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F5 Networks, Inc 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. F5 Networks employs 5,786 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$2.3 billion.
How to buy shares in F5 Networks
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- Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
- Search for F5 Networks Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: FFIV. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
- Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until F5 Networks reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
- Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$124.01, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of F5 Networks, depending on your broker.
- Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of F5 Networks. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.
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- FFIV shares summary
- Compare share dealing platforms
- Is FFIV stock a buy or sell?
- Stock performance over time
- Can I short FFIV shares?
- Is FFIV suitable for ethical investing?
- Are FFIV shares over-valued?
- F5 Networks's financials
- How volatile are FFIV shares?
- Does F5 Networks pay a dividend?
- Have FFIV shares ever split?
- Other common questions
F5 Networks share price
Use our graph to track the performance of FFIV stocks over time.F5 Networks shares at a glance
Information last updated 2020-09-25.
| Latest market close | USD$124.01 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | USD$86.51 - USD$156.36 |
| 50-day moving average | USD$129.4563 |
| 200-day moving average | USD$131.189 |
| Wall St. target price | USD$162.07 |
| PE ratio | 22.3096 |
| Dividend yield | N/A (0%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$5.329 |
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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 $124.01 from 2020-09-29
| 1 week (2020-09-23) | 4.32% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2020-08-28) | -4.81% |
| 3 months (2020-06-30) | -11.09% |
| 6 months (2020-03-30) | 12.93% |
| 1 year (2019-09-30) | -11.69% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2018-09-28) | -37.81% |
| 3 years (2017-09-29) | 2.86% |
| 5 years (2015-09-30) | 7.09% |
Is F5 Networks under- or over-valued?
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 22x. In other words, F5 Networks shares trade at around 22x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
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 1.6957. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares 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 share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
F5 Networks's EBITDA
F5 Networks's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$528.9 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 | USD$2.3 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 18.82% |
| Gross profit TTM | USD$1.9 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 7.06% |
| Return on equity TTM | 17.19% |
| Profit margin | 13.95% |
| Book value | $35.215 |
| Market capitalisation | USD$7.2 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Shorting F5 Networks shares
There are currently 3.5 million F5 Networks shares held short by investors – that's known as F5 Networks's "short interest". This figure is 1.4% down from 3.6 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting F5 Networks shares can be evaluated.
F5 Networks's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
F5 Networks's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of F5 Networks shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of F5 Networks shares traded daily (recently around 708073.45309381). F5 Networks's SIR currently stands at 5.01. In other words for every 100,000 F5 Networks shares traded daily on the market, roughly 5010 shares are currently held short.
However F5 Networks's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of F5 Networks shares, or, against the total number of tradable F5 Networks shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case F5 Networks's short interest could be expressed as 0.06% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 F5 Networks shares in existence, roughly 60 shares are currently held short) or 0.0653% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable F5 Networks shares, roughly 65 shares are currently held short).
A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against F5 Networks.
Find out more about how you can short F5 Networks stock.
F5 Networks's environmental, social and governance track record
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like F5 Networks.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
F5 Networks's total ESG risk score
Total ESG risk: 13.39
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and F5 Networks's overall score of 13.39 (as at 08/01/2020) is excellent – landing it in it in the 12nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like F5 Networks is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
F5 Networks's environmental score
Environmental score: 2.33/100
F5 Networks's social score
Social score: 8.46/100
F5 Networks's governance score
Governance score: 2.26/100
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary
F5 Networks, Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2020-08-01.
| Total ESG score | 13.39 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 11.98 |
| Environmental score | 2.33 |
| Social score | 8.46 |
| Governance score | 2.26 |
F5 Networks share dividends
We're not expecting F5 Networks to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
Have F5 Networks's shares ever split?
F5 Networks's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 21 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 shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for F5 Networks shares which in turn could have impacted F5 Networks's share price.
F5 Networks share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, F5 Networks's shares have ranged in value from as little as $86.51 up to $156.36. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while F5 Networks's is 0.9794. This would suggest that F5 Networks's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
F5 Networks overview
F5 Networks, Inc. provides multi-cloud application services for the availability, security, performance, and availability of network applications, servers, and storage systems. The company's primary application delivery technology is Traffic Management Operating System that enable company's products to intercept, inspect, and act on the contents of traffic. It offers Local Traffic Manager; DNS solution for application security services; BIG-IP management and orchestration software; BIG-IP Virtual Edition and BIG-IP Cloud Edition software; Advanced Firewall Manager, a firewall software; and Application Security Manager and Access Policy Manager software products. The company also provides cloud-based managed services. In addition, it offers a range of professional services, including consulting, training, installation, maintenance, and other technical support services. The company sells its products to large enterprise businesses, public sector institutions, governments, and service providers through distributors, value-added resellers, managed service providers, and systems integrators in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Japan, and the Asia Pacific region. F5 Networks, Inc. has partnerships with public cloud providers, such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and Alibaba Cloud. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
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