F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Earns “Hold” Rating from Needham & Company LLC

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV)‘s stock had its “hold” rating restated by analysts at Needham & Company LLC in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, MarketBeat Ratings reports.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on shares of F5 from $312.00 to $352.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, October 10th. Zacks Research cut shares of F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, October 13th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Wolfe Research initiated coverage on shares of F5 in a research report on Monday, July 7th. They issued an “outperform” rating on the stock. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price objective on shares of F5 from $314.00 to $326.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $295.56.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of FFIV opened at $258.76 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a quick ratio of 1.56 and a current ratio of 1.56. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.87 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.91, a P/E/G ratio of 2.94 and a beta of 1.06. The company’s fifty day moving average is $317.67 and its two-hundred day moving average is $299.85. F5 has a 1 year low of $227.04 and a 1 year high of $346.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.96 by $0.43. The company had revenue of $810.09 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $794.06 million. F5 had a net margin of 22.42% and a return on equity of 21.76%. F5’s revenue was up 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $3.67 EPS. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that F5 will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other F5 news, insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 2,701 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $316.57, for a total value of $855,055.57. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $320.61, for a total transaction of $416,793.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 107,553 shares in the company, valued at approximately $34,482,567.33. This trade represents a 1.19% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 11,945 shares of company stock valued at $3,796,542 over the last 90 days. 0.52% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Inscription Capital LLC lifted its holdings in F5 by 86.5% in the 3rd quarter. Inscription Capital LLC now owns 5,011 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,620,000 after purchasing an additional 2,324 shares in the last quarter. Root Financial Partners LLC purchased a new position in F5 in the 3rd quarter valued at about $49,000. Arkadios Wealth Advisors purchased a new position in F5 in the 3rd quarter valued at about $203,000. Allstate Corp purchased a new position in F5 in the 3rd quarter valued at about $695,000. Finally, NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC lifted its holdings in F5 by 10.8% in the 3rd quarter. NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC now owns 3,987 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,319,000 after purchasing an additional 389 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

F5 Company Profile

F5, Inc provides multi-cloud application security and delivery solutions in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region. The company’s distributed cloud services enable its customers to deploy, secure, and operate applications in any architecture, from on-premises to the public cloud.