Juniper Networks - JNPR Stock Forecast, Price & News

16 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Juniper Networks in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings, 7 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities 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 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Juniper Networks' shares. Their JNPR share price forecasts range from $29.00 to $42.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $34.87 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.4% from the stock's current price.
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Juniper Networks' stock was trading at $31.96 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, JNPR shares have increased by 6.5% and is now trading at $34.04.
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Juniper Networks saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 9,030,000 shares, an increase of 7.2% from the February 28th total of 8,420,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,570,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.5 days. Currently, 2.8% 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, April 25th 2023.
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Juniper Networks will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, April 25th at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE:JNPR) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January, 31st. The network equipment provider reported $0.65 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.00. The network equipment provider had revenue of $1.45 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.48 billion. Juniper Networks had a net margin of 8.88% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.91%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 11.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.41 EPS.
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Juniper Networks declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 31st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 1st will be given a dividend of $0.22 per share on Wednesday, March 22nd. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.59%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 28th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.21.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR) stock in their portfolio include iShares North American Tech-Multimedia Networking ETF (IGN), iShares Cybersecurity and Tech ETF (IHAK), ETFMG Prime Cyber Security ETF (HACK), SPDR S&P Telecom ETF (XTL), First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF (CIBR), Emerge EMPWR Sustainable Dividend Equity ETF (EMCA), iShares U.S. Telecommunications ETF (IYZ) and ProShares Ultra Communication Services (LTL).

Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR) pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.68%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 61.11%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, JNPR will have a dividend payout ratio of 47.83% 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 first quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, January, 31st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.37-$0.47 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.40. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.29-$1.39 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include First Trust Advisors LP (3.00%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.28%), Legal & General Group Plc (2.07%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.45%), American Century Companies Inc. (1.25%) and Morgan Stanley (1.25%). Insiders that own company stock include Anne Delsanto, Brian Martin, James A Dolce Jr, Kenneth Bradley Miller, Kevin A Denuccio, Manoj Leelanivas, Marcus Jewell, Rami Rahim, Robert Mobassaly, Scott Kriens, Thomas A Austin and William Stensrud.
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One share of JNPR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $34.04.

Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR) has a market capitalization of $11.03 billion and generates $5.30 billion in revenue each year. The network equipment provider earns $471 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.44 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 10,901 workers across the globe.

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.