F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) CEO Sells $1,064,655.15 in Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,755 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $283.53, for a total transaction of $1,064,655.15. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 150,323 shares in the company, valued at approximately $42,621,080.19. This represents a 2.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of FFIV opened at $286.22 on Friday. The company’s 50-day moving average is $272.16 and its 200-day moving average is $280.94. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.18 billion, a PE ratio of 23.67, a PEG ratio of 8.11 and a beta of 1.01. F5, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $223.76 and a fifty-two week high of $346.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.63 by $0.82. F5 had a net margin of 22.45% and a return on equity of 22.08%. The business had revenue of $822.47 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $755.97 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $3.84 EPS. F5’s revenue was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.340-3.460 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 15.650-16.050 EPS. Analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have recently commented on the company. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their target price on F5 from $325.00 to $345.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Morgan Stanley dropped their price target on F5 from $336.00 to $296.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, December 17th. Wall Street Zen downgraded F5 from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, November 28th. Piper Sandler reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $325.00 price objective (up from $295.00) on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, Weiss Ratings cut F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Five 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 stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $309.89.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in FFIV. Alberta Investment Management Corp acquired a new position in shares of F5 during the 2nd quarter worth $883,000. Railway Pension Investments Ltd boosted its stake in F5 by 27.0% in the third quarter. Railway Pension Investments Ltd now owns 26,330 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $8,510,000 after buying an additional 5,600 shares in the last quarter. Candriam S.C.A. grew its position in F5 by 53.0% in the second quarter. Candriam S.C.A. now owns 5,204 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,532,000 after acquiring an additional 1,802 shares during the last quarter. Genus Capital Management Inc. grew its position in F5 by 91.9% in the second quarter. Genus Capital Management Inc. now owns 13,760 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $4,050,000 after acquiring an additional 6,590 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Convergence Investment Partners LLC raised its stake in F5 by 128.1% during the third quarter. Convergence Investment Partners LLC now owns 7,931 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $2,563,000 after acquiring an additional 4,454 shares in 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.