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$246.98 +2.69 (+1.10%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

FFIV vs. JNPR, CIEN, SATS, IDCC, CALX, EXTR, INFN, HLIT, ATEN, and DGII

Should you be buying F5 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of F5 include Juniper Networks (JNPR), Ciena (CIEN), EchoStar (SATS), InterDigital (IDCC), Calix (CALX), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Infinera (INFN), Harmonic (HLIT), A10 Networks (ATEN), and Digi International (DGII). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

F5 vs.

Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR) and F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and risk.

Juniper Networks presently has a consensus price target of $39.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.00%. F5 has a consensus price target of $233.56, suggesting a potential downside of 5.44%. Given Juniper Networks' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Juniper Networks is more favorable than F5.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Juniper Networks
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13
F5
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.22

F5 received 219 more outperform votes than Juniper Networks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.93% of users gave F5 an outperform vote while only 59.01% of users gave Juniper Networks an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Juniper NetworksOutperform Votes
1074
59.01%
Underperform Votes
746
40.99%
F5Outperform Votes
1293
66.93%
Underperform Votes
639
33.07%

92.0% of Juniper Networks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.7% of F5 shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Juniper Networks shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of F5 shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

F5 has a net margin of 20.13% compared to Juniper Networks' net margin of 4.97%. F5's return on equity of 20.80% beat Juniper Networks' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Juniper Networks4.97% 7.41% 3.53%
F5 20.13%20.80%11.41%

Juniper Networks has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, F5 has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, F5 had 13 more articles in the media than Juniper Networks. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for F5 and 14 mentions for Juniper Networks. F5's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Juniper Networks' score of 0.66 indicating that F5 is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Juniper Networks
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
F5
15 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

F5 has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Juniper Networks. F5 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Juniper Networks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Juniper Networks$5.56B2.14$310.20M$0.7647.25
F5$2.82B5.14$566.78M$9.5625.83

Summary

F5 beats Juniper Networks on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FFIV vs. The Competition

MetricF5Computer & office equipment IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$14.48B$33.88B$24.43B$8.84B
Dividend YieldN/A2.77%2.73%4.09%
P/E Ratio25.8321.23249.9317.81
Price / Sales5.144.143,310.17158.52
Price / Cash19.2020.6233.9136.29
Price / Book4.637.287.096.50
Net Income$566.78M$1.41B$673.23M$226.22M
7 Day Performance3.62%3.70%4.95%4.03%
1 Month Performance14.66%1.49%5.99%4.92%
1 Year Performance47.83%34.90%21.54%29.30%

F5 Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FFIV
F5
4.3451 of 5 stars
$246.98
+1.1%
$233.56
-5.4%
+47.8%$14.48B$2.82B25.836,524Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
JNPR
Juniper Networks
4.2732 of 5 stars
$35.56
-0.3%
$39.50
+11.1%
+32.8%$11.77B$5.56B46.783,374
CIEN
Ciena
4.6373 of 5 stars
$68.17
+2.5%
$63.08
-7.5%
+53.3%$9.85B$4.39B72.528,483Positive News
SATS
EchoStar
0.9042 of 5 stars
$23.57
+0.6%
$19.25
-18.3%
+116.4%$6.40B$17.02B-2.5715,300News Coverage
Gap Down
IDCC
InterDigital
2.183 of 5 stars
$183.32
+0.6%
$120.00
-34.5%
+91.0%$4.65B$549.59M19.59420Positive News
CALX
Calix
2.5081 of 5 stars
$32.12
+5.6%
$42.50
+32.3%
-12.4%$2.13B$1.04B-133.831,760
EXTR
Extreme Networks
4.0203 of 5 stars
$15.67
+1.6%
$19.00
+21.3%
-2.1%$2.07B$1.12B-15.912,656
INFN
Infinera
1.0456 of 5 stars
$6.61
flat
$7.09
+7.2%
+57.7%$1.57B$1.61B-13.773,389Positive News
HLIT
Harmonic
4.2086 of 5 stars
$12.39
+2.6%
$15.25
+23.1%
+13.6%$1.44B$607.91M16.821,359Positive News
ATEN
A10 Networks
4.4238 of 5 stars
$16.60
+0.7%
$20.00
+20.5%
+37.2%$1.23B$251.70M24.85525Positive News
DGII
Digi International
1.7038 of 5 stars
$31.48
-0.2%
$36.75
+16.7%
+34.0%$1.15B$424.05M51.72822Insider Trade

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This page (NASDAQ:FFIV) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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