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. 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.91%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 29th. View Juniper Networks' Dividend History.

Juniper Networks announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Thursday, October 24th 2019, which authorizes the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 11.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE:JNPR) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 24th. The network equipment provider reported $0.48 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.54 earnings per share. 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 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 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Juniper Networks' stock. Their forecasts range from $21.00 to $30.00. On average, they anticipate Juniper Networks' share price to reach $26.21 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.5% 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.

Media stories about JNPR stock have been trending extremely negative this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing 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 coverage optimism score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the network equipment provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Juniper Networks.

Juniper Networks saw a decrease in short interest in October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 12,800,000 shares, a decrease 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 short-interest ratio is presently 4.2 days. Approximately 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 NetGear (NTGR).

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

Juniper Networks' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail 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 $26.08.

Juniper Networks has a market capitalization of $8.73 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]