F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Issues Quarterly Earnings Results

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday. The network technology company reported $3.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.36 by ($0.25), Zacks reports. F5 had a return on equity of 20.80% and a net margin of 20.13%. F5 updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 3.020-3.140 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance to 14.240-14.550 EPS.

F5 Price Performance

NASDAQ:FFIV traded up $6.71 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $269.72. The company had a trading volume of 1,259,008 shares, compared to its average volume of 530,531. F5 has a 52 week low of $159.01 and a 52 week high of $274.64. The company has a market capitalization of $15.81 billion, a PE ratio of 28.21, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.68 and a beta of 1.06. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $256.34 and a 200 day moving average price of $225.37.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other F5 news, Director Alan Higginson sold 825 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $239.77, for a total transaction of $197,810.25. Following the transaction, the director now owns 9,882 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,369,407.14. This represents a 7.71 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Company insiders own 0.58% of the company’s stock.

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages have issued reports on FFIV. Barclays upped their target price on F5 from $214.00 to $246.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 29th. Piper Sandler upped their price objective on shares of F5 from $186.00 to $246.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 29th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of F5 from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 29th. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on shares of F5 from $212.00 to $241.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 29th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on F5 from $225.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 29th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, one has given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $251.25.

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.