F5 Networks Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for F5 Networks in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 10 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" F5 Networks stock.
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F5 Networks is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October 25th 2021.
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F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) released its earnings results on Sunday, July, 25th. The network technology company reported $2.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.46 by $0.30. F5 Networks had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.60% and a net margin of 11.28%. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $2.18 earnings per share.
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F5 Networks' stock was trading at $107.80 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, FFIV shares have increased by 89.8% and is now trading at $204.57.
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F5 Networks issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Monday, July, 26th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.68-2.80 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.71. The company issued revenue guidance of $660-680 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $663.95 million.

12 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for F5 Networks' stock. Their forecasts range from $165.00 to $285.00. On average, they anticipate F5 Networks' stock price to reach $216.19 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.7% from the stock's current price.
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215 employees have rated F5 Networks CEO Francois Locoh-Donou on Glassdoor.com. Francois Locoh-Donou has an approval rating of 89% among F5 Networks' employees.

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

F5 Networks' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (0.05%), Cardinal Capital Management (0.02%), IFM Investors Pty Ltd (0.02%), New Mexico Educational Retirement Board (0.01%) and Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. (0.00%). Company insiders that own F5 Networks stock include Alan Higginson, Ana Maria White, Angus James Bruce Robertson, Chad Michael Whalen, Deborah L Bevier, Francis J Pelzer, Francois Locoh-Donou, Geng Lin, Marie Myers, Mika Yamamoto, Scot B Jarvis, Scot Frazier Rogers, Stephen Mcmillan and Thomas Dean Fountain.
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FFIV stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold F5 Networks company stock in the last year include Alan Higginson, Ana Maria White, Chad Michael Whalen, Deborah L Bevier, Francis J Pelzer, Francois Locoh-Donou, Geng Lin, Marie Myers, Mika Yamamoto, Scot B Jarvis, Scot Frazier Rogers, and Thomas Dean Fountain.
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FFIV stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd., Cardinal Capital Management, and New Mexico Educational Retirement Board.
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One share of FFIV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $204.57.

F5 Networks has a market capitalization of $12.20 billion and generates $2.35 billion in revenue each year. The network technology company earns $307.44 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.66 on an earnings per share basis.

F5 Networks employs 6,109 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of F5 Networks: Acopia Networks, Crescendo Networks, Defense.Net Inc, F5 Government Solutions LLC, F5 Networks Ltd, F5 Networks Singapore Pte Ltd, LineRate Systems Inc, MagniFire Websystems, NGINX Inc, Shape Security Inc, Swan Labs, Traffix Communication Systems Ltd, Versafe Ltd, and Volterra.

F5 Networks was founded in 1996.

The official website for F5 Networks is www.f5.com.

F5 Networks is headquartered at 801 5TH AVENUE, SEATTLE WA, 98104.

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]