F5 (FFIV) Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for F5 in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" FFIV shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in FFIV, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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13 Wall Street research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for F5's shares. Their FFIV share price forecasts range from $155.00 to $193.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $168.23 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.0% from the stock's current price.
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F5's stock was trading at $143.51 at the start of the year. Since then, FFIV shares have increased by 10.6% and is now trading at $158.66.
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F5 saw a decrease in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,330,000 shares, a decrease of 11.9% from the August 15th total of 1,510,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 524,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.5 days. Approximately 2.3% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 24th 2023.
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F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July, 24th. The network technology company reported $3.21 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.86 by $0.35. The network technology company had revenue of $702.64 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $698.93 million. F5 had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.63% and a net margin of 11.84%. The business's revenue was up 4.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.76 earnings per share.
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ETFs with the largest weight of F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) stock in their portfolio include iShares North American Tech-Multimedia Networking ETF (IGN), Alpha Intelligent - Large Cap Value ETF (AILV), SPDR S&P Telecom ETF (XTL), ETFMG Prime Cyber Security ETF (HACK), First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF (CIBR), iShares Future Cloud 5G and Tech ETF (IDAT), American CenturyFocused Large Cap Value ETF (FLV) and SPDR Kensho Future Security ETF (FITE).

F5 updated its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Monday, July, 24th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.15-$3.27 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $3.22. The company issued revenue guidance of $690-$710 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $702.27 million.

433 employees have rated F5 Chief Executive Officer Francois Locoh-Donou on Glassdoor.com. Francois Locoh-Donou has an approval rating of 89% among the company's employees. 85.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at F5 to a friend.

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F5 trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FFIV."

F5's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC (10.05%), BlackRock Inc. (9.71%), State Street Corp (5.08%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.28%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.61%) and Franklin Resources Inc. (1.33%). Insiders that own company stock include Alan Higginson, Ana Maria White, Chad Michael Whalen, Deborah L Bevier, Francis J Pelzer, Francis J Pelzer, Francois Locoh-Donou, Geng Lin, Marie Myers, Michael L Dreyer, Mika Yamamoto, Scot B Jarvis, Scot Frazier Rogers and Thomas Dean Fountain.
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One share of FFIV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $158.66.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) has a market capitalization of $9.41 billion and generates $2.81 billion in revenue each year. The network technology company earns $322.16 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.51 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 7,089 workers across the globe.

F5's mailing address is 801 5TH AVENUE, SEATTLE WA, 98104. The official website for the company is www.f5.com. The network technology company can be reached via phone at (206) 272-5555, via email at s.dulong@f5.com, or via fax at 206-272-5556.