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Fly News Breaks for July 30, 2018
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Jul 30, 2018 | 06:58 EDT
Deutsche Bank analyst Vijay Bhagavath upgraded Juniper Networks to Buy from Hold and raised his price target for the shares to $32 from $25. The stock closed Friday down 7%, or $2.08, to $26.18. The analyst says he's "going against the grain" and making a "contrarian call." The post-earnings selloff on the "better than feared" Q2 results and below consensus Q3 guidance, which is primarily related to switch router upgrade timing at a handful of cloud and service provider customers, provides a "reasonable entry point," Bhagavath tells investors in a research note. He believes "robust" switch router and next generation security refresh cycles will start in fiscal 2019 and that Juniper's fundamentals will improve from fiscal 2019 through fiscal 2021.