Zacks Research Forecasts F5’s Q2 Earnings (NASDAQ:FFIV)

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research reduced their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of F5 in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, February 11th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the network technology company will post earnings per share of $2.29 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $2.42. The consensus estimate for F5’s current full-year earnings is $11.15 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for F5’s Q3 2025 earnings at $2.76 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $3.05 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $11.17 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.87 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.91 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $3.06 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $11.55 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $3.00 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $12.14 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts have also weighed in on FFIV. Evercore ISI upped their price objective on F5 from $240.00 to $270.00 and gave the stock an “in-line” rating in a research note on Friday, January 17th. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on F5 from $262.00 to $310.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective 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 boosted their target price on shares of F5 from $246.00 to $296.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 29th. Finally, Piper Sandler raised their target price on shares of F5 from $246.00 to $304.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 29th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating, one has assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, F5 has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $295.00.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of FFIV stock opened at $310.45 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $269.94 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $235.98. The firm has a market capitalization of $18.01 billion, a PE ratio of 30.86, a PEG ratio of 3.90 and a beta of 1.06. F5 has a 52-week low of $159.01 and a 52-week high of $312.76.

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

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 6,500 shares of F5 stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $303.06, for a total transaction of $1,969,890.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 151,247 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $45,836,915.82. The trade was a 4.12 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 253 shares of the stock in a transaction on Saturday, February 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $297.26, for a total value of $75,206.78. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 200 shares in the company, valued at approximately $59,452. The trade was a 55.85 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 12,399 shares of company stock valued at $3,652,867 in the last three months. Corporate insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of F5

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of F5 by 0.9% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 7,544,256 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,897,154,000 after acquiring an additional 64,261 shares during the last quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of F5 by 3.6% during the 3rd quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC now owns 5,489,388 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,208,763,000 after buying an additional 191,020 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its position in F5 by 0.5% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,187,222 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $701,825,000 after acquiring an additional 16,663 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of F5 by 1.9% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,604,362 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $402,536,000 after purchasing an additional 30,367 shares during the period. Finally, First Trust Advisors LP raised its position in shares of F5 by 3.1% in the fourth quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 1,259,848 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $316,814,000 after acquiring an additional 37,354 shares during the period. 90.66% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About F5

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.