F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Insider Sells $55,992.63 in Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 199 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $281.37, for a total transaction of $55,992.63. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 177 shares in the company, valued at approximately $49,802.49. The trade was a 52.93% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:FFIV traded down $5.28 on Thursday, reaching $271.21. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 541,178 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,119,237. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $261.92 and a 200 day simple moving average of $286.29. F5, Inc. has a 52-week low of $223.76 and a 52-week high of $346.00. The company has a market cap of $15.41 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.43, a PEG ratio of 7.86 and a beta of 1.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.63 by $0.82. The firm 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%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $3.84 EPS. 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, equities research analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Key Stories Impacting F5

Here are the key news stories impacting F5 this week:

• Neutral Sentiment: Insider sale: F5 insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 199 shares (about $56k) on Feb. 3, reducing her holdings ~52.9% — a small, isolated sale that can raise short‑term investor attention but is not material to company fundamentals. Lyra Amber Schramm insider sale
• Negative Sentiment: Levi & Korsinsky filed a securities class action alleging F5’s SEC filings contained misleading security disclosures, escalating legal exposure. Levi & Korsinsky: F5, Inc. SEC Filings Allegedly Contained Misleading Security Disclosures
• Negative Sentiment: Hagens Berman is investigating and urging investors to act over an alleged long‑term undetected hack and nation‑state infiltration, calling into question F5’s security claims for BIG‑IP. FFIV INVESTOR ALERT: Hagens Berman Scrutinizing F5 (FFIV)
• Negative Sentiment: Glancy Prongay Wolke & Rotter announced a securities‑fraud action and is soliciting losses-based lead‑plaintiff applications, increasing class‑action activity and potential damages exposure. F5, Inc. (FFIV) Shareholders Who Lost Money Have Opportunity to Lead Securities Fraud Lawsuit
• Negative Sentiment: ClaimsFiler and other notice services remind investors of the Feb. 17 lead‑plaintiff deadline for a class action covering Oct. 28, 2024–Oct. 27, 2025, concentrating filings and media attention. F5 Shareholder Alert: ClaimsFiler Reminds Investors
• Negative Sentiment: Additional firms (Bernstein Liebhard, Schall Law Firm, Kahn Swick & Foti, Faruqi & Faruqi, Rosen, etc.) have filed or solicited plaintiffs alleging cybersecurity misrepresentations — broad legal interest that can pressure the stock until claims are resolved or rebutted. Bernstein Liebhard: Securities Fraud Class Action Filed

Analyst Ratings Changes

FFIV has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Wall Street Zen cut F5 from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, November 28th. Morgan Stanley reduced 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. Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of F5 from $267.00 to $283.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Finally, Piper Sandler reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $325.00 price target (up previously from $295.00) on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, F5 presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $309.89.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Whipplewood Advisors LLC boosted its position in F5 by 275.0% during the second quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 90 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. Elyxium Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of F5 in the 4th quarter worth $28,000. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in F5 during the 3rd quarter worth $37,000. Torren Management LLC acquired a new position in F5 during the 4th quarter valued at about $43,000. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. raised its stake in F5 by 288.1% in the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $43,000 after buying an additional 121 shares during the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.