Insider Selling: F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) CEO Sells $1,276,346.37 in Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,783 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $337.39, for a total value of $1,276,346.37. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 146,989 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $49,592,618.71. This represents a 2.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Francois Locoh-Donou also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, March 4th, Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,755 shares of F5 stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $283.53, for a total value of $1,064,655.15.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of F5 stock opened at $354.03 on Friday. F5, Inc. has a one year low of $223.76 and a one year high of $354.52. The company has a market cap of $19.97 billion, a PE ratio of 29.04, a P/E/G ratio of 8.19 and a beta of 1.00. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $297.33 and a 200-day simple moving average of $274.01.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.47 by $0.43. F5 had a return on equity of 21.50% and a net margin of 21.96%.The business had revenue of $811.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $783.82 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $3.42 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.0% on a year-over-year basis. F5 has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.910-4.030 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 16.250-16.550 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 12.71 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On F5

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 2.6% in the first quarter. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC now owns 1,447 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $419,000 after acquiring an additional 36 shares during the period. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 3.4% in the fourth quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 1,190 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $309,000 after acquiring an additional 39 shares during the period. Pacific Sage Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 0.6% in the fourth quarter. Pacific Sage Partners LLC now owns 7,122 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,818,000 after acquiring an additional 40 shares during the period. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 4.4% in the fourth quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. now owns 968 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $247,000 after acquiring an additional 41 shares during the period. Finally, Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 0.6% in the third quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd now owns 7,386 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $2,387,000 after acquiring an additional 42 shares during the period. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Key F5 News

Here are the key news stories impacting F5 this week:

• Positive Sentiment: F5’s latest quarter beat expectations, with revenue and EPS coming in above estimates and management raising guidance for the next quarter and full year. That supports the view that growth and profitability remain intact. F5 (FFIV) Reports Q2 Earnings
• Positive Sentiment: FFIV is trading close to its 52-week high and well above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, signaling strong momentum that may be drawing in traders and institutions. MarketBeat FFIV Quote
• Neutral Sentiment: Several insider sales were disclosed, including transactions by the CEO and an EVP, but at least some were made under pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plans, which makes the signal less clear-cut for investors. CEO Form 4 (SEC)
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple insider sales across senior executives, including the CEO, CFO, and EVPs, may create some caution around the stock, even if the trades were largely pre-scheduled. F5 Insider Sells $322,330.00

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Weiss Ratings raised F5 from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Monday, March 30th. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price target on F5 from $345.00 to $375.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $316.44.

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.