F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) Given Average Rating of “Hold” by Analysts

Shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) have been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the thirteen brokerages that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, six have issued a hold recommendation and five have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 12-month price target among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $309.8889.

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on FFIV. Bank of America dropped 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. Zacks Research raised F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, January 9th. Wall Street Zen lowered F5 from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, November 28th. Barclays boosted their price target on F5 from $267.00 to $283.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, Weiss Ratings cut F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th.

F5 Trading Down 0.3%

F5 stock opened at $278.39 on Monday. F5 has a 12 month low of $223.76 and a 12 month high of $346.00. The company has a market capitalization of $15.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.88 and a beta of 1.00. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $268.50 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $283.55.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.63 by $0.82. The firm had revenue of $822.47 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $755.97 million. F5 had a return on equity of 22.08% and a net margin of 22.45%.The company’s revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $3.84 earnings per share. F5 has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.340-3.460 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 15.650-16.050 EPS. On average, equities research analysts predict that F5 will post 11.2 EPS for the current year.

Insider Transactions at F5

In other F5 news, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,770 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $275.25, for a total value of $487,192.50. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 6,840 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,882,710. The trade was a 20.56% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CTO Kunal Anand sold 377 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $278.32, for a total transaction of $104,926.64. Following the sale, the chief technology officer owned 8,971 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,496,808.72. This represents a 4.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last three months, insiders sold 19,851 shares of company stock valued at $5,178,037. Company insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of F5

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of FFIV. Whipplewood Advisors LLC boosted its position in 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 purchasing an additional 66 shares during the last quarter. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. bought a new position in shares of F5 in the 4th quarter worth approximately $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 109.8% in the fourth quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. Elyxium Wealth LLC bought a new stake in F5 during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Finally, Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in F5 during the third quarter valued at approximately $37,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

About F5

F5 Inc (NASDAQ:FFIV) specializes in application services and delivery networking, helping organizations ensure the availability, performance and security of their applications. The company’s core offerings include advanced load balancing, traffic management and application security solutions designed to optimize user experiences and protect against threats such as distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and web application exploits.

At the heart of F5’s product portfolio is the BIG-IP platform, which provides a suite of software modules for local and global traffic management, secure web application firewalling and DNS service delivery.