F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) CEO Francois Locoh-Donou Sells 3,755 Shares

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,755 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $283.53, for a total value of $1,064,655.15. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 150,323 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $42,621,080.19. This trade represents a 2.44% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of FFIV traded down $5.23 on Friday, reaching $278.41. 44,403 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 902,188. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $271.70 and its 200-day moving average price is $281.39. The firm has a market cap of $15.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.03, a P/E/G ratio of 8.10 and a beta of 1.01. F5, Inc. has a 12 month low of $223.76 and a 12 month high of $346.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.63 by $0.82. F5 had a net margin of 22.45% and a return on equity of 22.08%. The company had revenue of $822.47 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $755.97 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $3.84 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. F5 has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.340-3.460 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 15.650-16.050 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On F5

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of FFIV. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC increased its stake in F5 by 3.4% during the 4th quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 1,190 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $309,000 after purchasing an additional 39 shares in the last quarter. Pacific Sage Partners LLC lifted its stake in F5 by 0.6% in the 4th quarter. Pacific Sage Partners LLC now owns 7,122 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,818,000 after acquiring an additional 40 shares in the last quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. boosted its position in F5 by 4.4% during the 4th quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. now owns 968 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $247,000 after acquiring an additional 41 shares during the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd boosted its position in F5 by 0.6% during the 3rd quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd now owns 7,386 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $2,387,000 after acquiring an additional 42 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Coldstream Capital Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of F5 by 4.5% during the 3rd quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,047 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $338,000 after acquiring an additional 45 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on FFIV shares. Weiss Ratings cut shares of F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Morgan Stanley decreased their price target on F5 from $336.00 to $296.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, December 17th. Barclays lifted their price target on shares of F5 from $267.00 to $283.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, January 9th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price target on F5 from $325.00 to $345.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $309.89.

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.