Zacks Research Has Positive Outlook of F5 FY2026 Earnings

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research increased their FY2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of F5 in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, November 20th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the network technology company will post earnings per share of $11.47 for the year, up from their previous estimate of $11.45. The consensus estimate for F5’s current full-year earnings is $11.01 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for F5’s Q4 2026 earnings at $3.12 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently weighed in on the company. Piper Sandler lifted their price target on F5 from $186.00 to $246.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 29th. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target 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. Evercore ISI boosted their target price on shares of F5 from $180.00 to $210.00 and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on F5 from $225.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 29th. Finally, StockNews.com raised F5 from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 29th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, two have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $233.56.

F5 Stock Up 1.1 %

FFIV opened at $246.98 on Friday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $226.58 and a 200-day simple moving average of $196.91. The firm has a market cap of $14.48 billion, a PE ratio of 25.83, a P/E/G ratio of 3.30 and a beta of 1.05. F5 has a fifty-two week low of $159.01 and a fifty-two week high of $250.46.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 28th. The network technology company reported $3.67 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.45 by $0.22. The company had revenue of $747.00 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations 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 in the previous year, the company posted $2.76 EPS.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Family Firm Inc. bought a new position in shares of F5 in the second quarter valued at approximately $25,000. New Covenant Trust Company N.A. bought a new stake in F5 during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Northwest Investment Counselors LLC acquired a new stake in F5 in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Quest Partners LLC increased its position in F5 by 9,100.0% in the 2nd quarter. Quest Partners LLC now owns 184 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 182 shares during the period. Finally, Kathleen S. Wright Associates Inc. acquired a new position in shares of F5 during the third quarter worth approximately $32,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at F5

In related news, Director Alan Higginson sold 825 shares of the company’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 directly owns 9,882 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,369,407.14. This represents a 7.71 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,450 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, October 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $218.26, for a total value of $316,477.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 121,122 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $26,436,087.72. This represents a 1.18 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 4,575 shares of company stock valued at $997,039. Insiders own 0.58% of the company’s stock.

F5 declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback program on Monday, October 28th that authorizes the company to buyback $1.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the network technology company to buy up to 7.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically a sign that the company’s management believes its stock is undervalued.

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.