Insider Selling: F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) EVP Sells 688 Shares of Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 688 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $277.05, for a total value of $190,610.40. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 26,329 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,294,449.45. The trade was a 2.55% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of F5 stock traded down $0.89 during trading on Monday, hitting $285.33. 608,582 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 907,946. The stock has a market cap of $16.13 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.60, a PEG ratio of 8.11 and a beta of 1.01. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $223.76 and a twelve month high of $346.00. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $272.16 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $280.69.

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

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of FFIV. Millennium Management LLC grew its position in F5 by 166.5% in the 1st quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 62,906 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $16,750,000 after purchasing an additional 39,305 shares during the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of F5 by 1,281.4% during the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 967 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $257,000 after buying an additional 897 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of F5 by 38.4% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 298,297 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $79,428,000 after buying an additional 82,835 shares during the period. Focus Partners Wealth bought a new stake in shares of F5 in the first quarter valued at about $257,000. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its position in F5 by 288.1% during the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $43,000 after buying an additional 121 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts have recently commented on the company. Morgan Stanley lowered their price objective on F5 from $336.00 to $296.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, December 17th. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their target price on F5 from $325.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Barclays increased their price target on F5 from $267.00 to $283.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Piper Sandler reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $325.00 price target (up from $295.00) on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price objective on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price 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.