JNPR vs. FFIV, CIEN, SATS, IDCC, CALX, VSAT, EXTR, HLIT, INFN, and DGII
Should you be buying Juniper Networks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Juniper Networks include F5 (FFIV), Ciena (CIEN), EchoStar (SATS), InterDigital (IDCC), Calix (CALX), Viasat (VSAT), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Harmonic (HLIT), Infinera (INFN), and Digi International (DGII). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.
Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR) and F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
F5 received 215 more outperform votes than Juniper Networks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.26% of users gave F5 an outperform vote while only 59.58% of users gave Juniper Networks an outperform vote.
In the previous week, F5 had 3 more articles in the media than Juniper Networks. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for F5 and 13 mentions for Juniper Networks. Juniper Networks' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat F5's score of 0.79 indicating that Juniper Networks is being referred to more favorably in the media.
F5 has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Juniper Networks. F5 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Juniper Networks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Juniper Networks has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, F5 has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Juniper Networks currently has a consensus target price of $34.55, suggesting a potential downside of 2.83%. F5 has a consensus target price of $185.10, suggesting a potential upside of 11.80%. Given F5's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe F5 is more favorable than Juniper Networks.
F5 has a net margin of 17.91% compared to Juniper Networks' net margin of 4.19%. F5's return on equity of 21.41% beat Juniper Networks' return on equity.
92.0% of Juniper Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.7% of F5 shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Juniper Networks shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of F5 shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
F5 beats Juniper Networks on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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