Czech National Bank Has $2.69 Million Holdings in Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE:JNPR)

Czech National Bank increased its position in Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE:JNPR) by 7.1% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 71,787 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,733 shares during the period. Czech National Bank’s holdings in Juniper Networks were worth $2,688,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Federated Hermes Inc. grew its stake in Juniper Networks by 4.8% during the 2nd quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 16,591 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $605,000 after acquiring an additional 762 shares in the last quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of Juniper Networks by 5.8% during the second quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. now owns 18,474 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $674,000 after purchasing an additional 1,015 shares during the period. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC grew its position in Juniper Networks by 4.5% during the second quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC now owns 41,761 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $1,523,000 after purchasing an additional 1,789 shares in the last quarter. Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Co increased its stake in Juniper Networks by 1.7% in the 2nd quarter. Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Co now owns 29,764 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $1,085,000 after buying an additional 500 shares during the period. Finally, Hsbc Holdings PLC lifted its position in Juniper Networks by 14.4% in the 2nd quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 1,911,855 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $69,716,000 after buying an additional 240,385 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.95% of the company’s stock.

Juniper Networks Stock Up 0.4 %

Juniper Networks stock opened at $38.82 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.72, a quick ratio of 1.30 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35. Juniper Networks, Inc. has a 1-year low of $34.30 and a 1-year high of $39.79. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $37.25 and its 200-day simple moving average is $37.99. The company has a market capitalization of $12.85 billion, a P/E ratio of 51.07, a P/E/G ratio of 8.49 and a beta of 0.88.

Juniper Networks Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 23rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 2nd were given a $0.22 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 2nd. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.27%. Juniper Networks’s dividend payout ratio is currently 115.79%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have recently commented on JNPR shares. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “neutral” rating and set a $40.00 price target on shares of Juniper Networks in a report on Friday, November 1st. Citigroup restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $40.00 target price on shares of Juniper Networks in a research note on Monday, September 23rd. Finally, Barclays cut their price target on Juniper Networks from $40.00 to $37.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $39.25.

Juniper Networks 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.