F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) Short Interest Update

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) saw a large decline in short interest in the month of February. As of February 27th, there was short interest totaling 1,830,697 shares, a decline of 12.5% from the February 12th total of 2,093,014 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 715,430 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.6 days. Approximately 3.3% of the company’s shares are short sold. Approximately 3.3% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 715,430 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.6 days.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on FFIV shares. Morgan Stanley reduced their price objective on F5 from $336.00 to $296.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, December 17th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, January 9th. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price target on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of F5 from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $295.00 to $345.00 in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, F5 has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $309.89.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ FFIV opened at $283.73 on Tuesday. F5 has a 1-year low of $223.76 and a 1-year high of $346.00. The company has a market capitalization of $16.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.47, a PEG ratio of 8.19 and a beta of 1.01. The business has a 50-day moving average of $275.33 and a 200-day moving average of $279.41.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.63 by $0.82. The business had revenue of $822.47 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $755.97 million. F5 had a return on equity of 22.08% and a net margin of 22.45%.The company’s revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $3.84 EPS. F5 has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.340-3.460 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 15.650-16.050 EPS. Research analysts expect that F5 will post 11.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other F5 news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,755 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $283.53, for a total transaction of $1,064,655.15. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 150,323 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $42,621,080.19. The trade was a 2.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 969 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $282.20, for a total value of $273,451.80. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 5,305 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,497,071. This represents a 15.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 22,391 shares of company stock worth $6,121,487. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of F5

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. acquired a new position in shares of F5 during the fourth quarter worth $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. grew its holdings in F5 by 109.8% during the 4th quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares in the last quarter. Elyxium Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in F5 during the 4th quarter valued at $28,000. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in F5 during the 3rd quarter worth $37,000. Finally, CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC purchased a new stake in F5 during the 2nd quarter worth $45,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

About F5

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.