F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Given New $250.00 Price Target at Bank of America

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) had its target price decreased by Bank of America from $260.00 to $250.00 in a research report report published on Tuesday,Benzinga reports. Bank of America currently has an underperform rating on the network technology company’s stock.

Other equities analysts have also issued reports about the stock. Piper Sandler lowered their target price on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $277.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday. Wall Street Zen downgraded F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 3rd. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Morgan Stanley decreased their price target on F5 from $352.00 to $336.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday. Finally, Zacks Research downgraded F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, October 13th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $295.56.

F5 Stock Down 7.9%

Shares of NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $267.58 on Tuesday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $318.81 and its 200 day moving average price is $299.87. The stock has a market cap of $15.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.66, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.19 and a beta of 1.06. F5 has a fifty-two week low of $227.04 and a fifty-two week high of $346.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.96 by $0.43. The firm had revenue of $810.09 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $794.06 million. F5 had a net margin of 22.42% and a return on equity of 22.17%. The firm’s revenue was up 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $3.67 earnings per share. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that F5 will post 11.2 EPS for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other F5 news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $320.61, for a total value of $416,793.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 107,553 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $34,482,567.33. This trade represents a 1.19% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 2,701 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, September 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $316.57, for a total value of $855,055.57. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 11,945 shares of company stock worth $3,796,542 in the last ninety days. 0.52% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FFIV. Whipplewood Advisors LLC grew its holdings in F5 by 275.0% in the 2nd quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 90 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 66 shares during the period. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in F5 by 134.1% in the 1st 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 boosted its holdings in F5 by 275.0% in the 1st 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. Groupe la Francaise purchased a new position in F5 in the 1st quarter worth approximately $34,000. Finally, Flaharty Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in F5 in the 1st quarter worth approximately $35,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% 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.