Juniper Networks (JNPR) Stock Forecast, Price & News

16 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Juniper Networks in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings, 7 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities 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 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Juniper Networks' stock. Their JNPR share price forecasts range from $29.00 to $42.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $34.87 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.6% from the stock's current price.
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Juniper Networks' stock was trading at $31.96 at the beginning of the year. Since then, JNPR stock has decreased by 4.0% and is now trading at $30.69.
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Juniper Networks saw a increase in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 8,640,000 shares, an increase of 11.9% from the April 15th total of 7,720,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,700,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.3 days. Approximately 2.7% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 25th 2023.
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Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE:JNPR) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January, 31st. The network equipment provider reported $0.65 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.65 by $0.00. The network equipment provider had revenue of $1.45 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.48 billion. Juniper Networks had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.82% and a net margin of 9.10%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 11.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.41 earnings per share.
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Juniper Networks declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 25th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.22 per share on Thursday, June 22nd. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.87%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 31st.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR) stock in their portfolio include iShares North American Tech-Multimedia Networking ETF (IGN), ETFMG Prime Cyber Security ETF (HACK), iShares Cybersecurity and Tech ETF (IHAK), SPDR S&P Telecom ETF (XTL), Emerge EMPWR Sustainable Dividend Equity ETF (EMCA), iShares U.S. Telecommunications ETF (IYZ), First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF (CIBR) and Invesco Dynamic Networking ETF (PXQ).

Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR) pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.89%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 57.52%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, JNPR will have a dividend payout ratio of 47.83% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Juniper Networks updated its second quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 27th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.49-$0.59 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $0.53. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.36 billion-$1.46 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.40 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.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Juniper Networks investors own include Intel (INTC), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Micron Technology (MU), NVIDIA (NVDA), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Alibaba Group (BABA), Salesforce (CRM), Walt Disney (DIS) and Bank of America (BAC).

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

Juniper Networks' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Dodge & Cox (10.93%), BlackRock Inc. (10.71%), State Street Corp (4.60%), First Trust Advisors LP (3.22%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.29%) and Acadian Asset Management LLC (1.64%). Insiders that own company stock include Anne Delsanto, Brian Martin, James A Dolce Jr, Kenneth Bradley Miller, Kevin A Denuccio, Manoj Leelanivas, Marcus Jewell, Rami Rahim, Robert Mobassaly, Scott Kriens, Thomas A Austin and William Stensrud.
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One share of JNPR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $30.69.

Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR) has a market capitalization of $9.87 billion and generates $5.30 billion in revenue each year. The network equipment provider earns $471 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.53 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 10,901 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.