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Juniper Networks (JNPR) Competitors

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$37.24 +0.24 (+0.65%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

JNPR vs. FFIV, CIEN, SATS, IDCC, EXTR, CALX, INFN, HLIT, DGII, and VSAT

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), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Calix (CALX), Infinera (INFN), Harmonic (HLIT), Digi International (DGII), and Viasat (VSAT). 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 better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings and risk.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
F5$2.82B5.25$566.78M$9.5626.39
Juniper Networks$5.03B2.45$310.20M$0.7649.00

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
F520.13% 20.80% 11.41%
Juniper Networks 4.97%7.41%3.53%

F5 presently has a consensus price target of $237.11, indicating a potential downside of 6.00%. Juniper Networks has a consensus price target of $39.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.07%. Given Juniper Networks' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Juniper Networks is more favorable than F5.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
F5
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.22
Juniper Networks
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13

F5 has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Juniper Networks has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

90.7% of F5 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.9% 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, F5 had 4 more articles in the media than Juniper Networks. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for F5 and 4 mentions for Juniper Networks. F5's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Juniper Networks' score of 0.69 indicating that F5 is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
F5
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Juniper Networks
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

F5 received 219 more outperform votes than Juniper Networks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.89% of users gave F5 an outperform vote while only 59.01% of users gave Juniper Networks an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
F5Outperform Votes
1293
66.89%
Underperform Votes
640
33.11%
Juniper NetworksOutperform Votes
1074
59.01%
Underperform Votes
746
40.99%

Summary

F5 beats Juniper Networks on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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JNPR vs. The Competition

MetricJuniper NetworksComputer & office equipment IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$12.33B$36.14B$25.96B$19.18B
Dividend Yield2.34%2.54%2.78%3.61%
P/E Ratio49.0019.78238.1141.30
Price / Sales2.453.213,339.7317.58
Price / Cash16.9024.7035.6921.28
Price / Book2.6410.198.125.32
Net Income$310.20M$1.34B$681.16M$989.88M
7 Day Performance0.03%-1.68%0.41%-3.54%
1 Month Performance4.74%2.36%7.01%-3.68%
1 Year Performance27.53%15.72%23.11%12.14%

Juniper Networks Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JNPR
Juniper Networks
4.143 of 5 stars
$37.24
+0.6%
$39.50
+6.1%
+28.1%$12.33B$5.03B49.003,374
FFIV
F5
4.1416 of 5 stars
$261.51
-0.1%
$233.56
-10.7%
+42.6%$15.33B$2.82B27.396,557Analyst Forecast
Positive News
CIEN
Ciena
4.4611 of 5 stars
$90.99
+1.4%
$77.00
-15.4%
+100.5%$13.14B$4.01B157.408,483Insider Trade
SATS
EchoStar
0.727 of 5 stars
$23.96
+2.7%
$20.50
-14.4%
+66.4%$6.51B$17.02B-2.6215,300
IDCC
InterDigital
2.7033 of 5 stars
$196.91
+1.3%
$120.00
-39.1%
+72.2%$4.99B$721.23M20.76420Insider Trade
Positive News
EXTR
Extreme Networks
3.0233 of 5 stars
$18.41
+1.3%
$19.00
+3.2%
+0.6%$2.43B$1.03B-18.732,656Analyst Upgrade
CALX
Calix
1.9467 of 5 stars
$35.65
+1.5%
$42.50
+19.2%
-16.3%$2.36B$890.13M-146.921,760
INFN
Infinera
0.5499 of 5 stars
$6.61
+0.3%
$7.09
+7.2%
+44.1%$1.57B$1.61B-13.733,389Positive News
HLIT
Harmonic
4.171 of 5 stars
$13.34
+1.2%
$15.25
+14.3%
+12.0%$1.55B$623.65M18.051,359News Coverage
Positive News
DGII
Digi International
2.4092 of 5 stars
$33.73
+1.7%
$36.75
+9.0%
+23.4%$1.23B$424.05M55.38822Analyst Upgrade
VSAT
Viasat
3.9517 of 5 stars
$9.35
+0.1%
$18.33
+96.1%
-65.5%$1.20B$4.28B-2.997,500

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This page (NYSE:JNPR) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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