Angelique Okeke Sells 386 Shares of F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) EVP Angelique Okeke sold 386 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $278.32, for a total value of $107,431.52. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 1,874 shares in the company, valued at approximately $521,571.68. This represents a 17.08% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink.

F5 Stock Down 7.3%

F5 stock opened at $262.02 on Friday. 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 $14.81 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.67, a P/E/G ratio of 8.09 and a beta of 1.00. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $266.22 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $285.37.

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

FFIV has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their target price on F5 from $325.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price objective on F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded F5 from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $295.00 to $345.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of F5 from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, November 28th. Finally, Barclays lifted their price target on shares of F5 from $267.00 to $283.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $309.89.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Advisors Asset Management Inc. purchased a new stake in F5 during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $167,000. Johnson Financial Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of F5 by 4.8% during the fourth quarter. Johnson Financial Group Inc. now owns 8,469 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $2,162,000 after acquiring an additional 385 shares during the last quarter. Affinity Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new position in F5 during the fourth quarter valued at $646,000. Cibc World Markets Corp bought a new stake in F5 in the 4th quarter valued at $2,046,000. Finally, Index Technologies Group LLC bought a new stake in F5 in the 4th quarter valued at $553,000. 90.66% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Stories Impacting F5

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

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.