F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Stock Gets Price Target Bump from Royal Bank Of Canada

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) had its price objective increased by Royal Bank Of Canada from $508.00 to $525.00 in a research report issued on Monday, MarketBeat.com reports. The firm presently has an “outperform” rating on the network technology company’s stock. Royal Bank Of Canada’s target price suggests a potential upside of 10.24% from the company’s previous close.

A number of other research analysts also recently issued reports on the stock. Zacks Research downgraded shares of F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, July 27th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Barclays lifted their price objective on shares of F5 from $386.00 to $397.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Wall Street Zen raised F5 from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 1st. Finally, Morgan Stanley boosted their target price on F5 from $380.00 to $415.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $426.00.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $476.24 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $26.97 billion, a PE ratio of 37.92, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.49 and a beta of 1.03. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $420.93 and its 200-day moving average is $386.66. F5 has a 52 week low of $223.76 and a 52 week high of $483.30.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.00 by $0.73. The company had revenue of $865.08 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $834.60 million. F5 had a net margin of 21.95% and a return on equity of 21.54%. F5’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $4.16 earnings per share. F5 has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.140-4.260 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.210-17.330 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that F5 will post 13.65 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other news, EVP Thomas Fountain sold 1,208 shares of F5 stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $414.63, for a total value of $500,873.04. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 8,060 shares in the company, valued at $3,341,917.80. This trade represents a 13.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,782 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $412.44, for a total transaction of $1,559,848.08. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 146,989 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $60,624,143.16. This represents a 2.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 16,829 shares of company stock valued at $6,815,302 in the last quarter. Insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FFIV. Signal Advisors Wealth LLC purchased a new position in F5 during the third quarter valued at approximately $233,000. Krilogy Financial LLC raised its position in F5 by 83.1% during the third quarter. Krilogy Financial LLC now owns 1,620 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $767,000 after purchasing an additional 735 shares in the last quarter. NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 27.2% in the 3rd quarter. NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC now owns 3,773 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,742,000 after purchasing an additional 806 shares in the last quarter. Riversedge Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of F5 during the 3rd quarter valued at about $288,000. Finally, Wedmont Private Capital increased its position in shares of F5 by 109.7% during the 3rd quarter. Wedmont Private Capital now owns 1,954 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $902,000 after purchasing an additional 1,022 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

F5 Company Profile

F5, Inc develops application delivery, security and management technologies that help organizations deploy, protect and optimize applications across data centers, public clouds, edge environments and distributed networks. Its offerings are designed to support application availability, performance, scalability and security across hybrid and multi-cloud architectures.

The company’s portfolio includes BIG-IP application delivery and security solutions, NGINX web and application delivery technologies, and F5 Distributed Cloud services.