Zacks Research Brokers Decrease Earnings Estimates for F5

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV - Free Report) - Research analysts at Zacks Research reduced their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of F5 in a report released on Monday, November 18th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the network technology company will post earnings of $2.42 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $2.43. The consensus estimate for F5's current full-year earnings is $11.01 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for F5's Q1 2026 earnings at $2.71 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.71 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $12.09 EPS.

FFIV has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Barclays boosted their target price on F5 from $214.00 to $246.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 29th. Piper Sandler boosted their target price on F5 from $186.00 to $246.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 29th. Royal Bank of Canada upped their price objective on F5 from $205.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock a "sector perform" rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 29th. Needham & Company LLC upped their price objective on F5 from $220.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 30th. Finally, Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on F5 from $215.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 29th. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, two have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $233.56.

F5 Stock Performance

FFIV opened at $242.02 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.19 billion, a PE ratio of 25.32, a P/E/G ratio of 3.24 and a beta of 1.05. F5 has a one year low of $159.01 and a one year high of $250.46. The business's 50 day moving average price is $225.07 and its 200 day moving average price is $195.83.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 28th. The network technology company reported $3.67 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $3.45 by $0.22. F5 had a return on equity of 20.80% and a net margin of 20.13%. The firm had revenue of $747.00 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $730.43 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $2.76 earnings per share. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 5.7% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Virtu Financial LLC purchased a new position in F5 during the third quarter worth about $1,531,000. Unigestion Holding SA purchased a new position in F5 during the third quarter worth about $622,000. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in F5 during the third quarter worth about $203,000. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in F5 by 8.0% during the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,573,995 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $345,560,000 after purchasing an additional 117,080 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Barclays PLC increased its holdings in F5 by 1.4% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 144,572 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $31,836,000 after buying an additional 2,008 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other news, CFO Francis J. Pelzer sold 600 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $217.50, for a total transaction of $130,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 30,425 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,617,437.50. This represents a 1.93 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $201.65, for a total transaction of $201,650.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 10,707 shares of the company's stock, valued at $2,159,066.55. This trade represents a 8.54 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 3,750 shares of company stock worth $799,229 over the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 0.58% of the company's stock.

F5 declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Monday, October 28th that authorizes the company to repurchase $1.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the network technology company to repurchase up to 7.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

About F5

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.

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