F5 Inc (NASDAQ: FFIV) is 2.93% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $159.01 and a high of $264.50 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The FFIV stock was last observed hovering at around $257.29 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.55%.
Currently trading at $258.84, the stock is 0.99% and 4.08% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.43 million and changing 0.60% at the moment leaves the stock 27.01% off its SMA200. FFIV registered 48.18% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 49.61%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $248.695 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $203.80255.
The stock witnessed a 0.66% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 17.92%, and is 2.93% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.07% over the week and 1.86% over the month.
F5 Inc (FFIV) has around 6557 employees, a market worth around $15.17B and $2.82B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 27.10 and Fwd P/E is 16.83. Profit margin for the company is 20.13%. Distance from 52-week low is 62.79% and -2.14% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (16.94%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 6.66% this year
928.0 institutions hold shares in F5 Inc (FFIV), with institutional investors hold 97.12% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 58.61M, and float is at 58.15M with Short Float at 2.55%. Institutions hold 96.50% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 7.48 million shares valued at $1.29 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 12.7253 of the FFIV Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 6.34 million shares valued at $1.09 billion to account for 10.7866 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC which holds 5.3 million shares representing 9.0127 and valued at over $912.54 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 5.3932 of the shares totaling 3.17 million with a market value of $546.07 million.
F5 Inc (FFIV) Insider Activity
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 03 ’24, Locoh-Donou Francois (President, CEO & Director) disposed off 1,450 shares at an average price of $251.18 for $0.36 million. The insider now directly holds 153,411 shares of F5 Inc (FFIV).
