F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 14.240-14.550 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 14.270. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.0 billion-$3.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.0 billion. F5 also updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 3.020-3.140 EPS.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of FFIV opened at $300.46 on Thursday. F5 has a 12 month low of $159.01 and a 12 month high of $308.00. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $258.11 and its two-hundred day moving average is $226.55. The stock has a market cap of $17.43 billion, a PE ratio of 31.43, a P/E/G ratio of 3.68 and a beta of 1.06.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October 28th. The network technology company reported $3.67 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.45 by $0.22. The firm had revenue of $747.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $730.43 million. F5 had a return on equity of 20.80% and a net margin of 20.13%. F5’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $2.76 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that F5 will post 11.01 earnings per share for the current year.

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of F5 from $225.00 to $250.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 29th. Barclays lifted their target price on F5 from $246.00 to $296.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Needham & Company LLC increased their target price on F5 from $285.00 to $360.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Royal Bank of Canada upped their price target on shares of F5 from $260.00 to $310.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a report on Wednesday. Finally, StockNews.com raised shares of F5 from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 29th. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, one has issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, F5 has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $299.38.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Alan Higginson sold 825 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $239.77, for a total transaction of $197,810.25. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 9,882 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,369,407.14. This represents a 7.71 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 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.