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Technology Stocks : F5 Networks, Inc. (FFIV) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JakeStraw who wrote (1517)	8/6/2007 2:51:31 PM
From: Moonray	Respond to of 1801

Lets see, F5 has 42M shares outstanding. So, buying Acopia comes to $5/share of F5 stock. Yet F5 is down more than $10/share today. How buying Acopia is worse than throwing the $5 in the toilet is WELL beyond me! F5 Networks Buying Acopia for $210M o~~~ O

To: JakeStraw who wrote (1517)	8/6/2007 3:18:58 PM
From: Moonray	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1801

F5 Networks "buy," target price reduced Monday, August 06, 2007 2:30:30 PM ET NEW YORK, August 6 (newratings.com) - Analysts at Kaufman Bros reiterate their "buy" rating on F5 Networks Inc (FFIV.NAS). The target price has been reduced from $94 to $86. F5 Networks "neutral," target price reduced Monday, August 06, 2007 2:28:58 PM ET NEW YORK, August 6 (newratings.com) - Analysts at Robert W Baird reiterate their "neutral" rating on F5 Networks Inc (FFIV.NAS). The target price has been reduced from $90 to $80. F5 Networks downgraded to "neutral" Monday, August 06, 2007 1:33:02 PM ET NEW YORK, August 6 (newratings.com) - Analysts at Ferris Baker Watts downgrade F5 Networks Inc (FFIV.NAS) from "buy" to "neutral." o~~~ O

To: JakeStraw who wrote (1517)	8/9/2007 4:42:23 PM
From: Moonray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1801

F5: ThinkEquity Upgrades; Says Acquisition-Related Selling Overdone Posted by Eric Savitz - August 9, 2007, 10:06 am The sharp sell-off by F5 Networks (FFIV) shares following this week’s announcement of its acquisition of Acopia Networks for $210 million is overdone, ThinkEquity’s Jonathan Ruykhaver asserted in a research note today. He raised his rating on the stock to Buy from Accumulate, and maintains an $84 price target. “The relative small size of the acquisitions compared to core business suggests integration risk is overstated,” he wrote. “The core traffic management business remains strong, supported by strong fundamentals and secular trends.” At the heart of the decline is concern about the near-term impact to earnings: Ruykhaver is expecting 11% dilution to earnings from the deal for the September 2008 fiscal year. But he says the deal “has strong potential of being materially accretive in the slightly longer term.” Also today, Ferris Baker Watts raised its rating on the stock to Buy from Neutral. F5 shares, which plunged 21% from $83.68 at Friday’s close to yesterday’s final mark of $66.11, today have rebounded $4.54, or 7%, to $70.65. o~~~ O