F5 (FFIV) – Investment Analysts’ Recent Ratings Changes

F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV) recently received a number of ratings updates from brokerages and research firms:

• 4/29/2026 – F5 had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by Piper Sandler.
• 4/29/2026 – F5 had its price target raised by Royal Bank Of Canada from $345.00 to $375.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 4/29/2026 – F5 had its price target raised by Barclays PLC from $283.00 to $292.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 4/29/2026 – F5 had its price target raised by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $355.00 to $365.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 4/29/2026 – F5 had its “hold” rating reaffirmed by Needham & Company LLC.
• 4/16/2026 – F5 had its price target raised by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $345.00 to $355.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 3/30/2026 – F5 was upgraded by Weiss Ratings from “hold (c+)” to “buy (b-)”.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other F5 news, Director Michael L. Dreyer sold 3,067 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $282.41, for a total transaction of $866,151.47. Following the transaction, the director owned 1,309 shares in the company, valued at approximately $369,674.69. This represents a 70.09% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CTO Kunal Anand sold 3,123 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $322.33, for a total value of $1,006,636.59. Following the transaction, the chief technology officer owned 12,194 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,930,492.02. The trade was a 20.39% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 29,328 shares of company stock valued at $9,319,571. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.