Zacks Research Comments on F5’s Q1 Earnings (NASDAQ:FFIV)

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) – Analysts at Zacks Research upped their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of F5 in a research note issued on Monday, November 11th. Zacks Research analyst A. Bhagat now expects that the network technology company will post earnings of $2.58 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $2.57. The consensus estimate for F5’s current full-year earnings is $11.01 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for F5’s Q2 2025 earnings at $2.43 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $2.75 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $10.85 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.92 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $3.10 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $11.45 EPS.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its earnings results on Monday, October 28th. The network technology company reported $3.67 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.45 by $0.22. The firm had revenue of $747.00 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $730.43 million. F5 had a return on equity of 20.80% and a net margin of 20.13%. The firm’s revenue was up 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.76 earnings per share.

FFIV has been the subject of several other research reports. Needham & Company LLC upped their price objective on shares of F5 from $220.00 to $235.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 30th. StockNews.com upgraded F5 from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 29th. Royal Bank of Canada boosted their price objective on F5 from $205.00 to $240.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 29th. Morgan Stanley raised their target price on shares of F5 from $215.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 29th. Finally, Barclays upped their price target on shares of F5 from $214.00 to $246.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 29th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, two have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, F5 presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $233.56.

F5 Trading Down 1.5 %

Shares of NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $238.36 on Thursday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $222.72 and a 200-day simple moving average of $194.07. The company has a market capitalization of $13.89 billion, a PE ratio of 24.93, a P/E/G ratio of 3.34 and a beta of 1.05. F5 has a twelve month low of $159.01 and a twelve month high of $250.46.

Institutional Trading of F5

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of FFIV. Family Firm Inc. purchased a new position in F5 in the second quarter worth $25,000. New Covenant Trust Company N.A. acquired a new position in shares of F5 during the 1st quarter worth $27,000. Northwest Investment Counselors LLC purchased a new position in shares of F5 in the 3rd quarter valued at about $28,000. Quest Partners LLC lifted its stake in shares of F5 by 9,100.0% in the second quarter. Quest Partners LLC now owns 184 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 182 shares during the period. Finally, Kathleen S. Wright Associates Inc. purchased a new stake in F5 during the third quarter worth about $32,000. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity at F5

In other news, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,000 shares of F5 stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $201.65, for a total value of $201,650.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 10,707 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,159,066.55. The trade was a 8.54 % 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. Also, CFO Francis J. Pelzer sold 600 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $217.50, for a total transaction of $130,500.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 30,425 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,617,437.50. This trade represents a 1.93 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 4,250 shares of company stock worth $897,594 in the last three months. Insiders own 0.58% of the company’s stock.

F5 declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Monday, October 28th that authorizes the company to repurchase $1.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the network technology company to repurchase up to 7.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company’s management believes its stock is undervalued.

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.