F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Receives "Outperform" Rating from William Blair

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report)'s stock had its "outperform" rating reiterated by investment analysts at William Blair in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday,RTT News reports. William Blair also issued estimates for F5's Q3 2025 earnings at $2.74 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.93 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $11.35 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also recently commented on FFIV. Bank of America lifted their price target on F5 from $180.00 to $260.00 and gave the stock an "underperform" rating in a research report on Friday, January 31st. Royal Bank of Canada lifted their target price on F5 from $260.00 to $310.00 and gave the stock a "sector perform" rating in a report on Wednesday, January 29th. Morgan Stanley upped their target price on F5 from $269.00 to $280.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Tuesday. Piper Sandler reduced their price target on shares of F5 from $304.00 to $262.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, April 8th. Finally, Barclays dropped their price objective on shares of F5 from $296.00 to $274.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $282.56.

F5 Trading Up 1.1 %

Shares of FFIV stock traded up $3.04 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $268.81. 514,304 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 575,969. F5 has a 1 year low of $164.45 and a 1 year high of $313.00. The stock has a market cap of $15.50 billion, a PE ratio of 26.72, a PEG ratio of 3.85 and a beta of 1.14. The stock's fifty day moving average price is $265.90 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $262.01.

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

Insider Activity at F5

In other news, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 4,093 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $290.33, for a total transaction of $1,188,320.69. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 27,264 shares of the company's stock, valued at $7,915,557.12. This represents a 13.05 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 6,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $303.06, for a total value of $1,969,890.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 151,247 shares in the company, valued at $45,836,915.82. This trade represents a 4.12 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 17,251 shares of company stock worth $5,013,285 in the last three months. Company insiders own 0.52% of the company's stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On F5

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of F5 by 0.9% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 7,544,256 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $1,897,154,000 after purchasing an additional 64,261 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its stake in F5 by 1.9% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,604,362 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $402,536,000 after buying an additional 30,367 shares in the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP increased its stake in F5 by 3.1% during the 4th quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 1,259,848 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $316,814,000 after buying an additional 37,354 shares in the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp raised its holdings in shares of F5 by 38.0% during the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 913,021 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $229,597,000 after acquiring an additional 251,534 shares during the last quarter. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC lifted 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 valued at $198,661,000 after acquiring an additional 743,945 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.