F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) Receives $379.89 Consensus Price Target from Brokerages

Shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) have received an average rating of “Hold” from the twelve analysts that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the company. The average 1 year target price among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $382.6667.

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on FFIV shares. 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 upped their price target on F5 from $356.00 to $423.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price target on F5 from $425.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Morgan Stanley upped their price target on F5 from $340.00 to $380.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th.

F5 Trading Down 0.2%

F5 stock opened at $395.23 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $342.74 and a 200 day moving average of $294.44. The firm has a market capitalization of $22.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.42, a P/E/G ratio of 9.12 and a beta of 1.04. F5 has a 12-month low of $223.76 and a 12-month high of $411.52.

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. The company had revenue of $811.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $783.82 million. F5 had a net margin of 21.96% and a return on equity of 21.50%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $3.42 EPS. 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 12.78 EPS for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other F5 news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,328 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $330.58, for a total value of $439,010.24. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 8,060 shares in the company, valued at $2,664,474.80. This represents a 14.15% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 6,200 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $350.19, for a total value of $2,171,178.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 20,832 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,295,158.08. The trade was a 22.94% 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 a total of 21,579 shares of company stock worth $7,437,510 over the last ninety days. 0.48% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of F5 by 1.6% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 7,357,293 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,878,023,000 after acquiring an additional 114,533 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its position in shares of F5 by 1.7% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,226,326 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,042,716,000 after acquiring an additional 53,712 shares during the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP boosted its position in shares of F5 by 68.5% during 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 acquiring an additional 1,119,291 shares during the last quarter. Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. bought a new position in shares of F5 during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $579,699,000. Finally, Invesco Ltd. boosted its position in shares of F5 by 7.5% during the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 1,537,680 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $392,508,000 after acquiring an additional 106,616 shares during the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by 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.