JNPR vs. FFIV, CIEN, SATS, IDCC, CALX, EXTR, INFN, HLIT, VSAT, and DGII
Should you be buying Juniper Networks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Juniper Networks include F5 (FFIV), Ciena (CIEN), EchoStar (SATS), InterDigital (IDCC), Calix (CALX), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Infinera (INFN), Harmonic (HLIT), Viasat (VSAT), and Digi International (DGII). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.
Juniper Networks vs.
F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) and Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, F5 had 14 more articles in the media than Juniper Networks. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for F5 and 3 mentions for Juniper Networks. F5's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Juniper Networks' score of 0.55 indicating that F5 is being referred to more favorably in the media.
F5 presently has a consensus target price of $251.25, indicating a potential downside of 5.74%. Juniper Networks has a consensus target price of $39.25, indicating a potential upside of 1.58%. Given Juniper Networks' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Juniper Networks is more favorable than F5.
F5 has a net margin of 20.13% compared to Juniper Networks' net margin of 4.97%. F5's return on equity of 20.80% beat Juniper Networks' return on equity.
90.7% of F5 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Juniper Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of F5 shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Juniper Networks shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
F5 has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Juniper Networks has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
F5 has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Juniper Networks. F5 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Juniper Networks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
F5 received 219 more outperform votes than Juniper Networks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.82% of users gave F5 an outperform vote while only 59.01% of users gave Juniper Networks an outperform vote.
Summary
F5 beats Juniper Networks on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:JNPR) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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