F5 (FFIV) – Investment Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Changes

F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV) recently received a number of ratings updates from brokerages and research firms:

• 1/31/2025 – F5 had its price target raised by analysts at Bank of America Co. from $180.00 to $260.00. They now have an “underperform” rating on the stock.
• 1/29/2025 – F5 had its price target raised by analysts at Royal Bank of Canada from $260.00 to $310.00. They now have a “sector perform” rating on the stock.
• 1/29/2025 – F5 had its price target raised by analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from $257.00 to $295.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 1/29/2025 – F5 had its price target raised by analysts at Piper Sandler from $246.00 to $304.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 1/29/2025 – F5 had its price target raised by analysts at Barclays PLC from $246.00 to $296.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 1/29/2025 – F5 had its price target raised by analysts at Morgan Stanley from $262.00 to $310.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 1/29/2025 – F5 had its price target raised by analysts at Needham & Company LLC from $285.00 to $360.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/17/2025 – F5 had its price target raised by analysts at Evercore ISI from $240.00 to $270.00. They now have an “in-line” rating on the stock.
• 1/3/2025 – F5 had its price target raised by analysts at Royal Bank of Canada from $240.00 to $260.00. They now have a “sector perform” rating on the stock.
• 12/17/2024 – F5 had its price target raised by analysts at Morgan Stanley from $230.00 to $262.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.

F5 Price Performance

NASDAQ:FFIV traded down $1.17 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $309.28. 109,176 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 624,820. The firm has a market cap of $17.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.74, a PEG ratio of 3.90 and a beta of 1.06. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $269.94 and a 200 day simple moving average of $235.98. F5, Inc. has a 52-week low of $159.01 and a 52-week high of $312.76.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 253 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Saturday, February 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $297.26, for a total transaction of $75,206.78. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 200 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $59,452. This represents a 55.85 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Alan Higginson sold 825 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $239.77, for a total transaction of $197,810.25. Following the transaction, 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 disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 12,399 shares of company stock valued at $3,652,867. 0.52% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of F5

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FFIV. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of F5 by 0.9% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 7,544,256 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,897,154,000 after purchasing an additional 64,261 shares in the last quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC lifted its position in F5 by 3.6% during the 3rd quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC now owns 5,489,388 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,208,763,000 after acquiring an additional 191,020 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its position in F5 by 0.5% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,187,222 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $701,825,000 after acquiring an additional 16,663 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in F5 by 1.9% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,604,362 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $402,536,000 after acquiring an additional 30,367 shares during the period. Finally, First Trust Advisors LP grew its position in F5 by 3.1% in the fourth quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 1,259,848 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $316,814,000 after acquiring an additional 37,354 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.