Brokerages Set F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) Price Target at $382.67

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) has received a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the twelve analysts that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating, six have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. The average 12 month price target among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $382.6667.

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Bank of America boosted their target price on shares of F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. Piper Sandler raised their price target on shares of F5 from $356.00 to $423.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, May 29th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Friday, June 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price objective on shares of F5 from $425.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 9th.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other F5 news, CTO Kunal Anand sold 3,123 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $322.33, for a total value of $1,006,636.59. Following the transaction, the chief technology officer owned 12,194 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,930,492.02. This represents a 20.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 6,200 shares of the firm’s 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 sale, the executive vice president directly owned 20,832 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,295,158.08. This trade represents a 22.94% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 22,579 shares of company stock worth $7,836,860 in the last quarter. Company insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of F5

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Redwood Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in F5 during the first quarter worth $1,062,000. Pacer Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in shares of F5 by 285.9% during the first quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 249,471 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $72,179,000 after buying an additional 184,825 shares during the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of F5 by 244.3% during the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 5,747 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,663,000 after acquiring an additional 4,078 shares in the last quarter. Edgestream Partners L.P. bought a new stake in shares of F5 during the first quarter worth about $2,491,000. Finally, EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of F5 by 60.1% in the 1st quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 517 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $150,000 after acquiring an additional 194 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

F5 Price Performance

NASDAQ FFIV opened at $408.14 on Friday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $376.86 and a 200 day simple moving average of $313.24. F5 has a one year low of $223.76 and a one year high of $427.54. The stock has a market capitalization of $23.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.48, a P/E/G ratio of 4.79 and a beta of 1.03.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.47 by $0.43. The firm had revenue of $811.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $783.82 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.50% and a net margin of 21.96%.The company’s revenue was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $3.42 earnings per share. 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 expect that F5 will post 12.78 earnings per share for the current 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.