F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) EVP Thomas Dean Fountain Sells 1,110 Shares of Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $265.00, for a total value of $294,150.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 12,513 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,315,945. This trade represents a 8.15% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link.

Thomas Dean Fountain also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, January 5th, Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares of F5 stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $263.79, for a total transaction of $292,806.90.
• On Monday, December 29th, Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,100 shares of F5 stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $262.86, for a total transaction of $289,146.00.
• On Monday, December 22nd, Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares of F5 stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $257.90, for a total transaction of $286,269.00.
• On Monday, December 15th, Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares of F5 stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $264.76, for a total transaction of $293,883.60.
• On Monday, December 8th, Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares of F5 stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $248.66, for a total value of $276,012.60.
• On Monday, December 1st, Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares of F5 stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $236.99, for a total value of $263,058.90.
• On Monday, November 24th, Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares of F5 stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $234.91, for a total value of $260,750.10.
• On Tuesday, November 18th, Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares of F5 stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $227.44, for a total value of $252,458.40.
• On Monday, November 3rd, Thomas Dean Fountain sold 8,318 shares of F5 stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $249.78, for a total value of $2,077,670.04.

F5 Stock Down 0.9%

NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $267.45 on Thursday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $251.27 and its 200 day simple moving average is $289.01. The stock has a market cap of $15.54 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.65, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 8.60 and a beta of 0.98. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $223.76 and a twelve month high of $346.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.96 by $0.43. F5 had a net margin of 22.42% and a return on equity of 21.76%. The firm had revenue of $810.09 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $794.06 million. During the same period last year, the company posted $3.67 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. On average, analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Key F5 News

Here are the key news stories impacting F5 this week:

• Positive Sentiment: F5 announced product momentum for cloud-native customers as NGINXaaS for Google Cloud advances application delivery and security — a business-side positive that supports long‑term cloud adoption and revenue potential. F5 NGINXaaS for Google Cloud Advances
• Neutral Sentiment: EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares (~$294k) on Jan. 12; the holding was reduced by ~8.2% — a disclosed insider sale investors often view as neutral-to-mildly negative absent other context. SEC Form 4
• Neutral Sentiment: Zacks trimmed its Q4 2027 EPS estimate for F5 slightly (from $3.50 to $3.49) and maintains a Hold — a negligible downgrade but a signal of caution from an analyst. MarketBeat F5 Coverage
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple plaintiff firms have filed or are soliciting investors for securities‑fraud class actions alleging F5 failed to disclose the full impact of an August 2025 cybersecurity incident; filings / notices (Robbins LLP, Hagens Berman and numerous other firms) point to potential litigation costs, reputational damage and prior-quarter revenue guidance revisions — investors are being urged to seek lead‑plaintiff status with a Feb. 17, 2026 deadline. Representative notices: Robbins LLP Notice Hagens Berman Notice

Institutional Trading of F5

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of FFIV. State Street Corp raised its holdings in F5 by 1.7% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,226,326 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,042,716,000 after buying an additional 53,712 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of F5 by 3.8% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,741,117 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $511,016,000 after acquiring an additional 64,420 shares in the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP raised its holdings in F5 by 1.2% in the 3rd quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 1,634,361 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $528,209,000 after acquiring an additional 18,806 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp lifted its position in F5 by 2.5% in the 3rd quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 1,017,715 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $328,915,000 after acquiring an additional 25,052 shares in the last quarter. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in F5 by 4.1% during the 3rd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 839,648 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $271,366,000 after purchasing an additional 32,970 shares during the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on FFIV shares. Barclays dropped their price target on F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on shares of F5 from $320.00 to $295.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Bank of America dropped their price objective on shares of F5 from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “underperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of F5 from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, November 28th. Five 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. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $294.22.

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.