NYSE:JNPR - Juniper Networks Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Juniper Networks declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, January 27th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Monday, March 23rd. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.60%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 28th. This is a boost from Juniper Networks's previous quarterly dividend of $0.19. View Juniper Networks' Dividend History.

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

Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE:JNPR) announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, January, 27th. The network equipment provider reported $0.58 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.57 by $0.01. The network equipment provider had revenue of $1.21 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.19 billion. Juniper Networks had a net margin of 7.76% and a return on equity of 9.16%. The company's revenue was up 2.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.59 earnings per share. View Juniper Networks' Earnings History.

Juniper Networks is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Juniper Networks.

Juniper Networks updated its first quarter earnings guidance on Monday, January, 27th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.24-0.30 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.32. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.00-1.06 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.04 billion.

14 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Juniper Networks' shares. Their forecasts range from $20.00 to $30.00. On average, they anticipate Juniper Networks' share price to reach $26.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Juniper Networks.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Juniper Networks in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Juniper Networks.

News stories about JNPR stock have been trending negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Juniper Networks earned a news sentiment score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the network equipment provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Juniper Networks.

Some companies that are related to Juniper Networks include Cisco Systems (CSCO), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Motorola Solutions (MSI), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), F5 Networks (FFIV), Ciena (CIEN), Echostar (SATS), ViaSat (VSAT), Finisar (FNSR), InterDigital Wireless (IDCC), Infinera (INFN), Comtech Telecomm. (CMTL), Extreme Networks (EXTR), NetGear (NTGR) and Harmonic (HLIT).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Juniper Networks investors own include Cisco Systems (CSCO), Intel (INTC), Alibaba Group (BABA), Micron Technology (MU), Bank of America (BAC), Oracle (ORCL), Broadcom (AVGO), NVIDIA (NVDA), QUALCOMM (QCOM) and Verizon Communications (VZ).

Juniper Networks' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.75%), First Trust Advisors LP (2.94%), FIL Ltd (2.27%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.68%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (1.64%) and Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.60%). 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, Terrance F Spidell, Vincent Molinaro and William Stensrud. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Juniper Networks.

JNPR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LSV Asset Management, Janus Henderson Group PLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, AJO LP, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., PGGM Investments, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and Geode Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Juniper Networks company stock in the last year include Bikash Koley, Brian Martin, Kenneth Bradley Miller, Kevin A Denuccio, Manoj Leelanivas, Rahul N Merchant, Rami Rahim and William Stensrud. View Insider Buying and Selling for Juniper Networks.

JNPR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., AO Asset Management LP, FIL Ltd, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., Pzena Investment Management LLC and Captrust Financial Advisors. View Insider Buying and Selling 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 $22.22.

Juniper Networks has a market capitalization of $7.34 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 9,283 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Juniper Networks.

The official website for Juniper Networks is http://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]