F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) EVP Angelique Okeke Sells 842 Shares

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) EVP Angelique Okeke sold 842 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $322.33, for a total value of $271,401.86. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 2,110 shares in the company, valued at approximately $680,116.30. This trade represents a 28.52% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

F5 Stock Up 3.0%

FFIV traded up $9.97 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $339.90. 599,054 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 845,410. The firm has a market capitalization of $19.21 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.88, a PEG ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.00. F5, Inc. has a 1-year low of $223.76 and a 1-year high of $346.00. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $293.21 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $273.31.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.47 by $0.43. The company had revenue of $811.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $783.82 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.50% and a net margin of 21.96%.The firm’s revenue was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $3.42 earnings per share. F5 has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.910-4.030 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 16.250-16.550 EPS. Analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 12.62 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Trading of F5

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of F5 by 2.6% in the first quarter. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC now owns 1,447 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $419,000 after buying an additional 36 shares in the last quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of F5 by 3.4% in the fourth quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 1,190 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $309,000 after buying an additional 39 shares in the last quarter. Pacific Sage Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of F5 by 0.6% in the fourth quarter. Pacific Sage Partners LLC now owns 7,122 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,818,000 after buying an additional 40 shares in the last quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of F5 by 4.4% in the fourth quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. now owns 968 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $247,000 after buying an additional 41 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd boosted its stake in shares of F5 by 0.6% in the third quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd now owns 7,386 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $2,387,000 after buying an additional 42 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have weighed in on FFIV shares. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their target price on F5 from $345.00 to $375.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Weiss Ratings upgraded F5 from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Monday, March 30th. Zacks Research upgraded F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, January 9th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $316.44.

F5 Company Profile

F5 Inc (NASDAQ:FFIV) specializes in application services and delivery networking, helping organizations ensure the availability, performance and security of their applications. The company’s core offerings include advanced load balancing, traffic management and application security solutions designed to optimize user experiences and protect against threats such as distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and web application exploits.

At the heart of F5’s product portfolio is the BIG-IP platform, which provides a suite of software modules for local and global traffic management, secure web application firewalling and DNS service delivery.