975k
2,952 shares
-1%
33Weak
CIENsell 710b5-1
CIENA CORP
David M Rothenstein
EVP & Chief Strategy Officer
$826k
2,500 shares
-1%
21Weak
CIENsell 710b5-1
CIENA CORP
Dino DiPerna
EVP & Chief R&D Officer
$168k
498 shares
-1%
26Weak
CIENsell 710b5-1
CIENA CORP
Brodie Gage
EVP & Chief Product &
$390k
1,200 shares
-3%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

Gary B Smith sold $608k of CIEN | InsiderTell