F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) Receives Consensus Rating of “Moderate Buy” from Brokerages

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) has earned an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the eleven brokerages that are currently covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, four have given a hold recommendation, five have assigned a buy recommendation and one has issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. The average twelve-month target price among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $382.6667.

FFIV has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Friday, June 26th. Bank of America lifted their price target on shares of F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Thursday, July 16th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $400.61 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $22.60 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.86, a PEG ratio of 4.79 and a beta of 1.03. F5 has a 1 year low of $223.76 and a 1 year high of $435.00. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $399.17 and its 200-day moving average price is $328.07.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released 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. F5 had a return on equity of 21.50% and a net margin of 21.96%.The company had revenue of $811.70 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $783.82 million. During the same period last year, the firm posted $3.42 earnings per share. F5’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, sell-side analysts anticipate that F5 will post 12.78 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity

In related news, CTO Kunal Anand sold 3,123 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, May 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $322.33, for a total transaction of $1,006,636.59. Following the completion of the sale, the chief technology officer owned 12,194 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,930,492.02. This represents a 20.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 2,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $400.00, for a total value of $1,000,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 406 shares in the company, valued at approximately $162,400. This represents a 86.03% 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. Over the last three months, insiders sold 22,579 shares of company stock worth $7,836,860. Insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On F5

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. bought a new position in F5 in the fourth quarter worth approximately $579,699,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its stake in shares of F5 by 15,103.5% during the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,170,216 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $298,709,000 after acquiring an additional 1,162,519 shares during the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP grew its position in shares of F5 by 68.5% during the 4th quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 2,753,652 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $702,897,000 after acquiring an additional 1,119,291 shares during the period. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of F5 during the 4th quarter valued at $205,706,000. Finally, Deutsche Bank AG increased its stake in shares of F5 by 175.2% in the 4th quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 958,947 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $244,781,000 after purchasing an additional 610,437 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.