F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) Given Average Rating of “Moderate Buy” by Brokerages

Shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) have been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the twelve brokerages that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating, six have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. The average 1 year price objective among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $382.6667.

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Zacks Research upgraded F5 from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, June 26th. Evercore raised F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Monday, May 18th. Bank of America boosted their target price on F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada upped their target price on F5 from $425.00 to $450.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 9th.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of F5 stock opened at $408.14 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $23.03 billion, a PE ratio of 33.48, a P/E/G ratio of 4.97 and a beta of 1.03. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $374.92 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $312.57. F5 has a one year low of $223.76 and a one year high of $427.54.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 earnings per share for the quarter, beating 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 business had revenue of $811.70 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $783.82 million. During the same period last year, the business earned $3.42 EPS. The company’s revenue 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, equities analysts predict that F5 will post 12.78 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at F5

In related news, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 2,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $400.00, for a total value of $1,000,000.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 406 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $162,400. This represents a 86.03% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,783 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $337.39, for a total value of $1,276,346.37. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 146,989 shares in the company, valued at approximately $49,592,618.71. The trade was a 2.51% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 22,579 shares of company stock worth $7,836,860 over the last ninety days. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. purchased a new stake in F5 in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. increased its holdings in 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 buying an additional 56 shares during the period. Elyxium Wealth LLC purchased a new position in F5 during the 4th quarter worth approximately $28,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. raised its position in F5 by 963.6% during the 1st quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 117 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $34,000 after buying an additional 106 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC lifted its stake in F5 by 113.8% during the 1st quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC now owns 124 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $36,000 after acquiring an additional 66 shares during the period. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.