Insider Selling: F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) EVP Sells $208,312.35 in Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) EVP Angelique Okeke sold 515 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $404.49, for a total transaction of $208,312.35. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 2,240 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $906,057.60. The trade was a 18.69% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

F5 Price Performance

FFIV stock opened at $413.07 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $23.31 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.89, a P/E/G ratio of 4.05 and a beta of 1.03. F5, Inc. has a 52-week low of $223.76 and a 52-week high of $435.00. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $403.18 and its 200-day simple moving average is $338.33.

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms recently weighed in on FFIV. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Friday, June 26th. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Thursday, July 16th. Barclays lifted their target price on shares of F5 from $386.00 to $397.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Bank of America upped their price target on shares of F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, F5 currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $416.62.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On F5

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC boosted its holdings in 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 worth $419,000 after purchasing an additional 36 shares in the last quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in F5 by 3.4% during 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. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. lifted its position 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 worth $247,000 after buying an additional 41 shares during the last quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of F5 by 4.5% in the third quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,047 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $338,000 after buying an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Optas LLC boosted its stake in shares of F5 by 4.7% during the 1st quarter. Optas LLC now owns 1,035 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $299,000 after acquiring an additional 46 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

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.