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 declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 24th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.19 per share on Monday, December 23rd. This represents a $0.76 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.03%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 29th. View Juniper Networks' Dividend History.

Juniper Networks announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Thursday, October 24th 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding 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 generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE:JNPR) posted its earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The network equipment provider reported $0.48 EPS for the quarter, beating the 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 net margin of 8.35% and a return on equity of 9.54%. Juniper Networks's revenue was down 4.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $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 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 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Juniper Networks' stock. Their forecasts range from $21.00 to $30.00. On average, they expect Juniper Networks' stock price to reach $26.21 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.6% 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.

News coverage about JNPR stock has been trending somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Juniper Networks earned a daily sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage 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 effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Juniper Networks.

Juniper Networks saw a decline in short interest in October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 12,800,000 shares, a decline of 5.9% from the September 15th total of 13,600,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,070,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.2 days. Approximately 3.7% of the company's stock are sold short. 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 acquired 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 $25.07.

Juniper Networks has a market capitalization of $8.39 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]