Putting The Spotlight On Juniper Networks Inc (JNPR)

Juniper Networks Inc (NYSE:JNPR) currently has a daily average trading volume of 3.91M but it saw 1848167 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 12.03B USD, the company’s current market price of $36.12 came rising about 0.06 while comparing to the previous closing price of $36.10. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $39.79 and as low as $33.72. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $36.05 while lowest mark touched by it was $36.265.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Juniper Networks Inc (JNPR) gives us an average price of $35.97, while its current price level is -9.22% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 7.12% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $36.40 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $37.43. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 0.57% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 0.87%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 51.07 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Evercore ISI upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Outperform” from “In-line” on February 04, 2025 while assigning a price target of $40. Citigroup issued its recommendations for the stock as it resumed the price target for the stock is $40.

Over the week, JNPR’s stock price is moving 0.11% up while it is 0.25% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -3.55% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -2.51%.

The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report on 2025-Feb-03, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 0.43 while estimate for next year EPS is 2.06. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $1.33B as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $5.44B and seeing the company making $5.62B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $1.28B for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, Juniper Networks Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 332.60M with 1.30% of that held by the insiders while 84.42% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 4.69% and return on equity (ROE) at 6.21%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 42.26 while having a 16.12 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.85. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 2.51 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 2.37. Its return on asset (ROA) is 2.95% on average.