JPMorgan Chase & Co. Lowers F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Price Target to $295.00

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) had its price objective dropped by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $320.00 to $295.00 in a note issued to investors on Tuesday,Benzinga reports. The firm currently has a “neutral” rating on the network technology company’s stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co.‘s target price points to a potential upside of 14.01% from the company’s current price.

A number of other brokerages also recently weighed in on FFIV. Piper Sandler decreased their price target on F5 from $355.00 to $277.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price target on F5 from $314.00 to $326.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Morgan Stanley reduced their target price on F5 from $352.00 to $336.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $295.56.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of F5 stock opened at $258.76 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.56, a quick ratio of 1.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $317.67 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $299.85. F5 has a 1-year low of $227.04 and a 1-year high of $346.00. The company has a market cap of $14.87 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.91, a PEG ratio of 2.94 and a beta of 1.06.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.96 by $0.43. F5 had a return on equity of 21.76% and a net margin of 22.42%.The firm had revenue of $810.09 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $794.06 million. During the same period last year, the business posted $3.67 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that F5 will post 11.2 EPS for the current year.

Insider Transactions at F5

In related news, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 5,297 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $322.24, for a total value of $1,706,905.28. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 23,591 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,601,963.84. This trade represents a 18.34% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 2,701 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $316.57, for a total transaction of $855,055.57. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 11,945 shares of company stock valued at $3,796,542. 0.52% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On F5

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FFIV. Whipplewood Advisors LLC lifted its position in F5 by 275.0% in the 2nd quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 90 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC lifted its position in F5 by 134.1% in the 1st quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC now owns 103 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 59 shares in the last quarter. Golden State Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in F5 by 275.0% in the 1st quarter. Golden State Wealth Management LLC now owns 105 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 77 shares in the last quarter. Groupe la Francaise bought a new position in F5 in the 1st quarter valued at about $34,000. Finally, Flaharty Asset Management LLC bought a new position in F5 in the 1st quarter valued at about $35,000. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

F5 Company Profile

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.