F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) CFO Sells $243,146.08 in Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 599 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $405.92, for a total value of $243,146.08. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 406 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $164,803.52. The trade was a 59.60% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Edward Cooper Werner also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, June 2nd, Edward Cooper Werner sold 2,500 shares of F5 stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $400.00, for a total value of $1,000,000.00.
• On Friday, May 8th, Edward Cooper Werner sold 1,500 shares of F5 stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $350.00, for a total value of $525,000.00.

F5 Price Performance

F5 stock traded up $5.90 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $412.25. The stock had a trading volume of 1,168,113 shares, compared to its average volume of 779,098. F5, Inc. has a 1-year low of $223.76 and a 1-year high of $435.00. The stock has a market capitalization of $23.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.82, a PEG ratio of 3.97 and a beta of 1.03. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $401.82 and its two-hundred day moving average is $335.32.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.00 by $0.73. F5 had a return on equity of 21.54% and a net margin of 21.95%.The business had revenue of $865.08 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $834.60 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $4.16 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. F5 has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.140-4.260 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.210-17.330 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 13.53 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts have issued reports on FFIV shares. Barclays upped their price target on shares of F5 from $386.00 to $397.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Thursday, July 16th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on F5 from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Bank of America upped their target price on F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. Finally, Morgan Stanley increased their target price on F5 from $380.00 to $415.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $416.62.

Institutional Trading of F5

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Handelsbanken Fonder AB lifted its holdings in shares of F5 by 2.6% during the 2nd quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB now owns 17,600 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $7,321,000 after acquiring an additional 440 shares during the period. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC purchased a new stake in F5 in the second quarter valued at approximately $213,000. Agate Pass Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in F5 during the second quarter worth approximately $250,000. Elevation Wealth Partners LLC increased its position in F5 by 373.1% during the second quarter. Elevation Wealth Partners LLC now owns 123 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $51,000 after purchasing an additional 97 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Czech National Bank raised its stake in F5 by 4.3% during the second quarter. Czech National Bank now owns 16,059 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $6,680,000 after purchasing an additional 666 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

F5 News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting F5 this week:

• Positive Sentiment: F5’s latest quarterly results exceeded expectations, with earnings per share of $4.73 versus the $4.00 consensus estimate and revenue of $865.1 million versus $834.6 million expected. Revenue rose 10.9% year over year, while the company maintained fourth-quarter and full-year 2026 earnings guidance. F5 stock and earnings information
• Positive Sentiment: F5 was placed in the “Leader” tier of SecureIQLab’s 2026 Cloud WAAP CyberRisk Validation Comparative Report, supporting the company’s positioning in cloud web application and API protection. F5 SecureIQLab report
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst sentiment remains mixed. Piper Sandler raised its price target to $461 and retained an overweight rating, while Morgan Stanley lifted its target to $415 but maintained an equal-weight rating. The consensus rating remains “Hold,” with an average target of $416.62. F5 analyst price targets
• Negative Sentiment: Several insiders reported sales executed under pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plans. The transactions included sales by the CFO, CTO and multiple executive vice presidents, totaling roughly $1.30 million on August 3, in addition to a director’s previously reported $1.56 million sale. These planned sales may create a modest overhang, although they do not necessarily indicate a change in the company’s outlook.

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.