F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Insider John Anthony Maddison Sells 204 Shares

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) insider John Maddison sold 204 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $406.24, for a total transaction of $82,872.96. Following the transaction, the insider owned 1,149 shares in the company, valued at $466,769.76. The trade was a 15.08% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

John Anthony Maddison also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, August 3rd, John Maddison sold 1,000 shares of F5 stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $405.85, for a total transaction of $405,850.00.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of FFIV opened at $430.88 on Wednesday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $403.61 and its 200-day moving average price is $363.13. F5, Inc. has a 1-year low of $223.76 and a 1-year high of $435.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $24.40 billion, a PE ratio of 34.31, a price-to-earnings-growth 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 (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.00 by $0.73. The company had revenue of $865.08 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $834.60 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.54% and a net margin of 21.95%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business 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. As a group, research analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 EPS for the current fiscal year.

More F5 News

Here are the key news stories impacting F5 this week:

• Positive Sentiment: AI-powered bot protection: F5 added device intelligence and specialized agentic-AI detection to its Distributed Cloud Bot Defense platform. The features are designed to identify automated account abuse, maintain persistent device context and continuously assess risk, potentially improving customer protection against increasingly sophisticated attacks. F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense announcement
• Positive Sentiment: Broader AI security push: Reports highlight F5’s addition of AI guardrails and bot defenses as enterprises adopt AI and face rising security, fraud and governance risks. Investors may view these capabilities as a way for F5 to deepen customer relationships and create longer-term competitive differentiation. F5 adds AI guardrails and bot defenses
• Neutral Sentiment: Execution remains important: The AI-security initiatives could support future growth, but the reports do not provide details on incremental revenue, customer adoption or financial guidance. Investors will likely look for evidence that the new features translate into broader bookings and recurring revenue. F5 AI security competitive analysis
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling: CTO Michael Montoya sold 4,426 shares, reducing his direct holdings by about 77%, while John Maddison sold 204 shares. Both transactions were conducted under pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plans, which reduces their signaling value, but the sales may still weigh modestly on sentiment. F5 insider stock sales

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on FFIV shares. Bank of America raised their price target on shares of F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of F5 from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Thursday, July 16th. Wall Street Zen raised F5 from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, August 1st. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised their target price on F5 from $380.00 to $415.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $416.62.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On F5

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of F5 in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. grew its stake 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 acquired a new stake in F5 in the 4th quarter valued at $28,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. increased its holdings in F5 by 963.6% in the 1st quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 117 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $34,000 after acquiring an additional 106 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC raised its position in F5 by 113.8% during the first quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC now owns 124 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $36,000 after acquiring an additional 66 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

About F5

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.