Juniper Networks Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NYSE:JNPR)

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

Juniper Networks announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 24th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.19 per share on Monday, December 23rd. This represents a $0.76 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.96%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 29th. View Juniper Networks' Dividend History.

Juniper Networks declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase program on Thursday, October 24th 2019, which permits the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 11.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE:JNPR) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 24th. The network equipment provider reported $0.48 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.02. The network equipment provider had revenue of $1.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.15 billion. Juniper Networks had a return on equity of 9.54% and a net margin of 8.35%. The business's revenue was down 4.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.54 EPS. View Juniper Networks' Earnings History.

Juniper Networks is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Juniper Networks.

Juniper Networks issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 24th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.54-0.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.56. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.155-1.215 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.22 billion.

14 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Juniper Networks' shares. Their forecasts range from $21.00 to $30.00. On average, they anticipate Juniper Networks' share price to reach $26.14 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Juniper Networks.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Juniper Networks in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Juniper Networks.

Headlines about JNPR stock have trended very negative recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Juniper Networks earned a media sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the network equipment provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Juniper Networks.

Juniper Networks saw a decline in short interest in the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 12,800,000 shares, a decline of 5.9% from the September 30th total of 13,600,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,070,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.2 days. Approximately 3.7% of the company's shares are short sold. View Juniper Networks' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Juniper Networks include Cisco Systems (CSCO), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Motorola Solutions (MSI), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), F5 Networks (FFIV), Ubiquiti Networks (UBNT), Ciena (CIEN), ViaSat (VSAT), Echostar (SATS), Finisar (FNSR), InterDigital Wireless (IDCC), Plantronics (PLT), Infinera (INFN), Comtech Telecomm. (CMTL) and Extreme Networks (EXTR).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Juniper Networks investors own include Cisco Systems (CSCO), Intel (INTC), Micron Technology (MU), NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Bank of America (BAC), Netflix (NFLX), QUALCOMM (QCOM), salesforce.com (CRM) and Broadcom (AVGO).

Juniper Networks' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include First Trust Advisors LP (2.79%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.87%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.59%), Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (0.49%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.47%) and Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.42%). Company insiders that own Juniper Networks stock include Anand Athreya, Bikash Koley, Brian Martin, Kenneth Bradley Miller, Kevin A Denuccio, Manoj Leelanivas, Rahul N Merchant, Rami Rahim, Terrance F Spidell, Vincent Molinaro and William Stensrud. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Juniper Networks.

JNPR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Railway Pension Investments Ltd, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Chicago Equity Partners LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Strs Ohio and DNB Asset Management AS. Company insiders that have sold Juniper Networks company stock in the last year include Bikash Koley, Brian Martin, Kenneth Bradley Miller, Kevin A Denuccio, Manoj Leelanivas, Rahul N Merchant, Rami Rahim and William Stensrud. View Insider Buying and Selling for Juniper Networks.

JNPR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including California Public Employees Retirement System, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Alberta Investment Management Corp, Retirement Systems of Alabama, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Boston Trust Walden Corp and Tibra Equities Europe Ltd. View Insider Buying and Selling for Juniper Networks.

Shares of JNPR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of JNPR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $25.71.

Juniper Networks has a market capitalization of $8.61 billion and generates $4.65 billion in revenue each year. The network equipment provider earns $566.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.36 on an earnings per share basis. Juniper Networks employs 9,283 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Juniper Networks.

The official website for Juniper Networks is http://www.juniper.net/.

Juniper Networks' mailing address is 1133 INNOVATION WAY, SUNNYVALE CA, 94089. The network equipment provider can be reached via phone at 408-745-2000 or via email at [email protected]