F5 (FFIV) to Announce Earnings on Monday

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) is projected to post its Q3 2026 results after the market closes on Monday, July 27th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $3.98 per share and revenue of $834.5960 million for the quarter. F5 has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.910-4.030 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 16.250-16.550 EPS. Investors can find conference call details on the company’s upcoming Q3 2026 earning overview page for the latest details on the call scheduled for Monday, July 27, 2026 at 4:30 PM ET.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.47 by $0.43. F5 had a return on equity of 21.50% and a net margin of 21.96%.The company had revenue of $811.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $783.82 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $3.42 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts expect F5 to post $13 EPS for the current fiscal year and $13 EPS for the next fiscal year.

F5 Stock Up 1.1%

Shares of NASDAQ FFIV opened at $392.21 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $22.13 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.17, a P/E/G ratio of 4.60 and a beta of 1.03. F5 has a 52 week low of $223.76 and a 52 week high of $435.00. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $400.23 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $329.44.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on FFIV shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Barclays upped their target price on shares of F5 from $292.00 to $386.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, May 29th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Friday, June 26th. Zacks Research raised shares of F5 from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, June 26th. Finally, Piper Sandler boosted their price target on shares of F5 from $356.00 to $423.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, May 29th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have assigned a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $382.67.

Insider Activity at F5

In other news, Director Elizabeth Buse sold 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $399.35, for a total transaction of $399,350.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 4,947 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,975,584.45. This represents a 16.82% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,783 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $337.39, for a total value of $1,276,346.37. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 146,989 shares in the company, valued at approximately $49,592,618.71. This represents a 2.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. 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 sold a total of 22,579 shares of company stock worth $7,836,860 in the last three months. 0.48% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. First Trust Advisors LP grew its stake 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 period. Deutsche Bank AG lifted its stake in shares of F5 by 175.2% during the 4th quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 958,947 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $244,781,000 after buying an additional 610,437 shares in the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP boosted its holdings in F5 by 100.5% in the 4th quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 838,959 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $214,153,000 after buying an additional 420,580 shares during the period. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. purchased a new stake in F5 in the 4th quarter worth $100,033,000. Finally, Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec increased its stake in F5 by 169.2% in the 3rd quarter. Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec now owns 462,740 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $149,553,000 after buying an additional 290,828 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.