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 given a dividend of $0.19 per share on Monday, December 23rd. This represents a $0.76 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.09%. The ex-dividend date 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 buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 11.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is 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 (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.02. The network equipment provider had revenue of $1.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.15 billion. Juniper Networks had a return on equity of 9.54% and a net margin of 8.35%. The business's revenue was down 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.54 earnings per share. 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.

13 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Juniper Networks' shares. Their forecasts range from $20.00 to $29.00. On average, they anticipate Juniper Networks' share price to reach $25.77 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.8% 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.

Media coverage about JNPR stock has been trending extremely negative on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Juniper Networks earned a coverage optimism score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines 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 impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Juniper Networks.

Juniper Networks saw a decline in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 15,450,000 shares, a decline of 7.0% from the December 15th total of 16,620,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,620,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.3 days. Currently, 4.7% of the company's shares are sold short. 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), Verizon Communications (VZ), NVIDIA (NVDA), QUALCOMM (qcom), Netflix (NFLX) and AT&T (T).

Juniper Networks' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include PGGM Investments (0.20%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.18%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.15%), Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.07%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%) and Horrell Capital Management Inc. (0.05%). 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, Farmers & Merchants Investments Inc. and Smith Graham & Co. Investment 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Exane Derivatives, Strs Ohio, DNB Asset Management AS, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Alpine Global Management LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Exchange Traded Concepts LLC and Sciencast Management LP. 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 $24.58.

Juniper Networks has a market capitalization of $8.23 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]