Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC Acquires New Stake in Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE:JNPR)

Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE:JNPRFree Report) during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm acquired 5,467 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock, valued at approximately $213,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Pacer Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in Juniper Networks by 14,314.7% in the second quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 4,832,105 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $176,179,000 after acquiring an additional 4,798,583 shares during the period. Magnetar Financial LLC acquired a new stake in Juniper Networks in the first quarter valued at $86,494,000. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board lifted its holdings in Juniper Networks by 859.1% in the first quarter. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board now owns 836,900 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $31,016,000 after acquiring an additional 749,641 shares during the period. Gabelli Funds LLC acquired a new stake in Juniper Networks in the first quarter valued at $23,379,000. Finally, Natixis raised its stake in shares of Juniper Networks by 1,524.4% during the 1st quarter. Natixis now owns 470,137 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock worth $17,423,000 after buying an additional 441,194 shares during the last quarter. 91.95% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Juniper Networks Trading Up 0.1 %

Shares of JNPR stock opened at $39.04 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $38.86 and a 200 day moving average price of $37.14. Juniper Networks, Inc. has a twelve month low of $25.83 and a twelve month high of $39.79. The company has a market capitalization of $12.69 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 56.58, a PEG ratio of 11.74 and a beta of 0.93. The company has a current ratio of 1.69, a quick ratio of 1.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.36.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

JNPR has been the subject of several research reports. Citigroup reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $40.00 price target on shares of Juniper Networks in a research note on Monday, September 23rd. Barclays cut their price target on Juniper Networks from $41.00 to $40.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, July 26th. StockNews.com initiated coverage on Juniper Networks in a research note on Monday, September 16th. They set a “hold” rating for the company. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of Juniper Networks in a research note on Friday, July 26th. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $40.00.

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Juniper Networks Company Profile

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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.

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