Zacks Research Has Strong Estimate for F5 FY2025 Earnings

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) – Analysts at Zacks Research increased their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of F5 in a report released on Wednesday, August 13th. Zacks Research analyst Team now anticipates that the network technology company will earn $12.12 per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of $11.38. The consensus estimate for F5’s current full-year earnings is $11.20 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for F5’s Q1 2026 earnings at $3.05 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.71 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $12.15 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $3.24 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $12.79 EPS.

FFIV has been the subject of a number of other reports. Wolfe Research initiated coverage on F5 in a research note on Monday, July 7th. They set an “outperform” rating for the company. Wall Street Zen downgraded F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 22nd. Needham & Company LLC upped their price objective on F5 from $320.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. William Blair restated an “outperform” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Tuesday, April 29th. Finally, Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on F5 from $305.00 to $312.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $309.89.

F5 Trading Down 1.0%

FFIV stock opened at $315.34 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $18.12 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.78, a P/E/G ratio of 3.64 and a beta of 1.03. F5 has a 12-month low of $194.45 and a 12-month high of $334.00. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $301.13 and its 200 day simple moving average is $285.97.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The network technology company reported $4.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.49 by $0.67. The business had revenue of $780.37 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $750.64 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.77% and a net margin of 22.06%. The business’s revenue was up 12.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $3.36 EPS.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Whipplewood Advisors LLC grew its holdings in F5 by 275.0% during the second quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 90 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 66 shares during the period. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC grew its holdings in F5 by 134.1% during the first quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC now owns 103 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 59 shares during the period. Golden State Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in F5 by 275.0% during the first quarter. Golden State Wealth Management LLC now owns 105 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 77 shares during the period. Park Square Financial Group LLC acquired a new position in F5 during the fourth quarter worth about $31,000. Finally, Groupe la Francaise acquired a new position in F5 during the first quarter worth about $34,000. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, August 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $308.14, for a total value of $400,582.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 110,153 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $33,942,545.42. This represents a 1.17% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,347 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, August 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $309.73, for a total value of $417,206.31. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 20,699 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,411,101.27. The trade was a 6.11% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 13,816 shares of company stock valued at $4,227,002. Company insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

About F5

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.