F5 (FFIV) to Release Earnings on Tuesday

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) will likely be posting its Q2 2026 results after the market closes on Tuesday, April 28th. Analysts expect F5 to post earnings of $3.44 per share and revenue of $782.1920 million for the quarter. F5 has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.340-3.460 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 15.650-16.050 EPS. Investors can check the company’s upcoming Q2 2026 earning summary page for the latest details on the call scheduled for Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 4:30 PM ET.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.63 by $0.82. The firm had revenue of $822.47 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $3.84 earnings per share. On average, analysts expect F5 to post $12 EPS for the current fiscal year and $13 EPS for the next fiscal year.

F5 Stock Performance

F5 stock opened at $303.16 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $17.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.08, a PEG ratio of 8.36 and a beta of 0.93. F5 has a 52-week low of $223.76 and a 52-week high of $346.00. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $290.16 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $274.52.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms recently issued reports on FFIV. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their target price on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on shares of F5 from $345.00 to $355.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 16th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of F5 from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Monday, March 30th. Zacks Research raised shares of F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, January 9th. Finally, Barclays raised their target price on F5 from $267.00 to $283.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $311.00.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other news, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 969 shares of F5 stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $282.20, for a total transaction of $273,451.80. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 5,305 shares in the company, valued at $1,497,071. This trade represents a 15.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Michael L. Dreyer sold 3,067 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $282.41, for a total transaction of $866,151.47. Following the sale, the director directly owned 1,309 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $369,674.69. The trade was a 70.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 16,851 shares of company stock worth $4,667,485 in the last ninety days. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of F5

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Invesco Ltd. raised its stake in shares of F5 by 7.5% during the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 1,537,680 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $392,508,000 after purchasing an additional 106,616 shares during the period. Corient Private Wealth LLC grew its position in F5 by 70.1% during the fourth quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 14,356 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $3,665,000 after buying an additional 5,917 shares during the period. Alberta Investment Management Corp grew its position in F5 by 35.4% during the fourth quarter. Alberta Investment Management Corp now owns 11,100 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $2,833,000 after buying an additional 2,900 shares during the period. Caitlin John LLC increased its holdings in F5 by 15,212.0% during the fourth quarter. Caitlin John LLC now owns 3,828 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $977,000 after buying an additional 3,803 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vident Advisory LLC increased its holdings in F5 by 7.6% during the fourth quarter. Vident Advisory LLC now owns 16,938 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $4,324,000 after buying an additional 1,193 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

F5 Company Profile

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.