war gestern interessant. Der u.a. Artikel fasst die Q-Zahlen und die Erwartungen im Markt gut zusammen. Man sieht, dass sich Ciena ebenfalls mit verschiedenen Problemfeldern beschäftigen muss. Vor dem Hintergrund, dass US-Firmen es wg. des günstigeren Wechselkurses aktuell einfacher haben müssten zeigt, dass ADVA das Herausforderungs-Portfolio grundsätzlich gut managed.
Quelle: www.briefing.com/in-depth-analysis/...90905145542StoryStocks, dl. 06.09.2019)
Ciena (CIEN -3%) is dialing it down a bit after reporting earnings this morning. Initially this telecom equipment company jumped when it reported Q3 (Jul) results, which included a $0.13 EPS beat and sizable revenue upside (see 7:04 comment). However, the stock got hung up when the call started.
The call was generally positive with management noting that it's gaining market share and that customers are pursuing a flight to quality to larger suppliers like Ciena. Another highlight was Ciena saying it's making good progress on its goal of diversifying beyond its telecom customer base in areas such as webscale, MSOs, government customers. Non-telco revenue was 41% in JulQ and webscale (a key area of focus) was 27% of total revenue and 3 of its top 10 customers in JulQ were webscale players.
However, a few negative things stood out to us that explain why the stock quickly erased its gap higher this morning. For one thing, Ciena guided in-line for Q4 (Oct) revenue at $945-975 mln. While the mid-point of the guidance was above consensus, the in-line result was a far cry from the large upside guidance from last quarter. Also, Ciena said it was comfortable with FY20 revenue consensus estimates, which is fine, but investors would have liked a more bullish outlook for next fiscal year.
Probably a bigger negative was Ciena saying that orders moderated somewhat in Q3 and came in under revenue for the quarter. While it's understandable to see some pullback after a very strong bookings number in Q2 (Apr), this comment spooked investors and was unexpected. The company expected a couple of new deals to close during the quarter but that did not happen. Another concern was Ciena saying that it was seeing a bit of a slowdown in India. Ciena felt this was due to a period of digestion for customers in India. However, this was still a concern.
After a very bullish beat-and-raise quarter last quarter, Ciena sort of underwhelmed us this time around. That's something investors need to understand about Ciena -- that its business can be choppy, and it has ebbs and flows. Ciena has a dominant market position and should be a big beneficiary as 5G rolls out in the coming years, but it's not going to be a straight line upward.