NYSE:JNPRJuniper Networks Stock Price, Forecast & News

Juniper Networks' stock was trading at $20.29 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, JNPR shares have increased by 11.1% and is now trading at $22.54. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Juniper Networks in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Juniper Networks.

Juniper Networks is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 28th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Juniper Networks.

Juniper Networks will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, July 28th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE:JNPR) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April, 28th. The network equipment provider reported $0.23 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.12 by $0.11. The network equipment provider earned $998 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1 billion. Juniper Networks had a return on equity of 8.93% and a net margin of 7.53%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down .4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.26 earnings per share. View Juniper Networks' earnings history.

Juniper Networks declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 28th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Monday, June 22nd. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.55%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 29th. View Juniper Networks' dividend history.

Juniper Networks declared that its board has approved a share buyback plan on Thursday, October 24th 2019, which authorizes the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 11.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Juniper Networks updated its second quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, April, 28th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.29-$0.39 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.34. The company issued revenue guidance of $1010-$1110 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.04 billion.

20 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Juniper Networks' shares. Their forecasts range from $17.00 to $30.00. On average, they expect Juniper Networks' stock price to reach $24.62 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Juniper Networks.

News headlines about JNPR stock have been trending negative on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of 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 -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the network equipment provider a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Juniper Networks.

Juniper Networks saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 15,790,000 shares, an increase of 11.9% from the May 31st total of 14,110,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,280,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.7 days. Approximately 4.8% of the company's shares are sold short. View Juniper Networks' Current Options Chain.

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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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC (0.00%). 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 and William Stensrud. View institutional ownership trends for Juniper Networks.

JNPR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $22.54.

Juniper Networks has a market capitalization of $7.47 billion and generates $4.45 billion in revenue each year. The network equipment provider earns $345 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.21 on an earnings per share basis. Juniper Networks employs 2,704 workers across the globe.

The official website for Juniper Networks is 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]