F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Updates Q2 2025 Earnings Guidance

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) issued an update on its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 3.020-3.140 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 3.220. The company issued revenue guidance of $705.0 million-$725.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $703.6 million. F5 also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 14.240-14.550 EPS.

F5 Stock Up 2.6 %

Shares of FFIV opened at $269.72 on Wednesday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $256.94 and a 200-day simple moving average of $226.03. The company has a market capitalization of $15.81 billion, a PE ratio of 28.21, a P/E/G ratio of 3.68 and a beta of 1.06. F5 has a 52-week low of $159.01 and a 52-week high of $274.64.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) 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. The business had revenue of $747.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $730.43 million. F5 had a net margin of 20.13% and a return on equity of 20.80%. The business’s revenue was up 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $2.76 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that F5 will post 11.01 EPS for the current year.

F5 declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback 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 reacquire up to 7.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have weighed in on FFIV shares. Evercore ISI raised their target price on shares of F5 from $240.00 to $270.00 and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a report on Friday, January 17th. Needham & Company LLC raised their target price on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $360.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday. Royal Bank of Canada raised their target price on shares of 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 report on Tuesday, October 29th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price on shares of F5 from $212.00 to $241.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 29th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, one has given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $279.13.

Insider Transactions at F5

In related news, Director Alan Higginson sold 825 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $239.77, for a total value of $197,810.25. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 9,882 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,369,407.14. This trade represents a 7.71 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 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.