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F5 Networks Revenue Miss, Guidance Sends Stock Down

F5 Networks late Wednesday reported fiscal Q1 revenue that missed Wall Street views, as did its Q2 earnings and sales guidance, sending the data center gear maker’s stock plunging after hours. Seattle-based F5 Networks’ (FFIV) stock was down 15% in after-hours trading, after the company posted earnings for the quarter ended Dec. 31. F5 stock was a 2014 winner, rising more than 40%, but it’s slipped more than 3% this year through Wednesday’s close.

F5 Networks EPS, Sales Boost Expected From Security

F5 Networks’ (FFIV) fiscal Q1 EPS is expected to rise 22% with revenue up 15%, as analysts expect upside from F5’s push into computer security products. Seattle-based F5 is slated to report December-quarter earnings after the market close on Wednesday. The data center gear maker is expected to earn $1.49 per share, up from 1.22 in the year-earlier quarter, estimate analysts polled by Thomson Reuters. Analysts are modeling revenue of $467.3

F5 Networks Profit Margin Boost Seen From Security

F5 Networks’ (FFIV) profit margins will get a boost from security and next-generation data center products, says Pacific Crest Securities, which in a research note late Monday calls the company its “highest conviction large-cap stock to own for 2015.” Shares of Seattle-based F5 Networks jumped 42% in 2014, and the stock is No. 35 in the latest IBD 50 ranking of top-performing stocks over the past 12 months. Brent Bracelin, a Pacific Crest