How to buy F5 Networks (FFIV) stocks

F5 Networks is a software - infrastructure business based in the US. F5 Networks shares (FFIV) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

Its last market close was $252.25 – a decrease of 3.65% over the previous week.

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F5 Networks stock price (NASDAQ: FFIV)

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F5 Networks stocks at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$252.25
52-week range	$159.01 - $264.50
50-day moving average more info button	$238.49
200-day moving average more info button	$199.34
Wall St. target price	$241.19
PE ratio more info button	26.4151
Dividend yield more info button	N/A
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$9.54

Is it a good time to buy F5 Networks stock?

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F5 Networks price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $252.25 from 2024-12-20

1 week (2024-12-13)	-3.65%
1 month (2024-11-22)	2.13%
3 months (2024-09-20)	15.06%
6 months (2024-06-21)	48.73%

1 year (2023-12-22)	40.93%
2 years (2022-12-22)	80.15%
3 years (2021-12-22)	9.24%
5 years (2019-12-20)	82.37%

Is F5 Networks stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing F5 Networks stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of F5 Networks's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

F5 Networks's P/E ratio

F5 Networks's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 26x. In other words, F5 Networks shares trade at around 26x recent earnings.

That's comparable to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29).

F5 Networks's PEG ratio

F5 Networks's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.5172. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into F5 Networks's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.

F5 Networks's EBITDA

F5 Networks's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $782.1 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a F5 Networks's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

F5 Networks financials

Revenue TTM	$2.8 billion
Operating margin TTM	25.84%
Gross profit TTM	$2.2 billion
Return on assets TTM	7.77%
Return on equity TTM	19.12%
Profit margin	20.13%
Book value	$53.87
Market Capitalization more info button	$14.8 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

F5 Networks stock dividends

We're not expecting F5 Networks to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have F5 Networks's stocks ever split?

F5 Networks's stocks were split on a 2:1 basis on 20 August 2007 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your F5 Networks stocks – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower stock price could have impacted the market appetite for F5 Networks stocks, which in turn could have impacted F5 Networks's stock price.

F5 Networks stock price volatility

Over the last 12 months, F5 Networks's stocks have ranged in value from as little as $159.005 up to $264.5. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta."

Beta is a measure of a stocks volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while F5 Networks's is 1.05. This would suggest that F5 Networks's stocks are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

F5 Networks overview

F5, Inc. provides multicloud 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. It offers unified, security, networking, and application management solutions, such as web app and API protection; multi-cloud networking; application delivery and deployment; domain name system; content delivery network; and application deployment and orchestration. The company also provides application security and delivery products, including NGINX Plus; NGINX Management Suite; NGINX Ingress Controller; NGINX App Protect; BIG-IP Packaged Software; and BIG-IP Systems. In addition, it provides a range of professional services, including maintenance, consulting, training, and other technical support services. F5, Inc.

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Frequently asked questions

What percentage of F5 Networks is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.673% of F5 Networks stocks are held by insiders and 96.936% by institutions. When does the fiscal year end for F5 Networks?
F5 Networks's fiscal year ends in September. Where is F5 Networks based?
F5 Networks's address is: 801 5th Avenue, Seattle, WA, United States, 98104 What is F5 Networks's ISIN number?
F5 Networks's international securities identification number is: US3156161024 What is F5 Networks's CUSIP number?
F5 Networks's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 315616102

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