William Blair Weighs in on F5’s Q3 Earnings (NASDAQ:FFIV)

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) – Investment analysts at William Blair decreased their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for F5 in a report issued on Tuesday, April 29th. William Blair analyst J. Ader now anticipates that the network technology company will post earnings of $2.74 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $2.75. William Blair has a “Outperform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for F5’s current full-year earnings is $11.20 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for F5’s Q4 2025 earnings at $2.93 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $11.35 EPS.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.42 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.11 by $0.31. The company had revenue of $590.16 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $719.91 million. F5 had a net margin of 20.58% and a return on equity of 20.98%. F5’s revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $2.91 earnings per share.

FFIV has been the subject of a number of other reports. StockNews.com cut shares of F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Evercore ISI boosted their target price on F5 from $240.00 to $270.00 and gave the stock an “in-line” rating in a report on Friday, January 17th. Barclays lowered their price target on F5 from $296.00 to $274.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday. Royal Bank of Canada restated a “sector perform” rating and set a $290.00 price objective on shares of F5 in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Piper Sandler increased their price target on shares of F5 from $262.00 to $269.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, F5 presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $282.56.

F5 Stock Up 1.1 %

FFIV opened at $268.81 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $15.50 billion, a PE ratio of 26.72, a PEG ratio of 3.85 and a beta of 1.14. The business has a 50 day moving average of $265.90 and a 200-day moving average of $262.01. F5 has a 52 week low of $164.45 and a 52 week high of $313.00.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other F5 news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $265.37, for a total transaction of $344,981.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 148,647 shares in the company, valued at approximately $39,446,454.39. This trade represents a 0.87 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Marianne Budnik sold 1,872 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $260.72, for a total transaction of $488,067.84. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 1,207 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $314,689.04. The trade was a 60.80 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 17,251 shares of company stock worth $5,013,285. Company insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On F5

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Golden State Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of F5 by 275.0% during the first quarter. Golden State Wealth Management LLC now owns 105 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 77 shares during the last quarter. Park Square Financial Group LLC purchased a new stake in F5 in the 4th quarter worth $31,000. Crowley Wealth Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of F5 during the 4th quarter valued at about $35,000. Hurley Capital LLC purchased a new position in shares of F5 during the fourth quarter valued at about $43,000. Finally, Friedenthal Financial bought a new stake in shares of F5 in the fourth quarter worth about $50,000. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

F5 Company Profile

F5, Inc provides multi-cloud application security and delivery solutions in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region. The company’s distributed cloud services enable its customers to deploy, secure, and operate applications in any architecture, from on-premises to the public cloud.