F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) Receives Average Recommendation of “Hold” from Analysts

Shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) have received a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the thirteen brokerages that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 12 month price objective among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $295.5556.

FFIV has been the topic of several analyst reports. Barclays lowered their price target on shares of F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Bank of America lowered their target price on shares of F5 from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “underperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of F5 from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, November 28th. Evercore ISI reaffirmed a “cautious” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price objective on F5 from $320.00 to $295.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other F5 news, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,309 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $237.11, for a total transaction of $310,376.99. Following the sale, the director owned 8,610 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,041,517.10. This represents a 13.20% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 1,062 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $246.97, for a total transaction of $262,282.14. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 27,355 shares of company stock worth $6,837,180 over the last 90 days. Company insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On F5

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Whipplewood Advisors LLC raised its holdings in F5 by 275.0% during the 2nd quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 90 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares during the last quarter. Groupe la Francaise acquired a new stake in shares of F5 in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $34,000. Flaharty Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in F5 in the first quarter valued at approximately $35,000. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of F5 in the 3rd quarter valued at $37,000. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its stake in F5 by 288.1% in the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $43,000 after acquiring an additional 121 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of FFIV opened at $257.98 on Wednesday. F5 has a 52 week low of $223.76 and a 52 week high of $346.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $14.99 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.84, a P/E/G ratio of 7.91 and a beta of 0.99. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $271.14 and a 200-day simple moving average of $293.95.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.96 by $0.43. The firm had revenue of $810.09 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $794.06 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.76% and a net margin of 22.42%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $3.67 EPS. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS and its 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.

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.