Chad Michael Whalen Sells 704 Shares of F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 704 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $330.30, for a total transaction of $232,531.20. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 27,032 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,928,669.60. The trade was a 2.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Chad Michael Whalen also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, March 6th, Chad Michael Whalen sold 688 shares of F5 stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $277.05, for a total transaction of $190,610.40.

F5 Stock Performance

F5 stock opened at $341.02 on Thursday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $295.87 and a 200 day simple moving average of $273.70. The stock has a market capitalization of $19.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.98, a PEG ratio of 7.86 and a beta of 1.00. F5, Inc. has a 52 week low of $223.76 and a 52 week high of $346.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.47 by $0.43. F5 had a return on equity of 21.50% and a net margin of 21.96%.The firm had revenue of $811.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $783.82 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $3.42 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.910-4.030 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 16.250-16.550 EPS. Research analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 12.71 earnings per share for the current year.

F5 News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting F5 this week:

• Positive Sentiment: April-quarter beat and raised outlook — F5 reported $3.90 EPS vs. $3.47 expected and $811.7M revenue vs. ~$783.8M consensus; management set Q3 FY26 EPS guidance of $3.91–4.03 and FY26 EPS of $16.25–16.55, which supports the rally. F5 (FFIV) Reports Q2 Earnings
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support rising — Several firms raised targets (e.g., RBC to $375) and recent upgrades/price?target increases give the stock near?term upside as investors re?rate the shares after the beat. MarketBeat Coverage of FFIV
• Neutral Sentiment: International revenue dynamics under review — A Zacks deep?dive notes that overseas revenue trends and regional mix will shape future growth assumptions; this is important for modeling but not an immediate catalyst. International Markets and F5 (FFIV)
• Neutral Sentiment: Multiple insider sales, all via Rule 10b5?1 plans — CTO Kunal Anand, SVP John Maddison, EVP Angelique Okeke, EVP Chad Whalen and CFO Edward Werner sold shares (notable amounts but pre?arranged), which mutes negative signaling versus opportunistic or unscheduled selling. Insider Selling: FFIV

Institutional Trading of F5

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FFIV. Railway Pension Investments Ltd raised its position in shares of F5 by 27.0% in the 3rd quarter. Railway Pension Investments Ltd now owns 26,330 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $8,510,000 after buying an additional 5,600 shares in the last quarter. Barclays PLC boosted its position in shares of F5 by 51.7% during the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 310,368 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $100,308,000 after acquiring an additional 105,738 shares in the last quarter. Convergence Investment Partners LLC boosted its position in shares of F5 by 128.1% during the 3rd quarter. Convergence Investment Partners LLC now owns 7,931 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $2,563,000 after acquiring an additional 4,454 shares in the last quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB increased its stake in F5 by 217.7% in the third quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 229,591 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $74,142,000 after acquiring an additional 157,318 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Alberta Investment Management Corp raised its position in F5 by 173.3% during the third quarter. Alberta Investment Management Corp now owns 8,200 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $2,650,000 after purchasing an additional 5,200 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have commented on FFIV shares. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price objective on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Piper Sandler reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Barclays raised their target price on shares of F5 from $283.00 to $292.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their target price on shares of F5 from $345.00 to $375.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report 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 given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $316.44.

About F5

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.