F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Sets New 1-Year High – Here’s Why

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV)’s share price hit a new 52-week high during trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as $395.94 and last traded at $391.94, with a volume of 17844 shares. The stock had previously closed at $393.63.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have recently issued reports on FFIV. Piper Sandler restated an “overweight” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price objective on shares of F5 from $375.00 to $425.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 19th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of F5 from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Monday, March 30th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price objective on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $353.00.

F5 Stock Up 0.7%

The stock has a 50-day moving average of $318.97 and a 200 day moving average of $282.16. The stock has a market cap of $22.36 billion, a PE ratio of 32.51, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 9.05 and a beta of 1.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.47 by $0.43. The firm had revenue of $811.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $783.82 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.50% and a net margin of 21.96%.F5’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $3.42 earnings per share. F5 has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.910-4.030 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 16.250-16.550 EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 12.79 EPS for the current year.

Insider Transactions at F5

In other F5 news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,328 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $330.58, for a total value of $439,010.24. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 8,060 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,664,474.80. This represents a 14.15% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CTO Kunal Anand sold 3,123 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $322.33, for a total transaction of $1,006,636.59. Following the sale, the chief technology officer directly owned 12,194 shares in the company, valued at $3,930,492.02. The trade was a 20.39% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold 24,491 shares of company stock valued at $7,966,227 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On F5

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. purchased a new position in F5 in the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. increased its stake in shares of F5 by 109.8% in the 4th quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. Elyxium Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of F5 in the 4th quarter worth $28,000. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of F5 in the 3rd quarter worth $37,000. Finally, SJS Investment Consulting Inc. increased its stake in shares of F5 by 963.6% in the 1st quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 117 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $34,000 after acquiring an additional 106 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

F5 Company Profile

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.