Alan Higginson Sells 1,770 Shares of F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) Director Alan Higginson sold 1,770 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $275.25, for a total transaction of $487,192.50. Following the sale, the director directly owned 6,840 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,882,710. This represents a 20.56% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink.

Alan Higginson also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, December 3rd, Alan Higginson sold 1,309 shares of F5 stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $237.11, for a total transaction of $310,376.99.

F5 Price Performance

FFIV opened at $278.39 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $15.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.03, a P/E/G ratio of 7.88 and a beta of 1.00. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $268.50 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $283.82. F5, Inc. has a 1 year low of $223.76 and a 1 year high of $346.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 earnings per share (EPS) 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 return on equity of 22.08% and a net margin of 22.45%.F5’s quarterly revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company 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. Sell-side analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

FFIV has been the topic of several recent research reports. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Zacks Research raised F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, January 9th. Barclays increased their price target on F5 from $267.00 to $283.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Evercore reaffirmed a “cautious” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price objective on F5 from $325.00 to $345.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $309.89.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in F5 by 1.6% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 7,357,293 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,878,023,000 after purchasing an additional 114,533 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its stake in shares of F5 by 1.7% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,226,326 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,042,716,000 after buying an additional 53,712 shares during the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 68.5% during the 4th quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 2,753,652 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $702,897,000 after buying an additional 1,119,291 shares during the period. Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. acquired a new position in F5 in the 4th quarter valued at about $579,699,000. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in F5 by 3.8% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,741,117 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $511,016,000 after acquiring an additional 64,420 shares during the period. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.