Analysts Set F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) Target Price at $309.89

Shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) have earned an average rating of “Hold” from the thirteen research firms that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 12-month price target among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $309.8889.

Several research analysts recently commented on the stock. Zacks Research upgraded shares of F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, January 9th. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of F5 from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and lifted their target price for the company from $295.00 to $345.00 in a report on Thursday, January 15th. Morgan Stanley decreased their price target on shares of F5 from $336.00 to $296.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, December 17th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price objective on F5 from $325.00 to $345.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of F5 stock opened at $271.36 on Monday. F5 has a 1 year low of $223.76 and a 1 year high of $346.00. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $270.02 and a 200 day moving average price of $281.86. The company has a market capitalization of $15.34 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.44, a P/E/G ratio of 7.69 and a beta of 1.01.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.63 by $0.82. The firm had revenue of $822.47 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $755.97 million. F5 had a net margin of 22.45% and a return on equity of 22.08%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $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, research analysts expect that F5 will post 11.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Angelique M. Okeke sold 386 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $278.32, for a total transaction of $107,431.52. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 1,874 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $521,571.68. This trade represents a 17.08% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Michael L. Dreyer sold 3,067 shares of F5 stock in a transaction on Friday, February 20th. The stock was 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. This trade represents a 70.09% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 20,508 shares of company stock worth $5,473,043 over the last three months. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On F5

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Millennium Management LLC increased its stake in shares of F5 by 166.5% in the first quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 62,906 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $16,750,000 after purchasing an additional 39,305 shares during the period. NewEdge Advisors LLC grew its holdings in F5 by 1,281.4% in the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 967 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $257,000 after buying an additional 897 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its position in F5 by 38.4% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 298,297 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $79,428,000 after acquiring an additional 82,835 shares during the period. Focus Partners Wealth bought a new stake in F5 during the 1st quarter valued at $257,000. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. boosted its position in F5 by 288.1% during the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $43,000 after acquiring an additional 121 shares during the period. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.