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F5 (FFIV) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$258.24 -7.82 (-2.94%)
As of 12:55 PM Eastern
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About F5 Stock (NASDAQ:FFIV)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$256.60
$266.07
50-Day Range
$251.75
$310.60
52-Week Range
$159.01
$313.00
Volume
213,761 shs
Average Volume
532,677 shs
Market Capitalization
$14.89 billion
P/E Ratio
25.65
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$295.00
Consensus Rating
Hold

Company Overview

F5, Inc. provides multi-cloud application security and delivery solutions in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region. The company's distributed cloud services enable its customers to deploy, secure, and operate applications in any architecture, from on-premises to the public cloud. It offers unified, security, networking, and application management solutions, such as web app and API protection; multi-cloud networking; application delivery and deployment; domain name system; content delivery network; and application deployment and orchestration. The company also provides application security and delivery products, including NGINX Plus; NGINX Management Suite; NGINX Ingress Controller; NGINX App Protect; BIG-IP Packaged Software; and BIG-IP Systems. In addition, it provides a range of professional services, including maintenance, consulting, training, and other technical support services. F5, Inc. sells its products to large enterprise businesses, public sector institutions, governments, and service providers through distributors, value-added resellers, managed service providers, systems integrators, and other indirect channel partners. It has partnerships with public cloud providers, such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. The company was formerly known as F5 Networks, Inc. and changed its name to F5, Inc. in November 2021. F5, Inc. was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

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F5 Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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86th Percentile Overall Score

FFIV MarketRank™: 

F5 scored higher than 86% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 96th out of 660 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    F5 has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, 7 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    F5 has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about F5's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for F5 are expected to grow by 6.25% in the coming year, from $11.20 to $11.90 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of F5 is 25.69, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 23.14.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of F5 is 25.69, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 41.45.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    F5 has a PEG Ratio of 3.85. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    F5 has a P/B Ratio of 4.61. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about F5's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    2.67% of the float of F5 has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    F5 has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in F5 has recently increased by 1.32%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.
  • Dividend Yield

    F5 does not currently pay a dividend.

  • Dividend Growth

    F5 does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    2.67% of the float of F5 has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    F5 has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in F5 has recently increased by 1.32%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.
  • News Sentiment

    F5 has a news sentiment score of 1.48. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.70 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 19 news articles for F5 this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 6 people have searched for FFIV on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -57% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    12 people have added F5 to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 50% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, F5 insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $4,477,083.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 0.52% of the stock of F5 is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    90.66% of the stock of F5 is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about F5's insider trading history.
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FFIV Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

F5's stock was trading at $251.47 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, FFIV stock has increased by 2.8% and is now trading at $258.5490.
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F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October, 28th. The network technology company reported $3.67 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $3.45 by $0.22. F5's revenue was up 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year.
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F5's board authorized a share buyback program on Monday, October 28th 2024, which authorizes the company to buy back $1,000,000,000 in shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could buy up to 7.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

F5 subsidiaries include these companies: Threat Stack, Volterra, Shape Security, NGINX, Defense.Net Inc, Versafe Ltd, LineRate Systems Inc, and others.

Top institutional shareholders of F5 include Vanguard Group Inc. (13.00%), Invesco Ltd. (2.90%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.77%) and Ameriprise Financial Inc. (2.29%). Insiders that own company stock include Francois Locoh-Donou, Ana Maria White, Chad Michael Whalen, Scot Frazier Rogers, Thomas Dean Fountain, Alan Higginson, Mika Yamamoto, Geng Lin, Michael L Dreyer, Marianne Budnik and Lyra Amber Schramm.
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Shares of FFIV stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that F5 investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Tesla (TSLA), Netflix (NFLX), Verizon Communications (VZ) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
10/28/2024
Today
3/13/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
5/05/2025
Fiscal Year End
9/30/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Industry
Computer & office equipment
Sub-Industry
Communications Equipment
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:FFIV
Employees
7,090
Year Founded
1996

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$295.00
High Stock Price Target
$360.00
Low Stock Price Target
$250.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+13.5%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.00
Research Coverage
9 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
25.76
Forward P/E Ratio
23.22
P/E Growth
3.85
Net Income
$566.78 million
Pretax Margin
25.26%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$2.89 billion
Cash Flow
$10.65 per share
Price / Cash Flow
24.41
Book Value
$56.12 per share
Price / Book
4.63

Miscellaneous

Free Float
57,352,000
Market Cap
$14.99 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.10

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This page (NASDAQ:FFIV) was last updated on 3/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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