NYSE:JNPR - Juniper Networks Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Juniper Networks declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 24th. Investors 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 3.15%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 29th. View Juniper Networks' Dividend History.

Juniper Networks declared that its board has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, October 24th 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 11.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE:JNPR) released its earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The network equipment provider reported $0.48 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.02. The network equipment provider had revenue of $1.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.15 billion. Juniper Networks had a return on equity of 9.54% and a net margin of 8.35%. Juniper Networks's quarterly revenue was down 4.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company 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 updated its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 24th. The company provided 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.

13 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Juniper Networks' shares. Their forecasts range from $21.00 to $29.00. On average, they expect Juniper Networks' stock price to reach $25.85 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Juniper Networks.

13 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 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Juniper Networks.

News coverage about JNPR stock has been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Juniper Networks earned a coverage optimism score of -1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the network equipment provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Juniper Networks.

Juniper Networks saw a increase in short interest in November. As of November 29th, there was short interest totalling 18,700,000 shares, an increase of 54.3% from the November 14th total of 12,120,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,560,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.3 days. Currently, 5.7% 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), Ubiquiti Networks (UBNT), F5 Networks (FFIV), Ciena (CIEN), ViaSat (VSAT), Echostar (SATS), Finisar (FNSR), InterDigital Wireless (IDCC), Infinera (INFN), Plantronics (PLT), Comtech Telecomm. (CMTL) and Extreme Networks (EXTR).

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), Bank of America (BAC), Alibaba Group (BABA), NVIDIA (NVDA), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Broadcom (AVGO), Netflix (NFLX) and salesforce.com (CRM).

Juniper Networks' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.70%), First Trust Advisors LP (2.79%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.87%), Fairpointe Capital LLC (0.88%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.59%) and Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (0.49%). 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, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Stifel Financial Corp, Railway Pension Investments Ltd, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Chicago Equity Partners LLC and First Trust Advisors LP. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nomura Holdings Inc., State Street Corp, California Public Employees Retirement System, Man Group plc, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Alberta Investment Management Corp and Retirement Systems of Alabama. 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 $24.13.

Juniper Networks has a market capitalization of $8.08 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]