Juniper Networks (JNPR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

12 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Juniper Networks in the last twelve months. There are currently 10 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings 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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12 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Juniper Networks' shares. Their JNPR share price targets range from $28.00 to $40.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $34.27 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.9%.
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Juniper Networks' stock was trading at $29.48 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, JNPR shares have increased by 23.5% and is now trading at $36.42.
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Juniper Networks saw a drop in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 12,620,000 shares, a drop of 6.2% from the March 15th total of 13,460,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 5,300,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.4 days. Approximately 3.9% 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 Thursday, April 25th 2024.
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Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE:JNPR) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January, 30th. The network equipment provider reported $0.43 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.44 by $0.01. The network equipment provider had revenue of $1.36 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.41 billion. Juniper Networks had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.72% and a net margin of 5.57%.

Juniper Networks declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.22 per share on Friday, March 22nd. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.42%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 29th.
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Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR) pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.40%. 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 92.63%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, JNPR will have a dividend payout ratio of 56.41% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR) stock in their portfolio include iShares U.S. Digital Infrastructure and Real Estate ETF (IGN), IQ Merger Arbitrage ETF (MNA), iShares Cybersecurity and Tech ETF (IHAK), SPDR S&P Telecom ETF (XTL), iShares U.S. Telecommunications ETF (IYZ), First Trust Merger Arbitrage ETF (MARB), Amplify Cybersecurity ETF (HACK) and Emerge EMPWR Sustainable Dividend Equity ETF (EMCA).

Juniper Networks issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Tuesday, January, 30th. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.950-0.950 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 2.320. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.6 billion-$5.6 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.6 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.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Juniper Networks investors own include Intel (INTC), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Micron Technology (MU), NVIDIA (NVDA), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Alibaba Group (BABA), Salesforce (CRM), Walt Disney (DIS) and Bank of America (BAC).

Juniper Networks' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC (0.23%), Alaska Permanent Fund Corp (0.05%), Kwmg LLC (0.05%), Banque Cantonale Vaudoise (0.02%), Czech National Bank (0.02%) and First Hawaiian Bank (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Anne Delsanto, 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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