Yahoo Finance Here's Why F5 Networks (FFIV) is a Strong Value Stock
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Why Investors Should Pay Attention to This Value Stock
Value investors love finding good stocks at good prices, especially before the broader market catches on to a stock's true value. Utilizing ratios like P/E, PEG, Price/Sales, and Price/Cash Flow, the Value Style Score identifies the most attractive and most discounted stocks.
F5 Networks (FFIV)
Seattle, WA-based F5 Networks Inc, founded in 1996, provides products and services to manage Internet traffic worldwide. Its application, delivery and networking products improve performance, availability and security of applications running on networks that use the Internet Protocol (IP).
FFIV sits at a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), holds a Value Style Score of B, and has a VGM Score of B. Compared to the Internet - Software industry's P/E of 29.7X, shares of F5 Networks are trading at a forward P/E of 13.4X. FFIV also has a PEG Ratio of 1.7, a Price/Cash Flow ratio of 16.1X, and a Price/Sales ratio of 3.6X.
A company's earnings performance is important for value investors as well. For fiscal 2024, four analysts revised their earnings estimate higher in the last 60 days for FFIV, while the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.00 to $12.63 per share. FFIV also holds an average earnings surprise of 8.8%.
FFIV should be on investors' short lists because of its impressive earnings and valuation fundamentals, a good Zacks Rank, and strong Value and VGM Style Scores.
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