Juniper Networks - JNPR Stock Forecast, Price & News

16 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Juniper Networks in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" JNPR shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in JNPR, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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16 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Juniper Networks' shares. Their JNPR share price forecasts range from $26.00 to $42.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $33.41 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 28.0% from the stock's current price.
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Juniper Networks' stock was trading at $35.71 at the start of the year. Since then, JNPR stock has decreased by 26.9% and is now trading at $26.11.
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Juniper Networks saw a decline in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 9,260,000 shares, a decline of 10.1% from the August 31st total of 10,300,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,550,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.6 days. Currently, 2.9% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 25th 2022.
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Juniper Networks will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, October 25th at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE:JNPR) released its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 26th. The network equipment provider reported $0.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.33 by $0.06. The network equipment provider earned $1.27 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.26 billion. Juniper Networks had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.14% and a net margin of 7.93%.

Juniper Networks announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.21 per share on Thursday, September 22nd. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.22%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 31st.
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Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR) pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.15%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 70.59%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, JNPR will have a dividend payout ratio of 51.85% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Juniper Networks updated its third quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 4th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.45-$0.55 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.54. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.30 billion-$1.40 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.29 billion.

976 employees have rated Juniper Networks Chief Executive Officer Rami Rahim on Glassdoor.com. Rami Rahim has an approval rating of 88% among the company's employees.

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Juniper Networks trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "JNPR."

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One share of JNPR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $26.11.

Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR) has a market capitalization of $8.42 billion and generates $4.74 billion in revenue each year. The network equipment provider earns $252.70 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.19 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,004 workers across the globe.

Juniper Networks' mailing address is 1133 INNOVATION WAY, SUNNYVALE CA, 94089. The official website for the company is www.juniper.net. The network equipment provider can be reached via phone at (408) 745-2000, via email at investor-relations@juniper.net, or via fax at 408-745-2100.