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

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) has earned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the thirteen brokerages that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company. The average 12-month price objective among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $309.8889.

Several analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price target on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded F5 from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $295.00 to $345.00 in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Wall Street Zen downgraded F5 from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, November 28th. Zacks Research raised F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, January 9th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, January 28th.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other F5 news, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,770 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 19th. The shares were 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 of the company’s stock, valued at $1,882,710. This trade represents a 20.56% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Michael L. Dreyer sold 3,067 shares of F5 stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $282.41, for a total transaction of $866,151.47. Following the sale, the director owned 1,309 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $369,674.69. This represents a 70.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 21,281 shares of company stock valued at $5,835,218 over the last three months. Company insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On F5

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of FFIV. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. purchased a new position in F5 during the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted its stake 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 valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares during the period. Elyxium Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in F5 during the 4th quarter worth approximately $28,000. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in F5 during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $37,000. Finally, UMB Bank n.a. lifted its holdings in F5 by 64.5% during the 4th quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 153 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $39,000 after buying an additional 60 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

F5 Stock Down 2.1%

Shares of FFIV opened at $284.28 on Friday. F5 has a 52-week low of $223.76 and a 52-week high of $346.00. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $276.64 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $278.71. The company has a market capitalization of $16.07 billion, a PE ratio of 23.51, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 8.05 and a beta of 1.01.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced 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. F5 had a net margin of 22.45% and a return on equity of 22.08%. The firm had revenue of $822.47 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $755.97 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $3.84 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.340-3.460 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 15.650-16.050 EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate 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.