Juniper Networks is a network technology company deeply involved in routing products and cloud computing, with nearly 10,000 employees, focusing on the full chain of network value from simple management and problem detection to support and security issues.

Introduction to Juniper Networks

In 1995, Pradeep Sindhu, a former scientist at the Palo Alto Research Center, was on vacation and suddenly decided that the management and distribution of data needed to be faster and more efficient.。Packet-switched technology originated in the 1960s and was not a new idea at the time, but the early Internet still used routers, basically handling phone calls by assigning a channel to each caller.

Sindhu conceived a network that could share packets of information, optimizing the use of the channel by allowing independent data transmissions to share the channel.。The modern router he envisions will outperform competitors and achieve speeds that existing technologies cannot achieve。In 1996, he set up a new company with a $2 million seed fund.

In April 1999, Juniper Networks went public on the Nasdaq, attracting a record number of deals in the technology industry.。By 2004, the company had a 38% share of the core router market, revenue exceeded the $1 billion mark, has become the "darling of Wall Street investors."

Juniper Networks paves way for China's optical internet service, but quickly regresses as dotcom bubble bursts。All technology companies have been hit。Juniper Networks had to cut 10% of its workforce after losing almost two-thirds of its revenue。However, Juniper Networks quickly recovered in 2004 and doubled its revenue to $2 billion in the following year.

From the early days, Juniper Networks expanded several times, contracted several times, and was succeeded by only three CEOs under Kriens.。In 2008, when Kriens became chairman, he brought in Kevin Johnson from Microsoft.。Prior to his appointment, the company had focused on hardware solutions as a sound way to increase speed, but the company's future needed to focus on software。He then quickly set up a software team to bridge the gap.

Juniper Networks Long-Term Forecasts

From a long-term perspective, the weekly price chart described above seems to indicate that Juniper Networks' performance has been fairly flat, exacerbated by COVID-19, while Juniper Networks' prices have risen during the pandemic.。When analysts who specialize in long-term forecasting use artificial intelligence algorithms to model the future, Juniper Networks' previous pricing history sets the stage for doom five years later

While the result of this forecast is that Juniper Networks is worth around $20, we have to judge from other aspects whether there are other extenuating circumstances that can improve the company's prospects

Commodities industry needs scale to keep thriving in tough times。Juniper Networks is still a medium-sized company。It has to compete with the much larger Cisco and Arista, a new competitor in the field with a much larger market capitalization.。But before the battle begins, there seems to be no competition.

However, due to its medium market capitalization status, the possibility of a merger or acquisition is always present, and if the fundamentals are worth acquiring by the acquirer, the share price will be higher than it is now。The stock has been range-bound for the past five years, mostly below $35。There are a lot of variables in this, but if Juniper Networks is going to soar, it needs to come with some positive surprises along the way, possibly the launch of 5G beating the Waveband.