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 Monday, January 27th. Investors of record on Monday, March 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Monday, March 23rd. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.42%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 28th. This is a boost from Juniper Networks's previous quarterly dividend of $0.19. View Juniper Networks' Dividend History.

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

Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE:JNPR) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, January, 27th. The network equipment provider reported $0.58 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.57 by $0.01. The network equipment provider earned $1.21 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.19 billion. Juniper Networks had a return on equity of 9.16% and a net margin of 7.76%. Juniper Networks's revenue for the quarter was up 2.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.59 EPS. View Juniper Networks' Earnings History.

Juniper Networks is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Juniper Networks.

Juniper Networks updated its first quarter earnings guidance on Monday, January, 27th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.24-0.30 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.32. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.00-1.06 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.04 billion.

14 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Juniper Networks' shares. Their forecasts range from $20.00 to $30.00. On average, they expect Juniper Networks' stock price to reach $26.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.1% 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 3 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Juniper Networks.

News coverage about JNPR stock has trended extremely negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded 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 -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage 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 effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Juniper Networks.

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

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), Alibaba Group (BABA), Bank of America (BAC), NVIDIA (NVDA), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Verizon Communications (VZ), Broadcom (AVGO) and AT&T (T).

Juniper Networks' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (4.75%), First Trust Advisors LP (2.94%), FIL Ltd (2.27%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.68%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (1.64%) and Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.60%). 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 LSV Asset Management, Janus Henderson Group PLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, AJO LP, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., PGGM Investments, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and Geode Capital Management LLC. 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 Renaissance Technologies LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., AO Asset Management LP, FIL Ltd, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., Pzena Investment Management LLC and Captrust Financial Advisors. 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 $23.41.

Juniper Networks has a market capitalization of $7.74 billion and generates $4.45 billion in revenue each year. The network equipment provider earns $345 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.21 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]