Insider Selling: F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Director Sells 1,309 Shares of Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) Director Alan Higginson sold 1,309 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $237.11, for a total value of $310,376.99. Following the sale, the director owned 8,610 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,041,517.10. This trade represents a 13.20% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link.

F5 Trading Up 1.1%

Shares of NASDAQ FFIV traded up $2.70 during trading on Thursday, reaching $243.33. The company had a trading volume of 1,093,632 shares, compared to its average volume of 644,734. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $223.76 and a twelve month high of $346.00. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $277.08 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $294.89. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.14 billion, a PE ratio of 20.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.60 and a beta of 0.99.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.96 by $0.43. F5 had a return on equity of 21.76% and a net margin of 22.42%.The firm had revenue of $810.09 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $794.06 million. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $3.67 EPS. The firm’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 predict that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have recently weighed in on FFIV shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price objective on shares of F5 from $320.00 to $295.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday. Barclays decreased their price objective on F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Morgan Stanley lowered their price objective on F5 from $352.00 to $336.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Zacks Research downgraded F5 from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $295.56.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On F5

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Whipplewood Advisors LLC increased its position in F5 by 275.0% during the 2nd quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 90 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC grew its stake in F5 by 134.1% during the first quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC now owns 103 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 59 shares during the period. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of F5 in the third quarter worth $37,000. Groupe la Francaise acquired a new stake in shares of F5 in the first quarter worth $34,000. Finally, Flaharty Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of F5 in the 1st quarter valued at $35,000. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.