F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) Given Consensus Recommendation of “Hold” by Brokerages

Shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) have been given an average rating of “Hold” by the twelve ratings firms that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, five have assigned a hold recommendation and six have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price target among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $379.8889.

FFIV has been the subject of several recent research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Piper Sandler raised their price objective on shares of F5 from $356.00 to $423.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of F5 from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Monday, March 30th. Evercore upgraded shares of F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 price target for the company in a research note on Monday, May 18th. Finally, Barclays lifted their price target on shares of F5 from $292.00 to $386.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 29th.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 6,200 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $350.19, for a total value of $2,171,178.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 20,832 shares in the company, valued at $7,295,158.08. The trade was a 22.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CTO Kunal Anand sold 3,123 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $322.33, for a total transaction of $1,006,636.59. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief technology officer owned 12,194 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,930,492.02. This represents a 20.39% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold 19,767 shares of company stock valued at $6,628,120 over the last ninety days. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FFIV. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. purchased a new position in F5 in the fourth quarter worth approximately $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. lifted its stake in F5 by 109.8% in the fourth quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. Elyxium Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in F5 during the fourth quarter worth approximately $28,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. raised its holdings in F5 by 963.6% during the first quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 117 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $34,000 after purchasing an additional 106 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC raised its holdings in F5 by 113.8% during the first quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC now owns 124 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $36,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

F5 Stock Performance

NASDAQ FFIV opened at $409.13 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $329.29 and a 200-day simple moving average of $287.29. F5 has a one year low of $223.76 and a one year high of $410.11. The firm has a market cap of $23.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.56, a PEG ratio of 9.10 and a beta of 1.04.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.47 by $0.43. F5 had a net margin of 21.96% and a return on equity of 21.50%. The business had revenue of $811.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $783.82 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $3.42 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.910-4.030 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 16.250-16.550 EPS. Equities analysts predict that F5 will post 12.78 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About F5

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.