F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) Receives $309.89 Average PT from Analysts

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) has been given a consensus recommendation of “Hold” by the thirteen research firms that are covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, five have given a hold recommendation and six have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 1-year target price among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $311.00.

FFIV has been the subject of a number of research reports. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Zacks Research upgraded F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, January 9th. Barclays raised their price objective on F5 from $267.00 to $283.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Weiss Ratings upgraded F5 from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Monday, March 30th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on F5 from $345.00 to $355.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In related news, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,770 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $275.25, for a total transaction of $487,192.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 6,840 shares in the company, valued at $1,882,710. This trade represents a 20.56% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 3,343 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $261.87, for a total value of $875,431.41. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 8,060 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,110,672.20. This trade represents a 29.32% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 17,961 shares of company stock worth $4,959,115 over the last three months. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On F5

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of FFIV. Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. bought a new position in shares of F5 during the 4th quarter worth approximately $579,699,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its position in shares of F5 by 15,103.5% during the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,170,216 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $298,709,000 after buying an additional 1,162,519 shares during the period. First Trust Advisors LP lifted its position in shares of F5 by 68.5% during the 4th quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 2,753,652 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $702,897,000 after buying an additional 1,119,291 shares during the period. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in F5 during the 4th quarter valued at $205,706,000. Finally, Deutsche Bank AG raised its position in F5 by 175.2% in the 4th quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 958,947 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $244,781,000 after purchasing an additional 610,437 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

F5 Trading Up 3.0%

Shares of FFIV stock opened at $308.06 on Tuesday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $286.19 and a two-hundred day moving average of $275.60. F5 has a 12 month low of $223.76 and a 12 month high of $346.00. The company has a market capitalization of $17.41 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.48, a P/E/G ratio of 8.36 and a beta of 0.93.

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

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.