Does Juniper Networks Inc (NYSE:JNPR) have deteriorating prospects?

Juniper Networks Inc (NYSE:JNPR) shares traded 1.89% higher at $26.92 on Wall Street last session.

JNPR stock price is now -1.78% away from the 50-day moving average and -9.97% away from the 200-day moving average. The market capitalization of the company currently stands at $8.65B.

With the price target reduced from $32 to $29, JP Morgan Downgraded its rating from Overweight to Neutral for Juniper Networks Inc (NYSE: JNPR).

In other news, rahim rami, Chief Executive Officer sold 5,556 shares of the company’s stock on Oct 06. The stock was sold for $148,211 at an average price of $26.68. Upon completion of the transaction, the Chief Executive Officer now directly owns 896,078 shares in the company, valued at $24.12 million. An SEC document containing details of the transaction can be found on the SEC’s website. On Oct 05, Chief Executive Officer rahim rami sold 5,556 shares of the business’s stock. A total of $147,473 was realized by selling the stock at an average price of $26.54. This leaves the insider owning 901,634 shares of the company worth $24.27 million. Insiders disposed of 825,784 shares of company stock worth roughly $22.23 million over the past 1 year. A total of 1.28% of the company’s stock is owned by insiders.

Juniper Networks Inc (NYSE: JNPR) opened at $26.65 on Tuesday. During the past 12 months, Juniper Networks Inc has had a low of $24.87 and a high of $34.53. As of last week, the company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39, a current ratio of 1.73, and a quick ratio of 1.29. According to the stock market information, the enterprise value for the company is $8.89B, which is based on a 24.12 price-to-earnings ratio, a 2.19 price-to-earnings-growth ratio, and a beta of 0.93. The fifty day moving average price for JNPR is $27.39 and a two-hundred day moving average price translates $29.88 for the stock.

The latest earnings results from Juniper Networks Inc (NYSE: JNPR) was released for Sep, 2023. According to the Communication Equipment Company, earnings per share came in at $0.58, beating analysts’ expectations of $0.55 by 0.03. This compares to $0.37 EPS in the same period last year. The net profit margin was 6.48% and return on equity was 8.45% for JNPR. The company reported revenue of $1.4 billion for the quarter, compared to $1.41 billion a year earlier. Comparatively to last year’s same quarter, the company’s quarterly revenue fell -1.19 percent. For the current quarter, analysts expect JNPR to generate $1.39B in revenue.

Juniper Networks Inc(JNPR) Company Profile

Juniper Networks, Inc. designs, develops, and sells network products and services worldwide. The company offers routing products, such as ACX series universal access routers to deploy high-bandwidth services; MX series Ethernet routers that function as a universal edge platform; PTX series packet transport routers; wide-area network SDN controllers; and session smart routers. It also provides switching products, including EX series Ethernet switches to address the access, aggregation, and core layer switching requirements of micro branch, branch office, and campus environments; QFX series of core, spine, and top-of-rack data center switches; and juniper access points, which provide Wi-Fi access and performance. In addition, the company offers security products comprising SRX series services gateways for the data center; Branch SRX family provides an integrated and next-generation firewall; virtual firewall that delivers various features of physical firewalls; and advanced malware protection, a cloud-based service and Juniper ATP. Further, it offers Junos OS, a network operating system; Contrail networking, which provides an open-source and standards-based platform for SDN; Mist AI-driven Wired, Wireless, and WAN assurance solutions to set and measure key metrics; Mist AI-driven Marvis Virtual Network Assistant, which identifies the root cause of issues; Juniper Paragon Automation, a modular portfolio of cloud-native software applications; and Juniper Apstra to automate the network lifecycle in a single system. Additionally, the company provides software-as-a-service, technical support, maintenance, and professional services, as well as education and training programs. It sells its products through direct sales, distributors, value-added resellers, and original equipment manufacturers to end-users in the cloud, service provider, and enterprise markets. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

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