F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Given New $277.00 Price Target at Piper Sandler

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) had its price target lowered by Piper Sandler from $355.00 to $277.00 in a report released on Tuesday, MarketBeat Ratings reports. The firm currently has a neutral rating on the network technology company’s stock.

A number of other analysts also recently commented on the stock. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Wolfe Research began coverage on shares of F5 in a report on Monday, July 7th. They set an “outperform” rating for the company. Needham & Company LLC raised their price target on shares of F5 from $320.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $305.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, July 17th. Finally, Barclays raised their price target on shares of F5 from $274.00 to $321.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $295.56.

F5 Trading Down 7.9%

FFIV stock opened at $267.58 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $15.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.66, a PEG ratio of 3.19 and a beta of 1.06. F5 has a 12 month low of $227.04 and a 12 month high of $346.00. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $318.81 and a two-hundred day moving average of $299.87.

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

Insider Activity at F5

In related news, insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 2,701 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $316.57, for a total value of $855,055.57. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $320.61, for a total transaction 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 $34,482,567.33. This trade represents a 1.19% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 11,945 shares of company stock worth $3,796,542 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of F5

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FFIV. Whipplewood Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of F5 by 275.0% in 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 in the last quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of F5 by 134.1% in 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 in the last quarter. Golden State Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in shares of F5 by 275.0% in 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 in the last quarter. Groupe la Francaise acquired a new position in shares of F5 in the first quarter worth $34,000. Finally, Flaharty Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of F5 in the first quarter worth $35,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.