Insider Selling: F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) EVP Sells 1,110 Shares of Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $227.44, for a total transaction of $252,458.40. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 21,383 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,863,349.52. The trade was a 4.93% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website.

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

• 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 transaction of $2,077,670.04.

F5 Price Performance

NASDAQ FFIV traded down $3.06 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $223.99. 750,640 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 607,433. F5, Inc. has a 52-week low of $223.76 and a 52-week high of $346.00. The company has a market capitalization of $12.87 billion, a PE ratio of 18.97, a PEG ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a current ratio of 1.56 and a quick ratio of 1.56. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $297.10 and its 200-day moving average is $298.10.

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

FFIV has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Barclays lowered their price objective on F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Zacks Research cut shares of F5 from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. Bank of America dropped their price objective on shares of F5 from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada decreased their target price on shares of F5 from $350.00 to $315.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $295.56.

Institutional Trading of F5

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Whipplewood Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of F5 by 275.0% during the second quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 90 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $26,000 after buying an additional 66 shares during the period. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC lifted its stake in F5 by 134.1% during the 1st quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC now owns 103 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 59 shares in the last quarter. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in F5 during the 3rd quarter worth about $37,000. Groupe la Francaise purchased a new position in F5 during the 1st quarter valued at about $34,000. Finally, Flaharty Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in F5 in the 1st quarter valued at about $35,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

F5 Company Profile

F5, Inc provides multi-cloud application security and delivery solutions in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region. The company’s distributed cloud services enable its customers to deploy, secure, and operate applications in any architecture, from on-premises to the public cloud.