F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Insider Sells $405,850.00 in Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) insider John Anthony Maddison sold 1,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $405.85, for a total transaction of $405,850.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 1,353 shares in the company, valued at $549,115.05. This trade represents a 42.50% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of F5 stock opened at $413.07 on Friday. F5, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $223.76 and a fifty-two week high of $435.00. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $403.18 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $338.33. The company has a market cap of $23.31 billion, a PE ratio of 32.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.05 and a beta of 1.03.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings data 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. The company had revenue of $865.08 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $834.60 million. F5 had a net margin of 21.95% and a return on equity of 21.54%. The business’s revenue was up 10.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm 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. Analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 13.53 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On F5

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of FFIV. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of F5 during the fourth quarter worth approximately $205,706,000. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. lifted its holdings in F5 by 127.0% in the fourth quarter. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. now owns 34,529 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $8,814,000 after buying an additional 19,315 shares during the period. iA Global Asset Management Inc. bought a new position in F5 in the first quarter valued at approximately $6,469,000. William Blair Investment Management LLC bought a new position in F5 in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $140,460,000. Finally, Tredje AP fonden grew its holdings in F5 by 98.2% during the 4th quarter. Tredje AP fonden now owns 7,683 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,961,000 after acquiring an additional 3,807 shares during the period. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

FFIV has been the topic of several recent research reports. Barclays lifted their price objective on F5 from $386.00 to $397.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Friday, June 26th. Morgan Stanley raised their target price on F5 from $380.00 to $415.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Piper Sandler reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $461.00 price target (up from $423.00) on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of F5 from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 1st. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $416.62.

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.