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Stock to Track: Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR)

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Juniper Networks is part of the communication equipment industry and is in the technology sector. The company CEO is Rami Rahim. Juniper Networks Inc operates in the communication equipment industry. It designs, develops and sells products and services that provide customers with network infrastructure. It caters to communication service providers and companies.

Previous Intraday Trading Performance:

The JNPR stock showed a previous change of 0.16% with an open at 25.38 and a close of 25.19. It reached an intraday high of 25.48 and a low of 25.17.

SeekingAlpha:  Juniper Networks adds two execs to board

Liquidity:

The stock has a market cap of $8.7b with 344.3m shares outstanding, of which the float is 341.5m shares. Trading volume reached 2,175,757 shares compared to its average volume of 3,596,923 shares. Based on the current average volume and close price, the trading liquidity is good.

Historical Trading Performance:

Over the last five trading days, Juniper Networks shares returned -0.83% and in the past 30 trading days it returned -9.39%. Over three months, it changed -8.73%. In one year it has changed -6.16% and within that year its 52-week high was 30.80 and its 52-week low was 24.82. JNPR stock is 1.49% above its 52 Week Low.

Our calculations show a 200 day moving average of 27.54 and a 50 day moving average of 26.83. Currently JNPR stock is trading -8.54% below its 200 day moving average and may not be a good opportunity to buy as it may continue to trend down.

SeekingAlpha:  Juniper Networks adds two execs to board

Earnings:

The last annual fiscal EPS for the company was reported at 1.62 that ended on 31st of December 2018, which according to the previous close, that is a PE of 15.55. Based on 7 analyst estimates, the consensus EPS for the next quarter is 0.12. The TTM EPS is 1.35, which comes to a TTM PE of 18.66.

Below was the last reported quarterly diluted earnings per share:

1stQtr of 2019 0.09
4thQtr of 2018 0.55
3rdQtr of 2018 0.64
2ndQtr of 2018 0.33
1stQtr of 2018 0.10

The dividend per share is currently 0.72, which is a dividend yield of 2.86%. Also, the payout ratio is 53.33%, therefore the dividend is safe according to our calculations.

Base on our calculations, the intrinsic value per share is 29.31, which means it is possibly undervalued and has a margin of safety of 14.05%.

Indicators to Watch:

Short-interest was 18,460,590, which was 5.36% of shares outstanding. The short-interest ratio or days-to-cover ratio was 5.92. This stock has a moderate level of short interest, but may still be a buying opportunity depending on other indicators.

The current calculated beta is 0.89.

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Fundamental Indicators:

Based on last reported financials, the company’s return on assets is 6.48%, profit margin is 12.38%, price-to-sales is 1.90 and price-to-book is 1.79.

Company Scores:

All scores are out of six:
 3  :Valuation Score
 4  :Past Performance Score
 4  :Financial Strength Score
 1  :Future Growth Score
 3  :Dividend Score
 3  :Overall Score

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