Raymond James Keeps a Hold Rating on F5 Networks (FFIV)

Raymond James analyst Simon Leopold maintained a Hold rating on F5 Networks (FFIV) yesterday. The company’s shares closed last Tuesday at $205.34, close to its 52-week high of $216.15.

According to TipRanks.com, Leopold is a 4-star analyst with an average return of 9.6% and a 61.2% success rate. Leopold covers the Technology sector, focusing on stocks such as Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Applied Optoelectronics.

The word on The Street in general, suggests a Moderate Buy analyst consensus rating for F5 Networks with a $220.00 average price target.

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The company has a one-year high of $216.15 and a one-year low of $116.79. Currently, F5 Networks has an average volume of 680.7K.

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 129 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of FFIV in relation to earlier this year.

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F5 Networks, Inc. engages development and provision of software defined application services. It offers the development, marketing and sale of application delivery networking products that optimize the security, performance, and availability of network applications, servers, and storage systems. The company was founded on February 26, 1996 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.