F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Releases 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 (EPS) guidance of 3.020-3.140 for the period, compared to the consensus 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 Performance

Shares of FFIV stock opened at $269.72 on Wednesday. F5 has a one year low of $159.01 and a one year high of $274.64. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $256.94 and its 200-day moving average price is $226.03. The firm 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 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its earnings results on Monday, October 28th. The network technology company reported $3.67 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.45 by $0.22. F5 had a net margin of 20.13% and a return on equity of 20.80%. The firm had revenue of $747.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $730.43 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $2.76 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.7% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, research analysts predict that F5 will post 11.01 EPS for the current fiscal year.

F5 announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback plan 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 shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company’s management believes its stock is undervalued.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have commented on FFIV. Barclays increased their price objective on shares of F5 from $246.00 to $296.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Royal Bank of Canada increased their target price on shares of F5 from $240.00 to $260.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Friday, January 3rd. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their target price on shares of F5 from $212.00 to $241.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 29th. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on shares of F5 from $262.00 to $310.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on shares of F5 from $225.00 to $250.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 29th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, one has issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $279.13.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Alan Higginson sold 825 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction 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 completion of the sale, the director now owns 9,882 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,369,407.14. This trade represents a 7.71 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 0.58% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.