11 Best Performing Cybersecurity Stocks So Far in 2025

8. F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV)

Year-to-Date performance as of April 25: 6.52%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 37

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) is a multi-cloud application delivery and security solutions company that offers networking, unified, app management, and security solutions. The company also provides training, maintenance, consultancy, and other technical assistance.

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) recently announced broad cybersecurity updates to the F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP) that significantly boost organizations’ capacity to detect and address vulnerabilities and threats to AI and other modern applications. The F5 ADSP is one of the only platforms that combines high-performance load balancing and traffic management with comprehensive app and API security features.

For the second quarter of fiscal 2025, F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) anticipates non-GAAP earnings per share in the $3.02-$3.14 range. Furthermore, the company expects non-GAAP revenue in the second quarter of fiscal 2025 to be between $705 and $725 million. FFIV’s Product segment performance in the fiscal second quarter is expected to have been supported by rising demand for its software solutions, offset by IT budget cuts amid persistent macroeconomic uncertainty.

Hotchkis & Wiley Large Cap Fundamental Value Fund stated the following regarding F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) in its Q4 2024 investor letter:

“F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) sells application networking and security software, as well as data center appliances. The company’s stock price rebounded sharply in the second half of the year after reporting a growing pipeline and better close rates in subscription software sales. F5 has no debt, trades at an attractive valuation, and is benefiting from an improving gross margin and lower operating expenses.”