F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) Receives $316.44 Consensus PT from Analysts

Shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) have been given an average recommendation of “Hold” by the twelve ratings firms that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating on the company. The average twelve-month price objective among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $316.4444.

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on FFIV shares. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price objective on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of F5 from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Monday, March 30th. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 29th.

Insider Activity at F5

In other news, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,770 shares of the company’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 sale, 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. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CTO Kunal Anand sold 3,123 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $322.33, for a total value of $1,006,636.59. Following the transaction, the chief technology officer owned 12,194 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,930,492.02. This represents a 20.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 29,328 shares of company stock valued at $9,319,571 in the last 90 days. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of F5 by 2.6% in the first quarter. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC now owns 1,447 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $419,000 after purchasing an additional 36 shares in the last quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of F5 by 3.4% in the fourth quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 1,190 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $309,000 after purchasing an additional 39 shares in the last quarter. Pacific Sage Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of F5 by 0.6% in the fourth quarter. Pacific Sage Partners LLC now owns 7,122 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,818,000 after purchasing an additional 40 shares in the last quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of F5 by 4.4% in the fourth quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. now owns 968 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $247,000 after purchasing an additional 41 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd grew its holdings in shares of F5 by 0.6% in the third quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd now owns 7,386 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $2,387,000 after purchasing an additional 42 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

F5 Trading Up 0.7%

F5 stock opened at $357.40 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $303.72 and a 200 day moving average of $275.62. The firm has a market capitalization of $20.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.32, a P/E/G ratio of 8.21 and a beta of 1.00. F5 has a 12-month low of $223.76 and a 12-month high of $362.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.47 by $0.43. F5 had a net margin of 21.96% and a return on equity of 21.50%. The company had revenue of $811.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $783.82 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $3.42 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.910-4.030 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 16.250-16.550 EPS. On average, analysts predict that F5 will post 12.71 EPS for the current year.

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.