F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) Receives Average Recommendation of “Hold” from Brokerages

Shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) have earned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the twelve analysts that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat.com reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, five have issued a hold recommendation and six have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price objective among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $379.8889.

Several brokerages have commented on FFIV. Barclays raised their price objective on F5 from $292.00 to $386.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, May 29th. Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on shares of F5 from $340.00 to $380.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $425.00 target price on shares of F5 in a report on Friday, May 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, Piper Sandler lifted their price target on F5 from $356.00 to $423.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, May 29th.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of FFIV opened at $393.35 on Wednesday. F5 has a one year low of $223.76 and a one year high of $411.52. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $338.41 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $292.04. The firm has a market capitalization of $22.19 billion, a PE ratio of 32.27, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 9.05 and a beta of 1.04.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.47 by $0.43. The business had revenue of $811.70 million during 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%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $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. Analysts expect that F5 will post 12.78 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at F5

In other F5 news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,328 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $330.58, for a total transaction of $439,010.24. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 8,060 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,664,474.80. The trade was a 14.15% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CTO Kunal Anand sold 3,123 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, May 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $322.33, for a total transaction of $1,006,636.59. Following the sale, the chief technology officer owned 12,194 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,930,492.02. This represents a 20.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold 21,579 shares of company stock worth $7,437,510 over the last quarter. Corporate 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 business. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of F5 during the 4th quarter valued at about $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 purchasing an additional 56 shares in the last quarter. Elyxium Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in shares of F5 in the 4th quarter worth $28,000. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC purchased 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 purchasing an additional 106 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

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.