F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Monday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 14.040-14.310 for the period, compared to the consensus 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.

F5 Trading Up 0.7 %

Shares of F5 stock traded up $1.49 on Monday, reaching $218.36. 1,347,569 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 519,693. F5 has a 1-year low of $148.10 and a 1-year high of $224.47. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $211.73 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $188.60. The firm has a market capitalization of $12.73 billion, a PE ratio of 23.45, a PEG ratio of 2.54 and a beta of 1.06.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July 29th. The network technology company reported $3.36 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.97 by $0.39. F5 had a net margin of 19.94% and a return on equity of 21.03%. The firm had revenue of $695.50 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $686.06 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $2.46 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was down 1.0% on a year-over-year basis. Research analysts expect that F5 will post 10.17 EPS for the current year.

F5 announced that its board has approved a share buyback 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 purchase up to 7.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts have recently commented on the stock. Evercore ISI increased their price target 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. Needham & Company LLC upped their target price on F5 from $220.00 to $235.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 30th. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price target on F5 from $185.00 to $212.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, September 24th. StockNews.com lowered shares of F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, September 10th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada boosted their target price on shares of F5 from $182.00 to $205.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 30th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, F5 currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $210.13.

Insider Activity at F5

In other news, CFO Francis J. Pelzer sold 600 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, October 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $217.67, for a total value 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. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. In related news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,450 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $188.35, for a total transaction of $273,107.50. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 124,022 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $23,359,543.70. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CFO Francis J. Pelzer sold 600 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $217.67, for a total value of $130,602.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 29,825 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,492,007.75. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 7,971 shares of company stock worth $1,618,357. Company 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.