NASDAQ:FFIV - F5 Networks Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) announced its earnings results on Monday, January, 27th. The network technology company reported $2.55 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.43 by $0.12. The network technology company earned $569.31 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $565.71 million. F5 Networks had a net margin of 19.07% and a return on equity of 31.79%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 4.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $2.70 earnings per share. View F5 Networks' Earnings History.

F5 Networks is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 22nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for F5 Networks.

F5 Networks updated its second quarter earnings guidance on Monday, January, 27th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.14-2.17 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.42. The company issued revenue guidance of $580-590 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $571.19 million.

17 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for F5 Networks' shares. Their forecasts range from $110.00 to $183.00. On average, they anticipate F5 Networks' share price to reach $153.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 21.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for F5 Networks.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for F5 Networks in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for F5 Networks.

Media coverage about FFIV stock has been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. F5 Networks earned a news impact score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the network technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for F5 Networks.

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F5 Networks' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include California Public Employees Retirement System (0.83%), Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL (0.38%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.32%), PGGM Investments (0.25%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.24%) and New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.14%). Company insiders that own F5 Networks stock include Alan Higginson, Ana Maria White, Andrew Reinland, Chad Michael Whalen, Deborah L Bevier, Francis J Pelzer, Francois Locoh-Donou, John D Dilullo, John Mcadam, Jonathan Chadwick, Kara Lynn Sprague, Michael L Dreyer, Ryan C Kearny, Sandra E Bergeron, Scot Frazier Rogers, Stephen Mcmillan and Thomas Dean Fountain. View Institutional Ownership Trends for F5 Networks.

FFIV stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, First Hawaiian Bank and Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL. Company insiders that have sold F5 Networks company stock in the last year include Alan Higginson, Ana Maria White, Chad Michael Whalen, Francis J Pelzer, Francois Locoh-Donou, Kara Lynn Sprague, Ryan C Kearny, Scot Frazier Rogers, Stephen Mcmillan and Thomas Dean Fountain. View Insider Buying and Selling for F5 Networks.

FFIV stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Retirement Systems of Alabama, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Meritage Portfolio Management, SG Americas Securities LLC, Vision Capital Management Inc., Alpine Global Management LLC, Boston Trust Walden Corp and Exchange Traded Concepts LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for F5 Networks.

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

One share of FFIV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $126.00.

F5 Networks has a market capitalization of $7.66 billion and generates $2.24 billion in revenue each year. The network technology company earns $427.73 million in net income (profit) each year or $8.24 on an earnings per share basis. F5 Networks employs 5,325 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About F5 Networks.

The official website for F5 Networks is http://www.f5.com/.

F5 Networks' mailing address is 801 5TH AVENUE, SEATTLE WA, 98104. The network technology company can be reached via phone at 206-272-5555 or via email at [email protected]