F5 (FFIV) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) specializes in application delivery networking and multi-cloud security solutions designed to ensure the performance, availability, and security of mission-critical applications. The company’s flagship BIG-IP platform provides advanced traffic management, load balancing, and application acceleration capabilities that optimize the delivery of enterprise and cloud-native applications. Over time, F5 has expanded its portfolio to encompass web application firewalls, distributed denial-of-service protection, and API security, addressing the increasing complexity of modern application infrastructures.

The company’s product suite includes hardware-based appliances, virtualized offerings, and SaaS-based services that cater to diverse deployment models. F5’s application security solutions integrate threat intelligence, bot mitigation, and zero-trust access controls, enabling organizations to defend against a broad spectrum of cyber threats. Its multi-cloud management tools and automation frameworks help IT teams streamline operations, enforce consistent policies, and gain unified visibility across public, private, and hybrid cloud environments.

Founded in 1996 in Seattle, Washington, F5 went public in 1999 and has since evolved through strategic acquisitions and product innovations. Notable milestones include the acquisition of NGINX in 2019, which enhanced F5’s capabilities in software-based load balancing and application delivery for microservices architectures, and the purchase of Shape Security in 2020 to strengthen its bot defense and fraud prevention offerings. The company rebranded to F5 in 2019 to reflect its broader focus on application security and multi-cloud services.

Today, F5 serves a global customer base across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific regions, with clients ranging from financial institutions and telecommunications providers to healthcare organizations and government agencies. Under the leadership of CEO François Locoh-Donou and a seasoned executive team, F5 continues to invest in research and development, collaborating with technology partners to advance application security, performance, and reliability for enterprises navigating digital transformation.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $293.31 to $298.62
• 50-Day Range: $254.77 to $295.90
• 52-Week Range: $169.55 to $313.00
• Volume: 517,833 shs
• Average Volume: 559,319 shs
• Market Capitalization: $17.00 billion
• P/E Ratio: 28.08
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $282.56
• Consensus Rating: Hold

F5 Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

F5 scored higher than 78% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 189th out of 665 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

F5 has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, 7 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

F5 has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 6.25%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for F5 are expected to grow by 6.25% in the coming year, from $11.20 to $11.90 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of F5 is 28.08, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 24.87.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of F5 is 28.08, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 35.78.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

F5 has a PEG Ratio of 3.76. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

F5 has a P/B Ratio of 5.51. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.30% of the float of F5 has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

F5 has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in F5 has recently increased by 3.87%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

F5 does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

F5 does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• Environmental Score: -1.02

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.30% of the float of F5 has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

F5 has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in F5 has recently increased by 3.87%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.46

News Sentiment

F5 has a news sentiment score of 1.46. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.81 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 13 news articles for F5 this week, compared to 13 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for FFIV on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -33% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

6 people have added F5 to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, F5 insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $2,370,959.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.52% of the stock of F5 is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

90.66% of the stock of F5 is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

FFIV Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have FFIV shares performed this year?

F5's stock was trading at $251.47 at the start of the year. Since then, FFIV shares have increased by 17.7% and is now trading at $295.97.
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How were F5's earnings last quarter?

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, April, 28th. The network technology company reported $3.42 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.11 by $0.31. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript.

How will F5's stock buyback program work?

F5's Board of Directors approved a stock buyback plan on Monday, October 28th 2024, which authorizes the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could purchase up to 7.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Does F5 have any subsidiaries?

F5 subsidiaries include Threat Stack, Volterra, Shape Security, NGINX, Defense.Net Inc, Versafe Ltd, LineRate Systems Inc, and more.

Who are F5's major shareholders?

Top institutional shareholders of F5 include Kera Capital Partners Inc.. Insiders that own company stock include Francois Locoh-Donou, Ana Maria White, Chad Michael Whalen, Thomas Dean Fountain, Scot Frazier Rogers, Alan Higginson, Mika Yamamoto, Geng Lin, Elizabeth Buse, Michael L Dreyer, Marianne Budnik and Lyra Amber Schramm.
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How do I buy shares of F5?

Shares of FFIV stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of F5 own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that F5 investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Tesla (TSLA), Netflix (NFLX), Verizon Communications (VZ) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 4/28/2025
• Today: 7/01/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/04/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 9/30/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: INTERNET SOFTWARE
• Sub-Industry: Communications Equipment
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:FFIV
• CIK: 1048695
• Web: www.f5.com
• Phone: (206) 272-5555
• Fax: 206-272-5556
• Employees: 7,090
• Year Founded: 1996

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $282.56
• High Stock Price Target: $320.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $260.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -4.5%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 9 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $10.54
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 27.92
• Forward P/E Ratio: 26.41
• P/E Growth: 3.76
• Net Income: $566.78 million
• Net Margins: 21.14%
• Pretax Margin: 25.69%
• Return on Equity: 21.18%
• Return on Assets: 11.77%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.53
• Quick Ratio: 1.49

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.82 billion
• Price / Sales: 6.03
• Cash Flow: $12.48 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 23.70
• Book Value: $53.69 per share
• Price / Book: 5.51

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 57,430,000
• Free Float: 57,133,000
• Market Cap: $16.99 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.00