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

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) has received an average recommendation of “Hold” from the twelve brokerages that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat.com reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 1-year target price among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is $382.6667.

FFIV has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Morgan Stanley raised their target price on shares of F5 from $340.00 to $380.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Piper Sandler raised their target price on shares of F5 from $356.00 to $423.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, May 29th. Barclays lifted their price target on shares of F5 from $292.00 to $386.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, May 29th. Evercore raised shares of F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 price target for the company in a research report on Monday, May 18th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th.

F5 Trading Up 2.2%

NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $394.53 on Friday. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $366.71 and a 200-day moving average price of $307.82. F5 has a 12 month low of $223.76 and a 12 month high of $411.52. The stock has a market cap of $22.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.37, a P/E/G ratio of 4.63 and a beta of 1.04.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.47 by $0.43. F5 had a net margin of 21.96% and a return on equity of 21.50%. The firm had revenue of $811.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $783.82 million. During the same period last year, the company posted $3.42 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.910-4.030 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 16.250-16.550 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that F5 will post 12.78 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at F5

In related news, CTO Kunal Anand sold 3,123 shares of F5 stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $322.33, for a total transaction of $1,006,636.59. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief technology officer directly owned 12,194 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,930,492.02. This trade represents a 20.39% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 6,200 shares of F5 stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $350.19, for a total transaction of $2,171,178.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 20,832 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,295,158.08. This trade represents a 22.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. 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 over the last 90 days. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of FFIV. Millennium Management LLC lifted its position in F5 by 166.5% during the 1st quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 62,906 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $16,750,000 after acquiring an additional 39,305 shares during the period. NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of F5 by 1,281.4% in the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 967 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $257,000 after buying an additional 897 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of F5 by 38.4% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 298,297 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $79,428,000 after buying an additional 82,835 shares during the last quarter. Focus Partners Wealth bought a new stake in shares of F5 during the first quarter valued at approximately $257,000. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. increased its position in shares of F5 by 288.1% during the first 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 in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other 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.