John Anthony Maddison Sells 1,000 Shares of F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) insider John Anthony Maddison sold 1,000 shares of F5 stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $280.66, for a total transaction of $280,660.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 2,925 shares in the company, valued at approximately $820,930.50. This trade represents a 25.48% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink.

F5 Stock Down 7.3%

NASDAQ FFIV opened at $262.02 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $14.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.67, a PEG ratio of 8.09 and a beta of 1.00. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $223.76 and a twelve month high of $346.00. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $266.22 and a 200 day simple moving average of $285.37.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.63 by $0.82. The business had revenue of $822.47 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $755.97 million. F5 had a net margin of 22.45% and a return on equity of 22.08%. F5’s quarterly revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $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. Research analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Whipplewood Advisors LLC lifted its stake in F5 by 275.0% during the 2nd quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 90 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. bought a new position in shares of F5 during the fourth quarter valued at about $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted its holdings in F5 by 109.8% during the fourth quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. Elyxium Wealth LLC bought a new stake in F5 in the 4th quarter worth about $28,000. Finally, Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in F5 in the 3rd quarter valued at about $37,000. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

F5 News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting F5 this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Strong quarterly results and guidance — F5 reported a January-quarter revenue and EPS beat and issued FY‑26 guidance that underpins the bull case for margin and cash‑flow strength. MarketBeat FFIV coverage
• Positive Sentiment: Heavy institutional accumulation in Q4 — large new/additional stakes (Northwestern Mutual, Norges Bank, Deutsche Bank, UBS and others) suggest strong fund conviction that can provide a stabilizing holder base. MarketBeat FFIV coverage
• Positive Sentiment: Product momentum narrative — third‑party writeups highlight F5’s multi‑cloud pipeline and product refresh as drivers for license/subscription growth. MSN: F5 multi-cloud coverage
• Neutral Sentiment: Short‑interest data shows anomalous zero values in recent daily snapshots (likely reporting glitches). Treat the zero figures with caution and rely on month‑end published short interest for positioning context.
• Negative Sentiment: Clustered insider selling — multiple senior executives filed Form 4s reporting sales (including EVP John Maddison and others). Even routine liquidity sales can unsettle the market when combined with other negative headlines. SEC Form 4 (Maddison)
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple securities‑law firms have filed or solicited lead‑plaintiff claims alleging misrepresentations and possible long‑term security issues (claims reference BIG‑IP exposures and alleged nation‑state infiltration). The February 17 lead‑plaintiff deadline increases near‑term litigation visibility and reputational risk. PRNewsWire: Class action filed GlobeNewswire: Hagens Berman notice

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

FFIV has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price objective on shares of F5 from $325.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Bank of America decreased their price target on shares of F5 from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Piper Sandler reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $325.00 price objective (up previously from $295.00) on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Barclays boosted their target price on F5 from $267.00 to $283.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered F5 from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, November 28th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target 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.