F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Issues FY25 Earnings Guidance

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) issued an update on its FY25 earnings guidance on Monday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of $14.04-$14.31 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $14.13. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.93-$2.96 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.91 billion. F5 also updated its Q1 guidance to $3.29-$3.41 EPS.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ FFIV traded up $1.49 during midday trading on Monday, reaching $218.36. The stock had a trading volume of 1,338,275 shares, compared to its average volume of 519,693. The firm has a market cap of $12.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.39, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.54 and a beta of 1.06. F5 has a twelve month low of $148.10 and a twelve month high of $224.47. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $211.29 and its 200 day moving average price is $188.41.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 29th. The network technology company reported $3.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.97 by $0.39. F5 had a net margin of 19.94% and a return on equity of 21.03%. The firm had revenue of $695.50 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $686.06 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $2.46 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 1.0% on a year-over-year basis. Equities analysts forecast that F5 will post 10.17 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their target price on shares of F5 from $185.00 to $212.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 24th. Piper Sandler boosted their target price on shares of F5 from $167.00 to $186.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on shares of F5 from $210.00 to $215.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 30th. Royal Bank of Canada boosted their target price on shares of F5 from $182.00 to $205.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 30th. Finally, Barclays boosted their target price on shares of F5 from $189.00 to $214.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 30th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, F5 currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $210.13.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other F5 news, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, September 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $201.65, for a total transaction of $201,650.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 10,707 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,159,066.55. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. In other news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,450 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, October 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $218.26, for a total value of $316,477.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 121,122 shares in the company, valued at $26,436,087.72. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, September 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $201.65, for a total transaction of $201,650.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 10,707 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,159,066.55. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 7,971 shares of company stock worth $1,618,357. 0.58% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.