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 twelve months. 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 twelve-month price objectives for Juniper Networks' shares. Their JNPR share price forecasts range from $26.00 to $42.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $33.41 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.6% 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 19.0% and is now trading at $28.91.
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Juniper Networks saw a decline in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 11,220,000 shares, a decline of 12.8% from the July 15th total of 12,860,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,850,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.9 days. Approximately 3.5% of the shares of the stock 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, Inc. (NYSE:JNPR) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 26th. The network equipment provider reported $0.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.46. The network equipment provider earned $1.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.20 billion. Juniper Networks had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.14% and a net margin of 7.93%. The business's revenue was up 4.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.30 earnings per share.
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Juniper Networks announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, September 1st will be given a dividend of $0.21 per share on Thursday, September 22nd. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.91%. 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 2.91%. 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 50.00% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Juniper Networks issued an update on 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 EPS 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."

Juniper Networks' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Dodge & Cox (12.63%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (1.24%), Northern Trust Corp (1.10%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.74%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.72%) and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.68%). Insiders that own company stock include Anne Delsanto, Bikash Koley, Brian Martin, Kenneth Bradley Miller, Kevin A Denuccio, Manoj Leelanivas, Marcus Jewell, Rami Rahim, Thomas A Austin and William Stensrud.
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Shares of JNPR stock 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 $28.91.

Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR) has a market capitalization of $9.33 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 was founded in 1996.

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.