F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Price Target Raised to $515.00

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) had its target price lifted by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $500.00 to $515.00 in a report released on Tuesday,Benzinga reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. currently has an overweight rating on the network technology company’s stock.

Other equities analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. Bank of America lifted their target price on shares of F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. Zacks Research raised shares of F5 from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, June 26th. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $461.00 price target (up from $423.00) on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Evercore upgraded F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Monday, May 18th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, F5 has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $416.62.

F5 Stock Up 0.5%

Shares of NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $388.75 on Tuesday. F5 has a 52-week low of $223.76 and a 52-week high of $435.00. The stock has a market cap of $21.93 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.95, a PEG ratio of 4.04 and a beta of 1.03. The business has a fifty day moving average of $401.39 and a two-hundred day moving average of $333.43.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.00 by $0.73. The business had revenue of $865.08 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $834.60 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.54% and a net margin of 21.95%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 10.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $4.16 EPS. F5 has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.140-4.260 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.210-17.330 EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that F5 will post 12.78 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,783 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $337.39, for a total transaction of $1,276,346.37. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 146,989 shares in the company, valued at $49,592,618.71. This trade represents a 2.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Elizabeth Buse sold 1,000 shares of F5 stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $399.35, for a total value of $399,350.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 4,947 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,975,584.45. The trade was a 16.82% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 22,579 shares of company stock valued at $7,836,860. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On F5

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. acquired a new position in F5 in the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. lifted its position in shares of F5 by 109.8% during the fourth quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares in the last quarter. Elyxium Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of F5 during the fourth quarter worth about $28,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. boosted its stake in shares of F5 by 963.6% in the first quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 117 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $34,000 after purchasing an additional 106 shares during the period. Finally, Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC grew its holdings in shares of F5 by 113.8% in the first quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC now owns 124 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $36,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Key F5 News

Here are the key news stories impacting F5 this week:

• Positive Sentiment: JPMorgan raised its price target for F5 to $515, implying substantial upside from the current trading level and signaling confidence in the company’s earnings and growth prospects. JPMorgan Chase & Co. Increases F5 Price Target to $515
• Positive Sentiment: Morgan Stanley increased its F5 price target to $415, indicating a more constructive view despite the stock’s elevated valuation. Morgan Stanley Increases F5 Price Target to $415
• Positive Sentiment: A new Buy rating from an analyst adds support to the bullish case for F5 and its technology-market position. New Buy Rating for F5
• Positive Sentiment: F5 launched AI Fleet Management to accelerate BIG-IP security fixes, potentially improving customer security operations and creating additional demand for its AI-enabled offerings. F5 Launches AI Fleet Management
• Positive Sentiment: The integration of F5 AI Guardrails with NVIDIA NeMo Guardrails expands runtime protection for enterprise AI applications, strengthening F5’s positioning in the growing AI-security market. F5 Integrates AI Guardrails with NVIDIA NeMo Guardrails
• Neutral Sentiment: Barclays said F5’s stock is expected to rise, but separately maintained a Hold rating, suggesting upside may be balanced by valuation or execution risks. Barclays Says F5 Stock Price Expected to Rise Barclays Gives F5 a Hold Rating
• Negative Sentiment: Zacks downgraded F5 from Strong Buy to Hold, reflecting caution after the stock’s strong run and potentially demanding valuation. Zacks Research

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.