F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. 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.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ FFIV opened at $269.72 on Wednesday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $256.94 and its 200-day moving average price is $226.03. F5 has a 52-week low of $159.01 and a 52-week high of $274.64. The company has a market cap 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 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly 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 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 analysts’ expectations of $730.43 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.76 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 5.7% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts forecast that F5 will post 11.01 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

F5 declared that its board has authorized a stock repurchase plan 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 shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts recently issued reports on FFIV shares. Needham & Company LLC boosted their target price on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $360.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Evercore ISI boosted their price objective on shares of F5 from $240.00 to $270.00 and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a research report on Friday, January 17th. Barclays raised their target price on F5 from $246.00 to $296.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday. Piper Sandler lifted their target price on F5 from $186.00 to $246.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 29th. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded F5 from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 29th. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, one has assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $279.13.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other F5 news, Director Alan Higginson sold 825 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $239.77, for a total value of $197,810.25. Following the transaction, the director now owns 9,882 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,369,407.14. This represents a 7.71 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 0.58% of the company’s stock.

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.