Juniper Networks (JNPR) Stock Forecast, Price & News

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Juniper Networks in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" JNPR shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in JNPR, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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14 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Juniper Networks' stock. Their JNPR share price forecasts range from $28.00 to $42.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $34.38 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.9% from the stock's current price.
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Juniper Networks' stock was trading at $31.96 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, JNPR shares have decreased by 14.5% and is now trading at $27.31.
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Juniper Networks saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 7,990,000 shares, an increase of 20.2% from the August 31st total of 6,650,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,610,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.2 days. Currently, 2.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 26th 2023.
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Juniper Networks will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 26th at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE:JNPR) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 27th. The network equipment provider reported $0.42 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.39 by $0.03. The network equipment provider earned $1.43 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.42 billion. Juniper Networks had a net margin of 7.27% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.85%.

Juniper Networks announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 27th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.22 per share on Friday, September 22nd. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.22%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 31st.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR) stock in their portfolio include iShares North American Tech-Multimedia Networking ETF (IGN), iShares Cybersecurity and Tech ETF (IHAK), ETFMG Prime Cyber Security ETF (HACK), SPDR S&P Telecom ETF (XTL), iShares U.S. Telecommunications ETF (IYZ), Emerge EMPWR Sustainable Dividend Equity ETF (EMCA), First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF (CIBR) and Invesco Next Gen Connectivity ETF (PXQ).

Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR) pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.15%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 70.40%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, JNPR will have a dividend payout ratio of 52.38% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Juniper Networks issued an update on its third quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 27th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.49-$0.59 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $0.62. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.33 billion-$1.44 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.48 billion.

976 employees have rated Juniper Networks Chief Executive Officer Rami Rahim on Glassdoor.com. Rami Rahim has an approval rating of 88% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Juniper Networks investors own include Intel (INTC), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Micron Technology (MU), NVIDIA (NVDA), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Alibaba Group (BABA), Salesforce (CRM), Walt Disney (DIS) and Bank of America (BAC).

Juniper Networks trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "JNPR."

Juniper Networks' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (11.07%), Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich (7.34%), State Street Corp (5.11%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.34%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.51%) and Acadian Asset Management LLC (1.50%). Insiders that own company stock include Anne Delsanto, Brian Martin, James A Dolce Jr, Kenneth Bradley Miller, Kevin A Denuccio, Manoj Leelanivas, Marcus Jewell, Rami Rahim, Robert Mobassaly, Scott Kriens, Thomas A Austin and William Stensrud.
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One share of JNPR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $27.31.

Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR) has a market capitalization of $8.78 billion and generates $5.67 billion in revenue each year. The network equipment provider earns $471 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.25 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 10,901 workers across the globe.

Juniper Networks' mailing address is 1133 INNOVATION WAY, SUNNYVALE CA, 94089. The official website for the company is www.juniper.net. The network equipment provider can be reached via phone at (408) 745-2000, via email at investor-relations@juniper.net, or via fax at 408-745-2100.