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.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

FFIV has been the topic of several recent research reports. Piper Sandler boosted their target price on F5 from $246.00 to $304.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price objective on F5 from $257.00 to $295.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Morgan Stanley raised their target price on F5 from $262.00 to $310.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Barclays boosted their price target on shares of F5 from $246.00 to $296.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Evercore ISI lifted their target price on shares of F5 from $240.00 to $270.00 and gave the stock an “in-line” rating in a research note on Friday, January 17th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, one has given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, F5 currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $299.38.

F5 Stock Performance

NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $300.46 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $17.43 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.43, a PEG ratio of 3.68 and a beta of 1.06. F5 has a fifty-two week low of $159.01 and a fifty-two week high of $308.00. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $258.11 and a 200 day moving average price of $226.55.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 28th. The network technology company reported $3.67 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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 for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $730.43 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.76 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Research analysts forecast that F5 will post 11.01 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

F5 announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program on Monday, October 28th that allows the company to buyback $1.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization allows the network technology company to purchase up to 7.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally an indication that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Alan Higginson sold 825 shares of the 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 sale, the director now directly owns 9,882 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,369,407.14. This trade represents a 7.71 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. 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.