F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) CFO Sells $273,451.80 in Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 969 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $282.20, for a total value of $273,451.80. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 5,305 shares in the company, valued at $1,497,071. This trade represents a 15.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of F5 stock traded down $2.48 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $283.64. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 527,447 shares, compared to its average volume of 922,487. F5, Inc. has a one year low of $223.76 and a one year high of $346.00. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $271.27 and its 200 day simple moving average is $281.37. The stock has a market cap of $16.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.46, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.97 and a beta of 1.01.

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

Institutional Trading of F5

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FFIV. Millennium Management LLC grew its position in F5 by 166.5% in the first quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 62,906 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $16,750,000 after buying an additional 39,305 shares during the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of F5 by 1,281.4% during the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 967 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $257,000 after acquiring an additional 897 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of F5 by 38.4% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 298,297 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $79,428,000 after acquiring an additional 82,835 shares during the last quarter. Focus Partners Wealth acquired a new stake in shares of F5 during the first quarter worth $257,000. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of F5 by 288.1% during the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $43,000 after purchasing an additional 121 shares during the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

FFIV has been the subject of several recent research reports. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of F5 from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, November 28th. Morgan Stanley dropped their price target on shares of 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 F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, January 9th. Finally, Barclays increased their price objective on F5 from $267.00 to $283.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Five equities research 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 currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $309.89.

F5 Company Profile

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.