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 announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 24th. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.18%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 29th. View Juniper Networks' Dividend History.

Juniper Networks declared that its board has approved a share repurchase plan on Thursday, October 24th 2019, which allows the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 11.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE:JNPR) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The network equipment provider reported $0.48 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.02. The network equipment provider earned $1.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.15 billion. Juniper Networks had a net margin of 8.35% and a return on equity of 9.54%. The company's revenue was down 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm 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 EPS guidance of $0.54-0.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus 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 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Juniper Networks' stock. Their forecasts range from $21.00 to $29.00. On average, they anticipate Juniper Networks' share price to reach $25.85 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.1% 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 headlines about JNPR stock have trended somewhat negative on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Juniper Networks earned a daily sentiment score of -1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the network equipment provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news 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 drop in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 12,800,000 shares, a drop of 5.9% from the September 15th total of 13,600,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,070,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.2 days. Currently, 3.7% of the shares of the stock 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), 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 many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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 State Street Corp, California Public Employees Retirement System, Man Group plc, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Alberta Investment Management Corp, Retirement Systems of Alabama and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $23.92.

Juniper Networks has a market capitalization of $8.01 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]