F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) Given Consensus Recommendation of "Hold" by Analysts

Key Points

• F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) has received a consensus rating of "Hold" from eleven analysts, with one sell, seven hold, and three buy recommendations.
• The company's stock price target has been adjusted upward by several firms, including Needham & Company, which now targets $345, and Barclays, which raised theirs to $321.
• F5's latest quarterly earnings reported a $4.16 EPS, surpassing expectations, along with a revenue of $780.37 million, a 12.2% increase from the previous year.

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) has received a consensus rating of "Hold" from the eleven research firms that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, seven have assigned a hold recommendation and three have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year target price among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $309.8889.

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on the stock. Needham & Company LLC increased their price target on shares of F5 from $320.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on shares of F5 from $305.00 to $312.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price target on shares of F5 from $314.00 to $326.00 and gave the stock a "sector perform" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $305.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. Finally, Barclays increased their price target on shares of F5 from $274.00 to $321.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st.

Insider Activity at F5

In other news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, August 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $308.14, for a total value of $400,582.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 110,153 shares of the company's stock, valued at $33,942,545.42. This represents a 1.17% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 2,701 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, September 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $316.57, for a total transaction of $855,055.57. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 11,945 shares of company stock worth $3,762,365. Company insiders own 0.52% of the company's stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On F5

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in FFIV. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its position in shares of F5 by 34,698.9% in the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 746,089 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $198,661,000 after acquiring an additional 743,945 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of F5 in the second quarter worth $207,492,000. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of F5 by 6.2% in the first quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC now owns 5,387,700 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $1,434,583,000 after acquiring an additional 312,415 shares in the last quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. increased its position in shares of F5 by 110.4% in the first quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 560,493 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $149,242,000 after acquiring an additional 294,050 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Pacer Advisors Inc. increased its position in shares of F5 by 659.3% in the first quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 316,992 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $84,405,000 after acquiring an additional 275,244 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company's stock.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of FFIV opened at $324.00 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $18.61 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.55, a PEG ratio of 3.74 and a beta of 1.08. The company's 50 day simple moving average is $316.20 and its 200 day simple moving average is $290.66. F5 has a 1 year low of $213.24 and a 1 year high of $337.39.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The network technology company reported $4.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.49 by $0.67. The business had revenue of $780.37 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $750.64 million. F5 had a net margin of 22.06% and a return on equity of 21.77%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 12.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $3.36 earnings per share. F5 has set its FY 2025 guidance at 15.240-15.380 EPS. Q4 2025 guidance at 3.870-3.990 EPS. Equities analysts expect that F5 will post 11.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.

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