F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Updates Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Monday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 3.290-3.410 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 3.370. The company issued revenue guidance of $705.0 million-$725.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $707.1 million. F5 also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 14.040-14.310 EPS.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. StockNews.com upgraded shares of F5 from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price objective on shares of F5 from $212.00 to $241.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Needham & Company LLC increased their price target on shares of F5 from $220.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 30th. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on shares of F5 from $215.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada increased their price target on shares of F5 from $205.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, two have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $233.56.

F5 Stock Down 0.8 %

F5 stock traded down $2.03 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $238.30. The company had a trading volume of 252,122 shares, compared to its average volume of 530,358. F5 has a 52 week low of $149.40 and a 52 week high of $250.46. The company has a 50 day moving average of $212.57 and a 200-day moving average of $188.96. The firm has a market cap of $13.97 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.66, a PEG ratio of 2.54 and a beta of 1.06.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 28th. The network technology company reported $3.67 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.45 by $0.22. The company had revenue of $747.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $730.43 million. F5 had a net margin of 19.94% and a return on equity of 21.03%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $2.76 EPS. On average, analysts predict that F5 will post 10.17 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

F5 declared that its board has approved a share repurchase program on Monday, October 28th that allows the company to buyback $1.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization allows the network technology company to repurchase up to 7.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often a sign that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.

Insider Transactions at F5

In related news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 851 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $192.71, for a total transaction of $163,996.21. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now owns 16,000 shares in the company, valued at $3,083,360. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. In other F5 news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 851 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $192.71, for a total value of $163,996.21. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now owns 16,000 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,083,360. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Francis J. Pelzer sold 600 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, October 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $217.67, for a total transaction of $130,602.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 29,825 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,492,007.75. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders sold 6,551 shares of company stock valued at $1,334,698. Company insiders own 0.58% of the company’s stock.

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.