Moreover, pricing pressure has led to lower gross margins – a trend expected to continue in the near term. We have created an interactive analysis where you can change expected revenue, gross margin, operating income and income margin figures to gauge how it will impact the company’s earnings. Juniper’s non-GAAP gross margin for Q3’17 is also expected to be around 100 basis points lower than the comparable prior year period at 62%. Revenue decline and low gross margins could drive non-GAAP diluted EPS to fall by over 20% to 52 cents a share. Juniper’s combined product gross margin has fallen from under 64% in 2013 to around 62.4% in 2016.

Source: Forbes January 29, 2018 19:07 UTC