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 year. 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 Wall Street research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Juniper Networks' stock. Their JNPR share price forecasts range from $26.00 to $42.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $33.41 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.8% from the stock's current price.
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Juniper Networks' stock was trading at $35.71 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, JNPR stock has decreased by 18.5% and is now trading at $29.10.
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Juniper Networks saw a decrease in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 11,220,000 shares, a decrease of 12.8% from the July 15th total of 12,860,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,850,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.9 days. Approximately 3.5% of the company's shares 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) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 26th. The network equipment provider reported $0.46 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.46. The network equipment provider earned $1.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.20 billion. Juniper Networks had a net margin of 7.93% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.14%. Juniper Networks's revenue was up 4.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.30 earnings per share.
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Juniper Networks announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.21 per share on Thursday, September 22nd. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.89%. The ex-dividend date 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 2.89%. 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 (EPS) guidance of $0.45-$0.55 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Dodge & Cox (12.63%), State Street Corp (4.48%), Whale Rock Capital Management LLC (1.31%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (1.24%), Northern Trust Corp (1.10%) and Millennium Management LLC (0.85%). 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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One share of JNPR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $29.10.

Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR) has a market capitalization of $9.39 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.