Insider Selling: F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) EVP Sells 1,110 Shares of Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $236.99, for a total transaction of $263,058.90. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 19,163 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,541,439.37. This trade represents a 5.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link.

Thomas Dean Fountain also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, November 24th, Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares of F5 stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $234.91, for a total value of $260,750.10.
• On Tuesday, November 18th, Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares of F5 stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $227.44, for a total value of $252,458.40.
• On Monday, November 3rd, Thomas Dean Fountain sold 8,318 shares of F5 stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $249.78, for a total transaction of $2,077,670.04.

F5 Stock Up 0.9%

Shares of FFIV traded up $2.11 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $240.63. The company had a trading volume of 1,072,246 shares, compared to its average volume of 642,847. The stock has a market capitalization of $13.98 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.38, a PEG ratio of 7.60 and a beta of 0.99. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $278.76 and a two-hundred day moving average of $295.27. F5, Inc. has a 52-week low of $223.76 and a 52-week high of $346.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.96 by $0.43. F5 had a return on equity of 21.76% and a net margin of 22.42%.The business had revenue of $810.09 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $794.06 million. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $3.67 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

FFIV has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Piper Sandler reduced their target price on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $277.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Evercore ISI reiterated a “cautious” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their price objective on shares of F5 from $350.00 to $315.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Barclays reduced their target price on F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Tuesday. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $295.56.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On F5

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in F5 during the second quarter worth about $207,492,000. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of F5 by 6.2% during the first quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC now owns 5,387,700 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,434,583,000 after buying an additional 312,415 shares during the period. Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec lifted its holdings in F5 by 169.2% during the third quarter. Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec now owns 462,740 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $149,553,000 after buying an additional 290,828 shares during the period. Victory Capital Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of F5 by 422.7% during the third quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 347,125 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $112,187,000 after acquiring an additional 280,719 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. boosted its holdings in F5 by 40.8% in the second quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 789,283 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $232,302,000 after purchasing an additional 228,790 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

About F5

F5, Inc provides multi-cloud application security and delivery solutions in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region. The company’s distributed cloud services enable its customers to deploy, secure, and operate applications in any architecture, from on-premises to the public cloud.