F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Releases Q3 2025 Earnings Guidance

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) issued an update on its third quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Monday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 3.410-3.530 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 3.560. The company issued revenue guidance of $740.0 million-$760.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $740.0 million. F5 also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 14.440-14.707 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on FFIV shares. Bank of America raised their target price on F5 from $180.00 to $260.00 and gave the company an "underperform" rating in a research note on Friday, January 31st. Needham & Company LLC reissued a "buy" rating and issued a $320.00 price target on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday. William Blair restated an "outperform" rating on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday. Evercore ISI boosted their price target on F5 from $240.00 to $270.00 and gave the company an "in-line" rating in a report on Friday, January 17th. Finally, Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on shares of F5 from $269.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Tuesday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $282.56.

F5 Stock Performance

F5 stock traded up $3.51 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $269.28. 81,041 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 575,142. The firm has a market cap of $15.52 billion, a PE ratio of 26.78, a PEG ratio of 3.85 and a beta of 1.14. F5 has a 52 week low of $163.12 and a 52 week high of $313.00. The company's fifty day moving average is $266.38 and its 200-day moving average is $261.65.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Monday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.42 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.11 by $0.31. The business had revenue of $590.16 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $719.91 million. F5 had a return on equity of 20.98% and a net margin of 20.58%. F5's revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $2.91 earnings per share. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that F5 will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 6,500 shares of F5 stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $303.06, for a total transaction of $1,969,890.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 151,247 shares in the company, valued at approximately $45,836,915.82. The trade was a 4.12 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Marianne Budnik sold 1,872 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Friday, March 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $260.72, for a total transaction of $488,067.84. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 1,207 shares of the company's stock, valued at $314,689.04. This represents a 60.80 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 17,504 shares of company stock valued at $5,088,492 over the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 0.52% of the company's stock.

About F5

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.