F5, Inc. (FFIV) – What Are Investment Firms Saying About This Stock?

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) has earned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the eleven research firms that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, five have assigned a hold recommendation and five have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month price target among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $426.00.

A number of analysts have issued reports on the stock. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a research note on Friday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on shares of F5 from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Piper Sandler restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $461.00 price objective (up from $423.00) on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Finally, Zacks Research downgraded shares of F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, July 27th.

F5 Trading Down 1.3%

Shares of NASDAQ FFIV opened at $473.49 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $26.81 billion, a PE ratio of 37.70, a PEG ratio of 4.55 and a beta of 1.03. F5 has a twelve month low of $223.76 and a twelve month high of $483.30. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $419.65 and a 200-day simple moving average of $385.41.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.00 by $0.73. F5 had a return on equity of 21.54% and a net margin of 21.95%. The firm had revenue of $865.08 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $834.60 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $4.16 EPS. F5’s revenue was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. F5 has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.140-4.260 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.210-17.330 EPS. On average, equities analysts predict that F5 will post 13.65 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other F5 news, Director Nikhil Mehta sold 4,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, July 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $388.95, for a total value of $1,555,800.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 7,043 shares in the company, valued at $2,739,374.85. The trade was a 36.22% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, insider John Maddison sold 1,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $405.85, for a total transaction of $405,850.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 1,353 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $549,115.05. This trade represents a 42.50% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 16,829 shares of company stock worth $6,815,302 over the last three months. 0.48% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of FFIV. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. raised its holdings in shares of F5 by 963.6% in the 1st quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 117 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $34,000 after purchasing an additional 106 shares in the last quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC lifted its position in shares of F5 by 113.8% during the 1st quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC now owns 124 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $36,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares during the last quarter. Persistent Asset Partners Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of F5 during the 2nd quarter worth $36,000. Bell Investment Advisors Inc acquired a new position in shares of F5 during the second quarter worth $49,000. Finally, Elevation Wealth Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of F5 by 373.1% during the second quarter. Elevation Wealth Partners LLC now owns 123 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $51,000 after purchasing an additional 97 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About F5

F5, Inc develops application delivery, security and management technologies that help organizations deploy, protect and optimize applications across data centers, public clouds, edge environments and distributed networks. Its offerings are designed to support application availability, performance, scalability and security across hybrid and multi-cloud architectures.

The company’s portfolio includes BIG-IP application delivery and security solutions, NGINX web and application delivery technologies, and F5 Distributed Cloud services.