Compare · ASTS vs CIEN
ASTS vs CIEN
Side-by-side comparison of AST SpaceMobile Inc. (ASTS) and Ciena Corporation (CIEN): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- ASTS operates in Consumer Discretionary, while CIEN operates in Utilities - the two are in different parts of the market.
- CIEN is the larger of the two at $54.87B, about 2.3x ASTS ($24.13B).
- ASTS has been more active in the news (17 items in the past 4 weeks vs 12 for CIEN).
- CIEN has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 22 for ASTS).
- Company
- AST SpaceMobile Inc.
- Ciena Corporation
- Price
- -
- -
- Market cap
- $24.13B
- $54.87B
- 1M return
- -
- -
- 1Y return
- -
- -
- Industry
- Telecommunications Equipment
- Telecommunications Equipment
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- NYSE
- IPO
- 2019
- 1997
- News (4w)
- 17
- 12
- Recent ratings
- 22
- 25
AST SpaceMobile Inc.
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. operates space-based cellular broadband network for mobile phones. Its SpaceMobile network is being designed to provide connectivity at 4G/5G speeds on land, at sea, and in flight. The company is based in Midland, Texas.
Ciena Corporation
Ciena Corporation provides network hardware, software, and services that support the transport, routing, switching, aggregation, service delivery, and management of video, data, and voice traffic on communications networks worldwide. The company's Networking Platforms segment offers hardware networking products and solutions that optimized for the convergence of coherent optical transport, optical transport network switching, and packet switching. Its products include 6500 Packet-Optical Platform, 5430 Reconfigurable Switching System, Waveserver stackable interconnect system, and the 6500 Reconfigurable line system, and the 5400 family of Packet-Optical platforms, as well as Z-Series Packet-Optical Platform; 3000 family of service delivery switches and service aggregation switches, and the 5000 family of service aggregation switches, as well as 8700 Packetwave Platform and the Ethernet packet configuration for the 5410 Service Aggregation Switch; and 6500 Packet Transport System. This segment also sells operating system software and enhanced software features embedded in each of its products. The company's Blue Planet Automation Software and Services segment provides multi-domain service orchestration, inventory, route optimization and analysis, network function virtualization orchestration, analytics, and related services. Its Platform Software and Service segment offers OneControl unified management system and platform software services, as well as manage, control, and plan software. The company's Global Services segment provides consulting and network design, installation and deployment, maintenance support, and training services. The company sells its products through direct and indirect sales channels to network operators. Ciena Corporation was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Hanover, Maryland.
Latest ASTS
- Amendment: EVP and Chief of Staff Turco Christopher Edward was granted 200,000 shares, increasing direct ownership by 40,000% to 200,500 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Technology Officer Yao Huiwen exercised 40,000 in-the-money shares at a strike of $0.06, increasing direct ownership by 115% to 74,750 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Executive Officer Avellan Abel Antonio was granted 150,000 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.19% to 78,692,209 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Accounting Officer Bernal Maya was granted 20,000 shares, increasing direct ownership by 18% to 132,449 units (SEC Form 4)
- CFO and CLO Johnson Andrew Martin was granted 75,000 shares, increasing direct ownership by 16% to 556,484 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Operating Officer Gupta Shanti B. was granted 75,000 shares, increasing direct ownership by 19% to 474,980 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP and Chief of Staff Turco Christopher Edward was granted 200,000 shares, increasing direct ownership by 40,000% to 200,500 units (SEC Form 4)
- President Wisniewski Scott was granted 75,000 shares, increasing direct ownership by 11% to 782,443 units (SEC Form 4)
- President Wisniewski Scott covered exercise/tax liability with 22,135 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 3% to 707,443 units (SEC Form 4)
- CFO and CLO Johnson Andrew Martin covered exercise/tax liability with 22,135 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 4% to 481,484 units (SEC Form 4)
Latest CIEN
- Ciena upgraded by Northland Capital with a new price target
- SVP & Chief Financial Officer Graff Marc D. sold $2,151,435 worth of shares (4,995 units at $430.72) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 4% to 107,519 units (SEC Form 4)
- SVP and Chief Strategy Officer Rothenstein David M sold $1,095,250 worth of shares (2,500 units at $438.10) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 1% to 180,231 units (SEC Form 4)
- President, CEO Smith Gary B sold $1,321,840 worth of shares (2,952 units at $447.78) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 1% to 246,030 units (SEC Form 4)
- SVP Global Products & Supply Gage Brodie sold $527,088 worth of shares (1,200 units at $439.24) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 3% to 38,407 units (SEC Form 4)
- Amendment: SEC Form SCHEDULE 13G/A filed by Ciena Corporation
- Ciena Announces Reporting Date and Web Broadcast for Fiscal Third Quarter 2026 Results
- Roundhill Investments Launches First-Ever Neocloud ETF (NCLD) and Photonics & Optics ETF (LYTE)
- e& UAE Unveils Future-Ready DWDM Network Powered by Ciena’s High-Speed Connectivity Solutions
- SVP & Chief Financial Officer Graff Marc D. covered exercise/tax liability with 14,441 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 11% to 112,514 units (SEC Form 4)