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. 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 yield of 3.08%. 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 buyback program 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 programs are usually a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE:JNPR) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The network equipment provider reported $0.48 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.02. The network equipment provider earned $1.13 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.15 billion. Juniper Networks had a return on equity of 9.54% and a net margin of 8.35%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 4.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.54 EPS. View Juniper Networks' Earnings History.

Juniper Networks is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, January 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Juniper Networks.

Juniper Networks will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, January 27th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

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.

12 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Juniper Networks' stock. Their forecasts range from $21.00 to $29.00. On average, they expect Juniper Networks' share price to reach $26.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Juniper Networks.

12 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 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Juniper Networks.

News stories about JNPR stock have been trending very positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Juniper Networks earned a coverage optimism score of 3.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the network equipment provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press 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 December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 15,450,000 shares, a drop of 7.0% from the December 15th total of 16,620,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,620,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.3 days. Approximately 4.7% of the shares of the company 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), Ciena (CIEN), ViaSat (VSAT), Echostar (SATS), Finisar (FNSR), InterDigital Wireless (IDCC), Infinera (INFN), Plantronics (PLT), Extreme Networks (EXTR), 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), Alibaba Group (BABA), NVIDIA (NVDA), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Verizon Communications (VZ), Broadcom (AVGO) and Netflix (NFLX).

Juniper Networks' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include PGGM Investments (0.20%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.18%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%), Horrell Capital Management Inc. (0.05%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.03%) and Kwmg LLC (0.03%). 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 PGGM Investments, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Horrell Capital Management Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, IFP Advisors Inc and New England Research & Management Inc.. 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 DNB Asset Management AS, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Alpine Global Management LLC, Sciencast Management LP, Cerebellum GP LLC and Boston Trust Walden Corp. 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 $24.70.

Juniper Networks has a market capitalization of $8.27 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]