FINWIRES · TerminalLIVE
FINWIRES

F5 Expects Accelerating Growth on Multiple Drivers, RBC Says

By

F5 (FFIV) expects accelerating revenue and earnings growth as it continues to capitalize on the shift to hybrid multicloud architectures, capture demand for application delivery controllers, and drive platform adoption via product families, RBC Capital Markets said in a Thursday research report.

The company is also capturing new AI opportunities in data delivery, runtime security, and factory load balancing, according to the note.

Cost optimization, regulation, and data governance in AI are driving enterprises to reinvest in private infrastructure, accelerating data center capacity growth and creating a backdrop for faster revenue growth, analysts wrote.

The brokerage said it reiterated its outperform rating on the stock and price target of $425 per share.

Price: $384.29, Change: $+0.86, Percent Change: +0.22%

Related Articles

Wire

Estrella Resources Says Electromagnetic Survey Completed at East Timor Manganese Project; Shares Up 4%

Estrella Resources (ASX:ESR) said an unmanned aerial vehicle passive electromagnetic geophysical survey was completed at its Ira Miri manganese project in East Timor, according to a Friday Australian bourse filing.Results from the survey are expected to rank and prioritize deeper drill targets beneath and adjacent to the current Ira Miri pit as well as refine the company's geological and structural model of the Ira Miri manganese system, per the filing.The company's shares rose nearly 4% in recent trading on Friday.

ASX:ESR
Wire

Nextpower to Acquire Prevalon Energy, Raises Fiscal 2027 Outlook; Shares Gain After Hours

Nextpower (NXT) agreed to acquire Prevalon Energy, a US joint venture between Mitsubishi Power Americas and EES, for up to $365 million in cash and stock to expand into battery storage and AI data-center infrastructure markets.The transaction is expected to close in Q2 of fiscal 2027, Nextpower said Thursday in a statement.The company also raised fiscal 2027 guidance to adjusted diluted EPS of $4.30 to $4.73 on revenue of $4 billion to $4.4 billion. The prior outlook was EPS of $3.19 to $3.56 on revenue of $3.8 billion to $4.1 billion.Analysts polled by FactSet expect EPS of $4.54 on revenue of $4 billion.Nextpower shares rose 7.9% in after-hours trading.

$NXT
Wire

Gap Fiscal Q1 GAAP Earnings, Revenue Rise

Gap (GAP) reported fiscal Q1 adjusted earnings late Thursday of $0.38 per diluted share. The company did not provide comparable adjusted earnings for the year-ago quarter. Analysts polled by FactSet expected $0.37.The company reported GAAP earnings of $0.90 per diluted share, up from $0.51 a year earlier.Revenue for the 13 weeks ended May 2 was $3.50 billion, up from $3.46 billion a year earlier.Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected $3.52 billion.For Q2, the company expects net sales to be flat to down 1% year-over-year.For fiscal 2026, the company now expects adjusted EPS of $2.30 to $2.40, up from the prior forecast of $2.20 to $2.35. Analysts expect $2.29.The company now expects fiscal 2026 net sales to be up 1% to 2% year-over-year, versus the prior outlook for 2% to 3% growth.

$GAP