F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) Given Consensus Recommendation of “Hold” by Analysts

Shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) have been given a consensus recommendation of “Hold” by the thirteen analysts that are covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, seven have given a hold recommendation and three have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 12 month target price among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $295.5556.

Several brokerages have recently commented on FFIV. Barclays reduced their target price on shares of F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Evercore ISI restated a “cautious” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, November 1st. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their target price on shares of F5 from $350.00 to $315.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Bank of America decreased their price target on F5 from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “underperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th.

F5 Trading Down 2.0%

FFIV stock opened at $234.00 on Friday. F5 has a 1-year low of $227.04 and a 1-year high of $346.00. The company has a current ratio of 1.56, a quick ratio of 1.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22. The business’s 50 day moving average is $300.90 and its 200-day moving average is $298.17. The firm has a market cap of $13.44 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.81, a P/E/G ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.08.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.96 by $0.43. F5 had a return on equity of 21.76% and a net margin of 22.42%.The business had revenue of $810.09 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $794.06 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $3.67 EPS. F5’s quarterly revenue was up 8.5% on a year-over-year basis. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that F5 will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $252.98, for a total transaction of $328,874.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 151,623 shares in the company, valued at $38,357,586.54. This represents a 0.85% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 9,436 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $249.77, for a total transaction of $2,356,829.72. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 25,641 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,404,352.57. This represents a 26.90% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 24,117 shares of company stock worth $6,297,504 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On F5

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Cerity Partners LLC raised its position in F5 by 129.2% in the 1st quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 16,456 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $4,382,000 after purchasing an additional 9,277 shares during the last quarter. CWM LLC increased its stake in shares of F5 by 102.8% in the 1st quarter. CWM LLC now owns 3,534 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $941,000 after buying an additional 1,791 shares during the period. Wealthfront Advisers LLC raised its position in shares of F5 by 15.5% during the first quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 2,067 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $550,000 after acquiring an additional 278 shares during the last quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC lifted its stake in shares of F5 by 30.8% during the first quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 497 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $132,000 after acquiring an additional 117 shares during the period. Finally, Victory Capital Management Inc. boosted its holdings in F5 by 26.5% in the first quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 199,246 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $53,053,000 after acquiring an additional 41,780 shares during the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.