F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) Receives $295.56 Consensus Price Target from Analysts

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) has been given a consensus recommendation of “Hold” by the thirteen analysts that are covering the company, Marketbeat reports. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, seven have assigned a hold recommendation and three have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price objective among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $295.5556.

A number of brokerages have commented on FFIV. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Bank of America reduced their target price on shares of F5 from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “underperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Piper Sandler decreased their price target on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $277.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, November 1st.

Insider Transactions at F5

In other news, insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 1,062 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $246.97, for a total transaction of $262,282.14. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 8,318 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $249.78, for a total value of $2,077,670.04. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 22,493 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,618,301.54. This represents a 27.00% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 24,117 shares of company stock worth $6,297,504. Insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On F5

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. MGO One Seven LLC boosted its stake in F5 by 0.8% in the second quarter. MGO One Seven LLC now owns 4,927 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,450,000 after acquiring an additional 40 shares during the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd boosted its position in shares of F5 by 0.6% in the 3rd quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd now owns 7,386 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $2,387,000 after purchasing an additional 42 shares during the last quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. grew its stake in shares of F5 by 2.5% during the first quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. now owns 1,805 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $481,000 after purchasing an additional 44 shares during the period. Signaturefd LLC grew its stake in shares of F5 by 2.6% during the second quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 1,834 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $540,000 after purchasing an additional 46 shares during the period. Finally, Ethic Inc. increased its holdings in F5 by 0.5% in the second quarter. Ethic Inc. now owns 9,849 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $2,913,000 after purchasing an additional 46 shares during the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

F5 Trading Down 2.3%

FFIV stock opened at $228.64 on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $299.06 and a 200 day moving average price of $298.40. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a current ratio of 1.56 and a quick ratio of 1.56. F5 has a fifty-two week low of $227.04 and a fifty-two week high of $346.00. The stock has a market capitalization of $13.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.36, a P/E/G ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.08.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.96 by $0.43. F5 had a return on equity of 21.76% and a net margin of 22.42%.The company had revenue of $810.09 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $794.06 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $3.67 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 8.5% on a year-over-year basis. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. Analysts expect that F5 will post 11.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.