F5 (FFIV) to Release Quarterly Earnings on Tuesday

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) is anticipated to announce its Q1 2026 results after the market closes on Tuesday, January 27th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $3.63 per share and revenue of $755.9730 million for the quarter. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. Parties can find conference call details on the company’s upcoming Q1 2026 earning report page for the latest details on the call scheduled for Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 4:30 PM ET.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 EPS for the quarter, topping 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 during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $794.06 million. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $3.67 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts expect F5 to post $11 EPS for the current fiscal year and $12 EPS for the next fiscal year.

F5 Stock Down 2.1%

Shares of FFIV opened at $268.22 on Tuesday. F5 has a twelve month low of $223.76 and a twelve month high of $346.00. The stock has a market cap of $15.58 billion, a PE ratio of 22.71, a P/E/G ratio of 8.55 and a beta of 0.98. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $252.78 and its 200-day moving average price is $288.40.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have commented on FFIV shares. Zacks Research raised shares of F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, January 9th. Wall Street Zen downgraded F5 from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, November 28th. Barclays dropped their price objective on F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada upgraded F5 from a “sector perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and upped their target price for the stock from $315.00 to $325.00 in a research note on Monday, January 5th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, F5 presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $299.78.

Insider Activity at F5

In related news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $236.99, for a total transaction of $308,087.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 150,323 shares in the company, valued at $35,625,047.77. The trade was a 0.86% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 8,318 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $249.78, for a total transaction of $2,077,670.04. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 22,493 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,618,301.54. This trade represents a 27.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 32,705 shares of company stock valued at $8,152,655 in the last 90 days. 0.52% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Millennium Management LLC grew its stake in F5 by 166.5% in the first quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 62,906 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $16,750,000 after purchasing an additional 39,305 shares during the period. NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 1,281.4% during the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 967 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $257,000 after buying an additional 897 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its position in shares of F5 by 38.4% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 298,297 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $79,428,000 after buying an additional 82,835 shares during the period. Focus Partners Wealth bought a new position in shares of F5 in the 1st quarter worth about $257,000. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. lifted its position in F5 by 288.1% during the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $43,000 after acquiring an additional 121 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

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.