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

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) has been given an average rating of “Hold” by the thirteen ratings firms that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 1 year target price among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $309.8889.

A number of equities research analysts have commented on the stock. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of F5 from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their price objective for the company from $295.00 to $345.00 in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $325.00 target price (up previously from $295.00) on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price target on F5 from $325.00 to $345.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, Evercore restated a “cautious” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,770 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $275.25, for a total value of $487,192.50. Following the transaction, the director owned 6,840 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,882,710. The trade was a 20.56% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 3,343 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, January 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $261.87, for a total transaction of $875,431.41. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 8,060 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,110,672.20. The trade was a 29.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 19,851 shares of company stock worth $5,178,037 in the last three months. 0.48% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Whipplewood Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of F5 by 275.0% in the second quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 90 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares during the last quarter. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. purchased a new position in F5 during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. increased its stake in F5 by 109.8% in the 4th quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. Elyxium Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in shares of F5 during the 4th quarter worth approximately $28,000. Finally, Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of F5 during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $37,000. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

F5 Stock Performance

NASDAQ FFIV opened at $278.39 on Monday. The business’s fifty day moving average is $268.50 and its 200 day moving average is $283.55. F5 has a fifty-two week low of $223.76 and a fifty-two week high of $346.00. The company has a market capitalization of $15.73 billion, a PE ratio of 23.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.88 and a beta of 1.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.63 by $0.82. F5 had a return on equity of 22.08% and a net margin of 22.45%.The business had revenue of $822.47 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $755.97 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $3.84 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. F5 has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.340-3.460 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 15.650-16.050 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that F5 will post 11.2 EPS for the current year.

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.