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CIEN vs TIMB

Side-by-side comparison of Ciena Corporation (CIEN) and TIM S.A. (TIMB): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • CIEN operates in Utilities, while TIMB operates in Telecommunications - the two are in different parts of the market.
  • CIEN is the larger of the two at $69.03B, about 6.7x TIMB ($10.32B).
  • Over the past year, CIEN is up 574.3% and TIMB is up 20.9% - CIEN leads by 553.4 points.
  • CIEN has been more active in the news (12 items in the past 4 weeks vs 2 for TIMB).
  • CIEN has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 11 for TIMB).
PerformanceCIEN+574.31%TIMB+20.93%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-05
MetricCIENTIMB
Company
Ciena Corporation
TIM S.A.
Price
$488.20-8.84%
$21.55-1.69%
Market cap
$69.03B
$10.32B
1M return
-15.33%
-13.87%
1Y return
+574.31%
+20.93%
Industry
Telecommunications Equipment
Telecommunications Equipment
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
1997
2020
News (4w)
12
2
Recent ratings
25
11
CIEN

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.

TIMB

TIM S.A.

TIM S.A. operates as a telecommunications company in Brazil. It provides mobile voice and data services, broadband Internet access, value-added services, and other telecommunications services and products. The company provides services for individuals, as well as corporate solutions for small, medium, and large companies. It also offers fixed-line ultra-broadband and TIM Live services, as well as WTTx technology through Ultrafibra services. In addition, the company offers digital content and services in its portfolio of packages; and handset models from various manufacturers for sale through its dealer network, which includes its stores, franchises, and authorized dealers, as well as provides co-billing services. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. TIM S.A. operates as a subsidiary of TIM Brasil Serviços e Participações S.A.

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