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Juniper Networks (Juniper Networks) Beneish M-Score

: -2.80 (As of Today)
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The zones of discrimination for M-Score is as such:

An M-Score of equal or less than -1.78 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.
An M-Score of greater than -1.78 signals that the company is likely to be a manipulator.

Good Sign:

Beneish M-Score -2.8 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

The historical rank and industry rank for Juniper Networks's Beneish M-Score or its related term are showing as below:

JNPR' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.08   Med: -2.58   Max: -2.1
Current: -2.8

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Juniper Networks was -2.10. The lowest was -3.08. And the median was -2.58.


Juniper Networks Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Juniper Networks's Beneish M-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Juniper Networks Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beneish M-Score
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.28 -2.53 -2.63 -2.10 -2.80

Juniper Networks Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Beneish M-Score Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.10 -2.08 -2.69 -2.82 -2.80

Competitive Comparison

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Juniper Networks's Beneish M-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Beneish M-Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Juniper Networks Beneish M-Score Distribution

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Juniper Networks's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Juniper Networks's Beneish M-Score falls into.



Juniper Networks Beneish M-Score Calculation

The M-score was created by Professor Messod Beneish. Instead of measuring the bankruptcy risk (Altman Z-Score) or business trend (Piotroski F-Score), M-score can be used to detect the risk of earnings manipulation. This is the original research paper on M-score.

The M-Score Variables:

The M-score of Juniper Networks for today is based on a combination of the following eight different indices:

M=-4.84+0.92 * DSRI+0.528 * GMI+0.404 * AQI+0.892 * SGI+0.115 * DEPI
=-4.84+0.92 * 0.8105+0.528 * 0.9698+0.404 * 0.9839+0.892 * 1.0497+0.115 * 1.0853
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 1.0261+4.679 * -0.039176-0.327 * 0.9813
=-2.80

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

This Year (Dec23) TTM:Last Year (Dec22) TTM:
Total Receivables was $1,044 Mil.
Revenue was 1364.8 + 1397.8 + 1430.1 + 1371.8 = $5,565 Mil.
Gross Profit was 807.2 + 810.4 + 813.1 + 771.2 = $3,202 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $3,796 Mil.
Total Assets was $9,519 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $801 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $195 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $1,489 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $2,104 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,700 Mil.
Net Income was 124.3 + 76.1 + 24.4 + 85.4 = $310 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -22.3 + -60.9 + -108.1 + 1.6 = $-190 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 9.1 + 329.2 + 343 + 191.5 = $873 Mil.
Total Receivables was $1,227 Mil.
Revenue was 1448.8 + 1414.6 + 1269.6 + 1168.2 = $5,301 Mil.
Gross Profit was 827 + 787.8 + 694.1 + 649.4 = $2,958 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $3,617 Mil.
Total Assets was $9,327 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $808 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $218 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $1,383 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $2,079 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,719 Mil.




1. DSRI = Days Sales in Receivables Index

Measured as the ratio of Revenue in Total Receivables in year t to year t-1.

A large increase in DSR could be indicative of revenue inflation.

DSRI=(Receivables_t / Revenue_t) / (Receivables_t-1 / Revenue_t-1)
=(1044.1 / 5564.5) / (1227.3 / 5301.2)
=0.187636 / 0.231514
=0.8105

2. GMI = Gross Margin Index

Measured as the ratio of gross margin in year t-1 to gross margin in year t.

Gross margin has deteriorated when this index is above 1. A firm with poorer prospects is more likely to manipulate earnings.

GMI=GrossMargin_t-1 / GrossMargin_t
=(GrossProfit_t-1 / Revenue_t-1) / (GrossProfit_t / Revenue_t)
=(2958.3 / 5301.2) / (3201.9 / 5564.5)
=0.558043 / 0.575416
=0.9698

3. AQI = Asset Quality Index

AQI is the ratio of asset quality in year t to year t-1.

Asset quality is measured as the ratio of non-current assets other than Property, Plant and Equipment to Total Assets.

AQI=(1 - (CurrentAssets_t + PPE_t) / TotalAssets_t) / (1 - (CurrentAssets_t-1 + PPE_t-1) / TotalAssets_t-1)
=(1 - (3795.5 + 801.3) / 9518.5) / (1 - (3617.1 + 808.4) / 9326.7)
=0.517067 / 0.525502
=0.9839

4. SGI = Sales Growth Index

Ratio of Revenue in year t to sales in year t-1.

Sales growth is not itself a measure of manipulation. However, growth companies are likely to find themselves under pressure to manipulate in order to keep up appearances.

SGI=Sales_t / Sales_t-1
=Revenue_t / Revenue_t-1
=5564.5 / 5301.2
=1.0497

5. DEPI = Depreciation Index

Measured as the ratio of the rate of Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization in year t-1 to the corresponding rate in year t.

DEPI greater than 1 indicates that assets are being depreciated at a slower rate. This suggests that the firm might be revising useful asset life assumptions upwards, or adopting a new method that is income friendly.

DEPI=(Depreciation_t-1 / (Depreciaton_t-1 + PPE_t-1)) / (Depreciation_t / (Depreciaton_t + PPE_t))
=(217.7 / (217.7 + 808.4)) / (194.7 / (194.7 + 801.3))
=0.212163 / 0.195482
=1.0853

Note: If the Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization data is not available, we assume that the depreciation rate is constant and set the Depreciation Index to 1.

6. SGAI = Sales, General and Administrative expenses Index

The ratio of Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) to Sales in year t relative to year t-1.

SGA expenses index > 1 means that the company is becoming less efficient in generate sales.

SGAI=(SGA_t / Sales_t) / (SGA_t-1 /Sales_t-1)
=(1489.4 / 5564.5) / (1382.9 / 5301.2)
=0.267661 / 0.260865
=1.0261

7. LVGI = Leverage Index

The ratio of total debt to Total Assets in year t relative to yeat t-1.

An LVGI > 1 indicates an increase in leverage

LVGI=((LTD_t + CurrentLiabilities_t) / TotalAssets_t) / ((LTD_t-1 + CurrentLiabilities_t-1) / TotalAssets_t-1)
=((1699.7 + 2104) / 9518.5) / ((1719 + 2078.9) / 9326.7)
=0.399611 / 0.407207
=0.9813

8. TATA = Total Accruals to Total Assets

Total accruals calculated as the change in working capital accounts other than cash less depreciation.

TATA=(IncomefromContinuingOperations_t - CashFlowsfromOperations_t) / TotalAssets_t
=(NetIncome_t - NonOperatingIncome_t - CashFlowsfromOperations_t) / TotalAssets_t
=(310.2 - -189.7 - 872.8) / 9518.5
=-0.039176

An M-Score of equal or less than -1.78 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator. An M-Score of greater than -1.78 signals that the company is likely to be a manipulator.

Juniper Networks has a M-score of -2.80 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Juniper Networks (Juniper Networks) Business Description

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1133 Innovation Way, Sunnyvale, CA, USA, 94089
Juniper Networks Inc is engaged in designing, developing, and selling products and services for high-performance networks to enable customers to build scalable, reliable, secure, and cost-effective networks for their businesses, while achieving agility and improved operating efficiency through automation. The company's high-performance network and service offerings include routing, switching, Wi-Fi, network security, artificial intelligence (AI) or AI-enabled enterprise networking operations (AIOps), and software-defined networking (SDN) technologies. In addition to the company's products, the company offers its customers a variety of services, including maintenance and support, professional services, Software-as-a-Service ("SaaS"), and education and training programs.
Executives
Robert Mobassaly officer: SVP General Counsel 1133 INNOVATION WAY, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Rami Rahim officer: EVP Platform Systems Division 1194 N. MATHILDA AVE., SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Anne Delsanto director 1133 INNOVATION WAY, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Kenneth Bradley Miller officer: EVP & CFO 1133 INNOVATION WAY, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Kevin A Denuccio director 300 HOLGER WAY, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Dolce James A Jr director C/O JUNIPER NETWORKS, 140 CASPIAN COURT, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Kaddaras Christopher Nicholas Jr officer: EVP Chief Revenue Officer C/O NUTANIX, INC., 1740 TECHNOLOGY DR., STE 150, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Scott Kriens director C/O JUNIPER NETWORKS INC, 1194 N MATHILDA AVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Steven Fernandez director 1133 INNOVATION WAY, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Manoj Leelanivas officer: EVP Chief Product Officer 1133 INNOVATION WAY, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Marcus Jewell officer: EVP Chief Revenue Officer 1133 INNOVATION WAY, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
William Stensrud director 13491 SUMMIT CIRCLE, POWAY CA 92064
Thomas A Austin officer: Vice President & 1133 INNOVATION WAY, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Brian Martin officer: SVP General Counsel Secty 160 RIO ROBLES, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Bikash Koley officer: EVP CTO 1133 INNOVATION DRIVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94116