F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Releases Q2 2025 Earnings Guidance

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) issued an update on its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 3.020-3.140 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 3.220. The company issued revenue guidance of $705.0 million-$725.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $703.6 million. F5 also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 14.240-14.550 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

FFIV has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Piper Sandler raised their target price on F5 from $186.00 to $246.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 29th. Morgan Stanley boosted their price objective on shares of F5 from $230.00 to $262.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, December 17th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of F5 from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 29th. Royal Bank of Canada upped their price objective on shares of F5 from $240.00 to $260.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Friday, January 3rd. Finally, Barclays lifted their target price on F5 from $214.00 to $246.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 29th. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, one has issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $251.25.

F5 Stock Performance

NASDAQ FFIV traded up $6.71 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $269.72. 1,241,763 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 530,531. The stock has a market capitalization of $15.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.21, a P/E/G ratio of 3.68 and a beta of 1.06. F5 has a twelve month low of $159.01 and a twelve month high of $274.64. The business’s 50-day moving average is $256.34 and its 200-day moving average is $225.37.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its earnings results on Monday, October 28th. The network technology company reported $3.67 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.45 by $0.22. The business had revenue of $747.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $730.43 million. F5 had a net margin of 20.13% and a return on equity of 20.80%. F5’s revenue was up 5.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $2.76 EPS. Analysts predict that F5 will post 11.01 EPS for the current year.

F5 declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback plan on Monday, October 28th that authorizes the company to repurchase $1.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the network technology company to purchase up to 7.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Insider Activity at F5

In other F5 news, Director Alan Higginson sold 825 shares of F5 stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $239.77, for a total value of $197,810.25. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 9,882 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,369,407.14. The trade was a 7.71 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 0.58% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

F5 Company Profile

F5, Inc provides multi-cloud application security and delivery solutions in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region. The company’s distributed cloud services enable its customers to deploy, secure, and operate applications in any architecture, from on-premises to the public cloud.