F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Reaches New 12-Month High – Should You Buy?

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV)’s stock price reached a new 52-week high on Monday . The stock traded as high as $412.43 and last traded at $408.2960, with a volume of 72120 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $394.53.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts have issued reports on FFIV shares. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Friday. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on shares of F5 from $340.00 to $380.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their target price on shares of F5 from $425.00 to $450.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 9th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $382.67.

F5 Trading Up 4.4%

The business has a 50 day moving average of $366.71 and a two-hundred day moving average of $308.23. The firm has a market cap of $23.23 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.74, a PEG ratio of 4.63 and a beta of 1.04.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.47 by $0.43. F5 had a net margin of 21.96% and a return on equity of 21.50%. The firm had revenue of $811.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $783.82 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $3.42 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. 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, sell-side analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 12.78 EPS for the current year.

Insider Transactions at F5

In other F5 news, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 2,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $400.00, for a total transaction of $1,000,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 406 shares in the company, valued at $162,400. This trade represents a 86.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,328 shares of the business’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 of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,664,474.80. This represents a 14.15% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 22,579 shares of company stock worth $7,836,860. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On F5

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. bought a new stake in shares of F5 in the fourth quarter valued at about $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. increased its position in F5 by 109.8% during the fourth 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 period. Elyxium Wealth LLC bought a new position in F5 during the fourth quarter worth about $28,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. raised its stake in 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. Finally, Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC boosted its holdings in F5 by 113.8% in the 1st quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC now owns 124 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $36,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares during the period. 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.