F5 (FFIV) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $238.71 to $242.37
• 50-Day Range: $205.95 to $246.86
• 52-Week Range: $159.01 to $250.46
• Volume: 314,529 shs
• Average Volume: 533,957 shs
• Market Capitalization: $14.10 billion
• P/E Ratio: 25.32
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $233.56
• Consensus Rating: Hold

F5 Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

F5 scored higher than 87% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 138th out of 648 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

F5 has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.22, and is based on 2 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

F5 has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 7.45%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for F5 are expected to grow by 7.45% in the coming year, from $11.01 to $11.83 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of F5 is 25.32, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 131.22.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of F5 is 25.32, 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 258.40.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

F5 has a PEG Ratio of 3.22. 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 4.51. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.01% 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 3.8, 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 9.43%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

F5 does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

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

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• Environmental Score: -0.92

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.01% 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 3.8, 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 9.43%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.96

News Sentiment

F5 has a news sentiment score of 0.96. 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 0.58 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 17 news articles for F5 this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

12 people have searched for FFIV on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 140% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 6 people have added F5 to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -25% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

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 $799,229.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.58% 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.

FFIV Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have FFIV shares performed this year?

F5's stock was trading at $178.98 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, FFIV stock has increased by 35.2% and is now trading at $242.02.
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How were F5's earnings last quarter?

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) announced its earnings results on Monday, October, 28th. The network technology company reported $3.67 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $3.45 by $0.22. The company's revenue was up 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript.

How will F5's stock buyback program work?

F5's board authorized a stock buyback program on Monday, October 28th 2024, which allows the company to buy back $1,000,000,000 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could purchase up to 7.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Does F5 have any subsidiaries?

The following companies are subsidiaries of F5: Threat Stack, Volterra, Shape Security, NGINX, Defense.Net Inc, Versafe Ltd, LineRate Systems Inc, and others.

Who are F5's major shareholders?

F5's top institutional shareholders include Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC (9.42%), State Street Corp (5.47%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.70%) and Wellington Management Group LLP (1.43%). 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 and Michael L Dreyer.
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How do I buy shares of F5?

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.
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What other stocks do shareholders of F5 own?

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: 11/20/2024
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 2/03/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 9/30/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: Computer & office equipment
• Sub-Industry: Communications Equipment
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:FFIV
• CUSIP: 31561610
• CIK: 1048695
• Web: www.f5.com
• Phone: (206) 272-5555
• Fax: 206-272-5556
• Employees: 6,524
• Year Founded: 1996

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $233.56
• High Stock Price Target: $250.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $204.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -3.5%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.22
• Research Coverage: 9 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $9.56
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 25.32
• Forward P/E Ratio: 21.98
• P/E Growth: 3.22
• Net Income: $566.78 million
• Net Margins: 20.13%
• Pretax Margin: 24.70%
• Return on Equity: 20.80%
• Return on Assets: 11.41%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.42
• Quick Ratio: 1.36

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.82 billion
• Price / Sales: 5.01
• Cash Flow: $12.67 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 19.10
• Book Value: $53.69 per share
• Price / Book: 4.51

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 58,280,000
• Free Float: 57,946,000
• Market Cap: $14.10 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.05