F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Monday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 14.040-14.310 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 14.180. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.9 billion-$3.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.9 billion. F5 also updated its FY25 guidance to $14.04-$14.31 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on FFIV shares. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price target on F5 from $212.00 to $241.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on shares of F5 from $225.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Evercore ISI raised their price objective on shares of F5 from $180.00 to $210.00 and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 30th. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on F5 from $215.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Barclays lifted their price target on F5 from $214.00 to $246.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, two have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, F5 has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $233.56.

F5 Price Performance

F5 stock traded down $2.03 during trading hours 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 12-month low of $149.40 and a 12-month high of $250.46. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $212.57 and a 200 day moving average price of $188.96. The firm has a market cap of $13.97 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.66, a P/E/G ratio of 2.54 and a beta of 1.06.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its earnings results on Monday, October 28th. The network technology company reported $3.67 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.45 by $0.22. F5 had a net margin of 19.94% and a return on equity of 21.03%. The business had revenue of $747.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $730.43 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $2.76 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.7% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, research analysts expect that F5 will post 10.17 earnings per share for the current year.

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

Insider Transactions at F5

In other news, CFO Francis J. Pelzer sold 600 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on 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 sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. In other F5 news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 851 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 16,000 shares in the company, valued at $3,083,360. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Francis J. Pelzer sold 600 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, October 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $217.67, for a total transaction of $130,602.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 29,825 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,492,007.75. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 6,551 shares of company stock worth $1,334,698 in the last ninety days. 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.