F5 - FFIV Stock Forecast, Price & News

16 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for F5 in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 7 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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16 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for F5's shares. Their FFIV share price forecasts range from $155.00 to $208.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $171.21 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 21.3% from the stock's current price.
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F5's stock was trading at $143.51 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, FFIV shares have decreased by 1.7% and is now trading at $141.12.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 25th 2023.
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F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January, 24th. The network technology company reported $2.47 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.33 by $0.14. The network technology company had revenue of $700.38 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $700.59 million. F5 had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.16% and a net margin of 11.11%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 1.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $2.89 EPS.
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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), SPDR S&P Telecom ETF (XTL), ETFMG Prime Cyber Security ETF (HACK), First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF (CIBR), Invesco Dynamic Networking ETF (PXQ), Alpha Intelligent - Large Cap Value ETF (AILV), ProShares Ultra Communication Services (LTL) and iShares Future Cloud 5G and Tech ETF (IDAT).

F5 updated its second quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, January, 24th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.36-2.48 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.50. The company issued revenue guidance of $690-710 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $703.37 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.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other F5 investors own include Intel (INTC), NVIDIA (NVDA), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Micron Technology (MU), Salesforce (CRM), Netflix (NFLX), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Alibaba Group (BABA).

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

F5's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include American Century Companies Inc. (2.90%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.36%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.12%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.87%), First Trust Advisors LP (1.78%) and Franklin Resources Inc. (1.18%). Insiders that own company stock include Alan Higginson, Ana Maria White, Angus James Bruce Robertson, 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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Shares of FFIV stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of FFIV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $141.12.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) has a market capitalization of $8.48 billion and generates $2.70 billion in revenue each year. The network technology company earns $322.16 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.98 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.