F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) CTO Michael Montoya Sells 4,426 Shares of Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) CTO Michael Montoya sold 4,426 shares of F5 stock in a transaction on Monday, September 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $410.16, for a total value of $1,815,368.16. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief technology officer owned 1,309 shares in the company, valued at $536,899.44. The trade was a 77.18% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

F5 Price Performance

FFIV stock traded up $19.39 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $430.88. 638,391 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 732,461. F5, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $223.76 and a fifty-two week high of $435.00. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $403.34 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $362.06. The company has a market capitalization of $24.40 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.31, a PEG ratio of 4.02 and a beta of 1.03.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its earnings results 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. F5 had a return on equity of 21.54% and a net margin of 21.95%.The company had revenue of $865.08 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $834.60 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $4.16 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 10.9% compared to the same quarter last year. 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, research analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have recently commented on FFIV. Zacks Research cut shares of F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, July 27th. Morgan Stanley boosted their price objective on F5 from $380.00 to $415.00 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 note on Thursday, July 16th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on F5 from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research 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 given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $416.62.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On F5

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Persistent Asset Partners Ltd bought a new position in F5 in the 2nd quarter worth about $36,000. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. bought a new position in F5 in the 4th quarter worth approximately $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. increased its position in F5 by 109.8% in the 4th quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 56 shares during the period. Elyxium Wealth LLC bought a new stake in F5 during the 4th quarter valued at $28,000. Finally, SJS Investment Consulting Inc. raised its stake in F5 by 963.6% during the 1st quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 117 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $34,000 after acquiring an additional 106 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

F5 Company Profile

F5, Inc is a technology company that provides application delivery, security and traffic-management solutions for enterprises, service providers and government organizations. Its offerings are designed to help customers ensure the availability, performance and security of applications across on-premises data centers, public clouds and edge environments.

The company’s portfolio includes BIG-IP software and appliances, NGINX application delivery and web server technologies, and F5 Distributed Cloud Services.