F5, Cash-Rich But Growth-Challenged: Takeover Target?
Cash-rich F5 Networks’ (FFIV) falling stock makes the data center gear maker an attractive takeover target, speculates RBC Capital in a research report. Seattle-based F5 is the leading maker of application delivery controllers (ADCs) — electronic boxes that direct data traffic to computer servers. Its stock is down 23% since July 31, when it touched an 11-month high — and near all-time high — of 135.20. F5 Networks stock was up more than 1% in