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 announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 24th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.19 per share on Monday, December 23rd. This represents a $0.76 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.08%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 29th. View Juniper Networks' Dividend History.

Juniper Networks announced that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Thursday, October 24th 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits 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 shares are undervalued.

Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE:JNPR) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The network equipment provider reported $0.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.02. The network equipment provider earned $1.13 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.15 billion. Juniper Networks had a net margin of 8.35% and a return on equity of 9.54%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 4.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.54 EPS. View Juniper Networks' Earnings History.

Juniper Networks is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, January 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Juniper Networks.

Juniper Networks will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, January 27th 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 updated its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 24th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.54-0.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.56. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.155-1.215 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.22 billion.

12 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Juniper Networks' stock. Their forecasts range from $21.00 to $29.00. On average, they expect Juniper Networks' share price to reach $26.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Juniper Networks.

12 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 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Juniper Networks.

Press coverage about JNPR stock has been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Juniper Networks earned a daily sentiment score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news 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 impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Juniper Networks.

Juniper Networks saw a drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 15,450,000 shares, a drop of 7.0% from the December 15th total of 16,620,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,620,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.3 days. Approximately 4.7% of the company's stock are short sold. View Juniper Networks' Current Options Chain.

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), ViaSat (VSAT), Echostar (SATS), Finisar (FNSR), InterDigital Wireless (IDCC), Infinera (INFN), Plantronics (PLT), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Comtech Telecomm. (CMTL) and NetGear (NTGR).

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

Juniper Networks' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include PGGM Investments (0.20%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.18%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%), Horrell Capital Management Inc. (0.05%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.03%) and Kwmg LLC (0.03%). 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 PGGM Investments, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Horrell Capital Management Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, IFP Advisors Inc and New England Research & Management Inc.. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DNB Asset Management AS, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Alpine Global Management LLC, Sciencast Management LP, Cerebellum GP LLC and Boston Trust Walden Corp. 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 $24.70.

Juniper Networks has a market capitalization of $8.27 billion and generates $4.65 billion in revenue each year. The network equipment provider earns $566.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.36 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]