Two Sigma Advisers LP Has $12.81 Million Stock Position in Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE:JNPR)

Two Sigma Advisers LP raised its position in Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE:JNPR - Free Report) by 2,195.3% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 342,000 shares of the network equipment provider's stock after acquiring an additional 327,100 shares during the period. Two Sigma Advisers LP owned about 0.10% of Juniper Networks worth $12,808,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Pacer Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in Juniper Networks by 25.5% in the 4th quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 37,696 shares of the network equipment provider's stock valued at $1,412,000 after acquiring an additional 7,668 shares in the last quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management acquired a new position in Juniper Networks in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $1,374,000. US Bancorp DE raised its holdings in Juniper Networks by 4.5% in the 4th quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 15,394 shares of the network equipment provider's stock valued at $577,000 after acquiring an additional 660 shares in the last quarter. KBC Group NV raised its holdings in Juniper Networks by 12.1% in the 4th quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 88,162 shares of the network equipment provider's stock valued at $3,302,000 after acquiring an additional 9,548 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sather Financial Group Inc raised its holdings in Juniper Networks by 16.5% in the 4th quarter. Sather Financial Group Inc now owns 302,731 shares of the network equipment provider's stock valued at $11,337,000 after acquiring an additional 42,945 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.95% of the company's stock.

Juniper Networks Price Performance

NYSE JNPR traded up $0.02 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $36.09. 246,779 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,259,325. The stock has a market cap of $12.07 billion, a PE ratio of 41.96, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.20 and a beta of 0.82. Juniper Networks, Inc. has a one year low of $33.42 and a one year high of $39.79. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $35.62 and a 200-day moving average of $36.38. The company has a current ratio of 1.46, a quick ratio of 1.14 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25.

Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 1st. The network equipment provider reported $0.43 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.41 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $1.28 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.28 billion. Juniper Networks had a return on equity of 7.57% and a net margin of 5.67%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 11.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.29 EPS. On average, equities research analysts predict that Juniper Networks, Inc. will post 1.33 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Juniper Networks Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 23rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 2nd will be given a $0.22 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 2nd. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.44%. Juniper Networks's payout ratio is 83.81%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts have commented on JNPR shares. Evercore ISI raised Juniper Networks from an "in-line" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $40.00 price target for the company in a report on Tuesday, February 4th. Wall Street Zen raised Juniper Networks from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Friday, May 2nd. Barclays increased their target price on Juniper Networks from $39.00 to $40.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a report on Monday, May 5th. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a "neutral" rating and issued a $40.00 target price on shares of Juniper Networks in a report on Friday, May 2nd. Finally, Argus cut Juniper Networks from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, February 7th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, one has given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $40.00.

Juniper Networks Profile

Juniper Networks, Inc designs, develops, and sells network products and services worldwide. The company offers routing products, such as ACX series universal access routers to deploy high-bandwidth services; MX series Ethernet routers that function as a universal edge platform; PTX series packet transport routers; wide-area network SDN controllers; and session smart routers.