F5 (FFIV) Projected to Post Quarterly Earnings on Monday

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) will likely be issuing its Q2 2025 quarterly earnings data after the market closes on Monday, April 28th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $3.10 per share and revenue of $719.91 million for the quarter.

F5 Trading Up 1.6 %

FFIV stock traded up $3.97 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $254.77. The company's stock had a trading volume of 524,278 shares, compared to its average volume of 579,354. The company's 50 day moving average is $271.83 and its two-hundred day moving average is $259.75. F5 has a fifty-two week low of $159.01 and a fifty-two week high of $313.00. The stock has a market cap of $14.69 billion, a PE ratio of 25.33, a P/E/G ratio of 3.85 and a beta of 1.14.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 6,500 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $303.06, for a total transaction of $1,969,890.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 151,247 shares of the company's stock, valued at $45,836,915.82. This represents a 4.12 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director Marianne Budnik sold 728 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $304.45, for a total value of $221,639.60. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 1,770 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $538,876.50. This trade represents a 29.14 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 18,232 shares of company stock worth $5,310,131. 0.52% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on FFIV shares. Morgan Stanley lowered their price objective on F5 from $310.00 to $269.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, April 8th. Barclays raised their price target on shares of F5 from $246.00 to $296.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a report on Wednesday, January 29th. Piper Sandler decreased their price objective on F5 from $304.00 to $262.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, April 8th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their target price on shares of F5 from $296.00 to $285.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 17th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC lifted their target price on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $360.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, January 29th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating, one has assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, F5 currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $289.67.

F5 Company Profile

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.