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F5 (FFIV) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$252.25 +1.84 (+0.73%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

About F5 Stock (NASDAQ:FFIV)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$248.02
$254.01
50-Day Range
$213.57
$263.36
52-Week Range
$159.01
$264.50
Volume
1.23 million shs
Average Volume
536,260 shs
Market Capitalization
$14.79 billion
P/E Ratio
26.39
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$237.11
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.

F5 Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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84th Percentile Overall Score

FFIV MarketRank™: 

F5 scored higher than 84% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 170th out of 653 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 2.22, 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.

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

    Earnings for F5 are expected to grow by 7.54% in the coming year, from $11.01 to $11.84 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of F5 is 26.39, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 113.39.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of F5 is 26.39, 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 238.11.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    F5 has a PEG Ratio of 3.52. 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 4.70. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    3.70% 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 3.5, 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 2.87%, 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

    3.70% 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 3.5, 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 2.87%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.
  • News Sentiment

    F5 has a news sentiment score of 0.87. 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 0.64 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for F5 this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 8 people have searched for FFIV on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -33% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    6 people have added F5 to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 20% 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 $644,889.00 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.

  • Read more about F5's insider trading history.
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FFIV Stock News Headlines

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) Director Sells $197,810.25 in Stock
F5 Networks price target raised to $262 from $230 at Morgan Stanley
Why Buffett, Griffin and 100 members of Congress are Piling into this One Investment
This isn't just another investment. It might be the last retirement stock you'll ever need. But this window of opportunity is closing fast.
F5 Networks (FFIV) Gets a Hold from Morgan Stanley
Analyst Expectations For F5's Future
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FFIV Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

F5's stock was trading at $178.98 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, FFIV stock has increased by 40.9% and is now trading at $252.25.
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F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October, 28th. The network technology company reported $3.67 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.45 by $0.22. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 5.7% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript
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F5's Board of Directors initiated a stock buyback program on Monday, October 28th 2024, which permits the company to buy back $1,000,000,000 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could buy up to 7.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

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

Top institutional investors of F5 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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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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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
12/22/2024
Fiscal Year End
9/30/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Industry
Computer & office equipment
Sub-Industry
Communications Equipment
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:FFIV
CUSIP
31561610
Employees
6,557
Year Founded
1996

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$237.11
High Stock Price Target
$262.00
Low Stock Price Target
$204.00
Potential Upside/Downside
-6.0%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.22
Research Coverage
9 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
$566.78 million
Pretax Margin
24.70%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$2.82 billion
Cash Flow
$12.10 per share
Book Value
$53.69 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
58,275,000
Market Cap
$14.79 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.06

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This page (NASDAQ:FFIV) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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