F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided EPS guidance of 14.240-14.550 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS 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.
FFIV has been the topic of several recent research reports. Morgan Stanley boosted their price target on shares of F5 from $230.00 to $262.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 17th. Royal Bank of Canada boosted their price objective on F5 from $240.00 to $260.00 and gave the company a "sector perform" rating in a report on Friday, January 3rd. StockNews.com upgraded shares of F5 from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 29th. Evercore ISI raised their price objective on shares of F5 from $240.00 to $270.00 and gave the company an "in-line" rating in a research note on Friday, January 17th. Finally, Piper Sandler upped their target price on shares of F5 from $186.00 to $246.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note 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 issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, F5 presently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $251.25.
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F5 stock traded up $6.71 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $269.72. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,241,763 shares, compared to its average volume of 530,531. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $256.34 and a 200-day simple moving average of $225.37. The company has a market cap of $15.81 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.21, a P/E/G ratio of 3.68 and a beta of 1.06. F5 has a fifty-two week low of $159.01 and a fifty-two week high of $274.64.
F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October 28th. The network technology company reported $3.67 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $3.45 by $0.22. F5 had a return on equity of 20.80% and a net margin of 20.13%. The firm had revenue of $747.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $730.43 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $2.76 earnings per share. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts forecast that F5 will post 11.01 earnings per share for the current year.
F5 declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase 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 buy up to 7.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.
In related news, Director Alan Higginson sold 825 shares of the firm'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 $2,369,407.14. This trade represents a 7.71 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Insiders own 0.58% of the company's stock.
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.
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