What is William Blair’s Forecast for F5 FY2027 Earnings?

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) – Equities researchers at William Blair issued their FY2027 earnings estimates for shares of F5 in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, January 29th. William Blair analyst J. Ader expects that the network technology company will post earnings per share of $12.46 for the year. The consensus estimate for F5’s current full-year earnings is $11.01 per share.

Other equities research analysts have also issued research reports about the company. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price target on F5 from $257.00 to $295.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday. StockNews.com raised shares of F5 from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 29th. Needham & Company LLC increased their price objective on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $360.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on shares of F5 from $225.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 29th. Finally, Morgan Stanley upped their target price on shares of F5 from $262.00 to $310.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, one has assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, F5 currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $299.38.

F5 Trading Up 0.3 %

Shares of F5 stock opened at $301.48 on Friday. F5 has a 12 month low of $159.01 and a 12 month high of $308.00. The company has a market capitalization of $17.49 billion, a PE ratio of 29.97, a PEG ratio of 4.06 and a beta of 1.06. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $259.25 and its 200 day simple moving average is $227.07.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its quarterly earnings results 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. The company had revenue of $747.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $730.43 million. F5 had a net margin of 20.58% and a return on equity of 21.34%. The firm’s revenue was up 5.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.76 EPS.

F5 announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase program on Monday, October 28th that permits the company to buyback $1.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization permits the network technology company to buy up to 7.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically an indication that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

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

Institutional Investors Weigh In On F5

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of FFIV. Wedge Capital Management L L P NC bought a new position in shares of F5 during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $61,386,000. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of F5 by 1,681.1% in the third quarter. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC now owns 285,639 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $62,898,000 after purchasing an additional 269,602 shares during the last quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of F5 by 3.6% in the third quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC now owns 5,489,388 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,208,763,000 after purchasing an additional 191,020 shares during the period. Point72 Asset Management L.P. bought a new stake in shares of F5 during the 3rd quarter worth about $35,090,000. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in F5 by 8.0% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,573,995 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $345,560,000 after buying an additional 117,080 shares during the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.