F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) Stock Has Average Price Target of $416.62

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) has earned an average rating of “Hold” from the eleven ratings firms that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat.com reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, five have issued a hold recommendation and five have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price target among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $416.62.

FFIV has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Zacks Research lowered F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, July 27th. Morgan Stanley boosted their target price on shares of F5 from $380.00 to $415.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of F5 from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Thursday, July 16th. Finally, Weiss Ratings lowered shares of F5 from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Friday, September 25th.

F5 Stock Performance

FFIV opened at $461.66 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $26.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.76, a P/E/G ratio of 4.42 and a beta of 1.03. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $416.76 and its 200-day moving average price is $382.77. F5 has a one year low of $223.76 and a one year high of $472.25.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.00 by $0.73. F5 had a return on equity of 21.54% and a net margin of 21.95%.The firm had revenue of $865.08 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $834.60 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $4.16 EPS. F5’s quarterly revenue was up 10.9% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.140-4.260 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.210-17.330 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that F5 will post 13.65 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In related news, CTO Kunal Anand sold 392 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $404.63, for a total value of $158,614.96. Following the transaction, the chief technology officer owned 12,586 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,092,673.18. This represents a 3.02% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,782 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $412.44, for a total value of $1,559,848.08. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 146,989 shares in the company, valued at $60,624,143.16. The trade was a 2.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. 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. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 16,829 shares of company stock valued at $6,815,302. Insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. lifted its position in shares of F5 by 963.6% in the 1st 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 during the period. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC boosted its position in shares of F5 by 113.8% in the 1st 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. Persistent Asset Partners Ltd acquired a new stake in F5 in the second quarter worth about $36,000. Bell Investment Advisors Inc acquired a new stake in F5 in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $49,000. Finally, Elevation Wealth Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of F5 by 373.1% during the second quarter. Elevation Wealth Partners LLC now owns 123 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $51,000 after buying an additional 97 shares during the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About F5

F5, Inc develops application delivery, security and management technologies that help organizations deploy, protect and optimize applications across data centers, public clouds, edge environments and distributed networks. Its offerings are designed to support application availability, performance, scalability and security across hybrid and multi-cloud architectures.

The company’s portfolio includes BIG-IP application delivery and security solutions, NGINX web and application delivery technologies, and F5 Distributed Cloud services.