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

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) has been assigned an average rating of “Hold” from the thirteen ratings firms that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, six have given a hold recommendation and five have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year target price among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $309.8889.

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on FFIV shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of F5 from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and lifted their price target for the company from $295.00 to $345.00 in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $325.00 price objective (up from $295.00) on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Morgan Stanley cut their target price on F5 from $336.00 to $296.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, December 17th. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price target on F5 from $325.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, Barclays raised their price target on F5 from $267.00 to $283.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th.

F5 Stock Up 2.4%

NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $278.55 on Monday. F5 has a 52 week low of $223.76 and a 52 week high of $346.00. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $269.36 and its two-hundred day moving average is $282.84. The company has a market capitalization of $15.74 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.04, a P/E/G ratio of 7.70 and a beta of 1.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 earnings per share (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 firm had revenue of $822.47 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $755.97 million. During the same period 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 anticipate that F5 will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at F5

In other news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 3,343 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $261.87, for a total transaction of $875,431.41. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 8,060 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,110,672.20. This represents a 29.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,770 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 directly owned 6,840 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,882,710. This represents a 20.56% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 22,918 shares of company stock valued at $6,044,189. Insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of F5

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of FFIV. Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. purchased a new stake in F5 in the fourth quarter valued at $579,699,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its stake in shares of F5 by 15,103.5% during the fourth 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 grew its stake in shares of F5 by 68.5% in the 4th quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 2,753,652 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $702,897,000 after purchasing an additional 1,119,291 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new position in F5 in the 4th quarter valued at $205,706,000. Finally, Deutsche Bank AG increased its stake in shares of F5 by 175.2% during the fourth quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 958,947 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $244,781,000 after acquiring an additional 610,437 shares during the period. 90.66% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.