Zacks Research Predicts F5’s Q4 Earnings (NASDAQ:FFIV)

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) – Zacks Research increased their Q4 2026 earnings per share estimates for F5 in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, December 24th. Zacks Research analyst Team now anticipates that the network technology company will post earnings per share of $3.28 for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $3.27. Zacks Research has a “Strong Sell” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for F5’s current full-year earnings is $11.20 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for F5’s Q1 2027 earnings at $2.89 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $2.88 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $3.26 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $12.52 EPS.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.96 by $0.43. The business had revenue of $810.09 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $794.06 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.76% and a net margin of 22.42%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $3.67 EPS. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS.

A number of other research analysts have also weighed in on FFIV. Barclays decreased their price target on shares of F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Morgan Stanley lowered their price target on F5 from $336.00 to $296.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, December 17th. Evercore ISI reiterated a “cautious” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Piper Sandler cut their price objective on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $277.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Bank of America dropped their price target on shares of F5 from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, F5 presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $291.11.

F5 Stock Down 1.4%

Shares of NASDAQ FFIV opened at $259.43 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $15.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.97, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 8.38 and a beta of 0.99. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $252.80 and its 200-day simple moving average is $291.13. F5 has a 52-week low of $223.76 and a 52-week high of $346.00.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $252.98, for a total transaction of $328,874.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 151,623 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $38,357,586.54. The trade was a 0.85% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,309 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $237.11, for a total value of $310,376.99. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 8,610 shares in the company, valued at $2,041,517.10. This represents a 13.20% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 30,685 shares of company stock valued at $7,693,345. 0.52% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of F5

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of FFIV. Ieq Capital LLC raised its holdings in shares of F5 by 392.5% in the first quarter. Ieq Capital LLC now owns 6,703 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,785,000 after buying an additional 5,342 shares during the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its stake in F5 by 4.2% during the 1st quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 153,155 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $40,781,000 after acquiring an additional 6,237 shares during the last quarter. Magnetar Financial LLC acquired a new stake in F5 during the 1st quarter worth approximately $948,000. Evergreen Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in F5 during the 1st quarter worth approximately $293,000. Finally, Vident Advisory LLC grew its stake in shares of F5 by 47.0% in the 1st quarter. Vident Advisory LLC now owns 5,488 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,461,000 after purchasing an additional 1,754 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

F5 Company Profile

F5 Inc (NASDAQ:FFIV) specializes in application services and delivery networking, helping organizations ensure the availability, performance and security of their applications. The company’s core offerings include advanced load balancing, traffic management and application security solutions designed to optimize user experiences and protect against threats such as distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and web application exploits.

At the heart of F5’s product portfolio is the BIG-IP platform, which provides a suite of software modules for local and global traffic management, secure web application firewalling and DNS service delivery.