F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) CEO Francois Locoh-Donou Sells 3,782 Shares of Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,782 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $412.44, for a total transaction of $1,559,848.08. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 146,989 shares in the company, valued at approximately $60,624,143.16. This trade represents a 2.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

F5 Price Performance

F5 stock traded up $1.75 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $413.07. The stock had a trading volume of 540,632 shares, compared to its average volume of 776,640. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $402.59 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $337.31. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $223.76 and a twelve month high of $435.00. The firm has a market cap of $23.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.89, a PEG ratio of 4.06 and a beta of 1.03.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.00 by $0.73. The company had revenue of $865.08 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $834.60 million. F5 had a net margin of 21.95% and a return on equity of 21.54%. The company’s revenue was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $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, sell-side analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 13.53 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On F5

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC lifted its stake in shares of F5 by 2.6% in the 1st quarter. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC now owns 1,447 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $419,000 after purchasing an additional 36 shares during the period. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC lifted its position in shares of F5 by 3.4% during the 4th quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 1,190 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $309,000 after buying an additional 39 shares in the last quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 4.4% in the 4th quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. now owns 968 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $247,000 after buying an additional 41 shares during the last quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in F5 by 4.5% during the third quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,047 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $338,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares during the period. Finally, Optas LLC boosted its position in F5 by 4.7% during the first quarter. Optas LLC now owns 1,035 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $299,000 after purchasing an additional 46 shares during the period. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have commented on FFIV shares. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Piper Sandler reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $461.00 price objective (up from $423.00) on shares of F5 in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Bank of America increased their target price 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. Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on shares of F5 from $380.00 to $415.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Finally, Evercore upgraded shares of F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 price target on the stock in a report on Monday, May 18th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $416.62.

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.