Juniper Networks Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Juniper Networks in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Juniper Networks stock. 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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Juniper Networks is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 26th 2021.
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Juniper Networks will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, October 26th at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE:JNPR) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 27th. The network equipment provider reported $0.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.39 by $0.04. The network equipment provider earned $1.17 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.14 billion. Juniper Networks had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.78% and a net margin of 4.49%. Juniper Networks's revenue for the quarter was up 7.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.35 EPS.
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Juniper Networks' stock was trading at $20.29 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, JNPR shares have increased by 36.9% and is now trading at $27.77.
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Juniper Networks announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 27th. Investors of record on Wednesday, September 1st will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Wednesday, September 22nd. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.88%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 31st.
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Juniper Networks pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.92%. Juniper Networks does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Juniper Networks is 75.47%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, Juniper Networks will have a dividend payout ratio of 58.39% next year. This indicates that Juniper Networks will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Juniper Networks declared that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan on Thursday, October 24th 2019, which allows the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 11.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Juniper Networks issued an update on its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 3rd. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.71 billion-$4.71 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.65 billion.

9 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Juniper Networks' shares. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $34.00. On average, they anticipate Juniper Networks' share price to reach $28.89 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.0% from the stock's current price.
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976 employees have rated Juniper Networks CEO Rami Rahim on Glassdoor.com. Rami Rahim has an approval rating of 88% among Juniper Networks' employees.

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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.com (CRM), The 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 (14.36%), Vanguard Group Inc. (11.46%), BlackRock Inc. (9.43%), State Street Corp (4.42%), First Trust Advisors LP (3.70%) and Invesco Ltd. (2.05%). Company insiders that own Juniper Networks stock include Anne Delsanto, Bikash Koley, Brian Martin, Kenneth Bradley Miller, Kevin A Denuccio, Manoj Leelanivas, Rami Rahim, Thomas A Austin and William Stensrud.
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JNPR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Invesco Ltd., Deutsche Bank AG, Citigroup Inc., Swiss National Bank, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Dodge & Cox, and First Trust Advisors LP. Company insiders that have sold Juniper Networks company stock in the last year include Anne Delsanto, Brian Martin, Kenneth Bradley Miller, Kevin A Denuccio, Manoj Leelanivas, Rami Rahim, Thomas A Austin, and William Stensrud.
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JNPR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Westfield Capital Management Co. LP, Amundi, Bank of America Corp DE, Bank of America Corp DE, Marshall Wace North America L.P., LMR Partners LLP, and LSV Asset Management.
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Shares of JNPR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of JNPR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $27.77.

Juniper Networks has a market capitalization of $9.03 billion and generates $4.45 billion in revenue each year. The network equipment provider earns $257.80 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.06 on an earnings per share basis.

Juniper Networks employs 2,880 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Juniper Networks: Altor, Ankeena Networks, AppFormix, Apstra, Aurrion, BTI, BitGravity, Contrail, Cyphort Inc, HTBase, Juniper Networks (US) Inc., Juniper Networks International B.V., Mist Systems, Mykonos Software, Opnext, SMobile Systems, Trapeze Networks, Wandl, and Webscreen Technology.

Juniper Networks was founded in 1996.

The official website for Juniper Networks is www.juniper.net.

Juniper Networks is headquartered at 1133 INNOVATION WAY, SUNNYVALE CA, 94089.

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].