F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) Given Average Rating of “Hold” by Brokerages

Shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) have been given an average recommendation of “Hold” by the thirteen ratings firms that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, five have given a hold recommendation and six have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 12-month target price among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $311.00.

Several research firms have recently weighed in on FFIV. Piper Sandler restated an “overweight” rating and set a $325.00 price objective (up from $295.00) on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of F5 from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Monday, March 30th. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their target price on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, Barclays lifted their target price on shares of F5 from $267.00 to $283.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In related news, Director Michael L. Dreyer sold 3,067 shares of F5 stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $282.41, for a total transaction of $866,151.47. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 1,309 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $369,674.69. The trade was a 70.09% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,755 shares of F5 stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $283.53, for a total transaction of $1,064,655.15. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 150,323 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $42,621,080.19. The trade was a 2.44% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 16,851 shares of company stock worth $4,667,485 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of F5

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of FFIV. Railway Pension Investments Ltd boosted its holdings in F5 by 27.0% in the 3rd quarter. Railway Pension Investments Ltd now owns 26,330 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $8,510,000 after purchasing an additional 5,600 shares during the period. Barclays PLC boosted its holdings in F5 by 51.7% in the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 310,368 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $100,308,000 after purchasing an additional 105,738 shares during the period. Convergence Investment Partners LLC boosted its holdings in F5 by 128.1% in the 3rd quarter. Convergence Investment Partners LLC now owns 7,931 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $2,563,000 after purchasing an additional 4,454 shares during the period. Nordea Investment Management AB boosted its holdings in F5 by 217.7% in the 3rd quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 229,591 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $74,142,000 after purchasing an additional 157,318 shares during the period. Finally, Alberta Investment Management Corp boosted its holdings in F5 by 173.3% in the 3rd quarter. Alberta Investment Management Corp now owns 8,200 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $2,650,000 after purchasing an additional 5,200 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

F5 Price Performance

F5 stock opened at $314.00 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $17.75 billion, a PE ratio of 25.97, a P/E/G ratio of 8.69 and a beta of 0.93. The company’s 50-day moving average is $287.58 and its 200-day moving average is $274.73. F5 has a fifty-two week low of $223.76 and a fifty-two week high of $346.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.63 by $0.82. The company had revenue of $822.47 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $755.97 million. F5 had a net margin of 22.45% and a return on equity of 22.08%. F5’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $3.84 EPS. F5 has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.340-3.460 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 15.650-16.050 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that F5 will post 12.29 EPS for the current year.

About F5

F5 Inc (NASDAQ:FFIV) specializes in application services and delivery networking, helping organizations ensure the availability, performance and security of their applications. The company’s core offerings include advanced load balancing, traffic management and application security solutions designed to optimize user experiences and protect against threats such as distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and web application exploits.

At the heart of F5’s product portfolio is the BIG-IP platform, which provides a suite of software modules for local and global traffic management, secure web application firewalling and DNS service delivery.