F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) EVP Thomas Dean Fountain Sells 8,318 Shares

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 8,318 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $249.78, for a total value of $2,077,670.04. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 22,493 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,618,301.54. This trade represents a 27.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of FFIV opened at $241.38 on Wednesday. F5, Inc. has a 1 year low of $227.04 and a 1 year high of $346.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a current ratio of 1.56 and a quick ratio of 1.56. The company has a market capitalization of $13.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.44, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.06. The business has a 50-day moving average of $312.42 and a 200-day moving average of $299.83.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.96 by $0.43. F5 had a return on equity of 21.76% and a net margin of 22.42%.The company had revenue of $810.09 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $794.06 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $3.67 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have weighed in on FFIV. Wall Street Zen downgraded F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on F5 from $320.00 to $295.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Evercore ISI reiterated a “cautious” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Piper Sandler lowered their target price on F5 from $355.00 to $277.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $295.56.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On F5

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of F5 by 6.2% during the first quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC now owns 5,387,700 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,434,583,000 after acquiring an additional 312,415 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its holdings in shares of F5 by 1.5% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,172,614 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $933,764,000 after acquiring an additional 48,057 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of F5 by 3.8% during the second 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 in the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP increased its holdings in shares of F5 by 5.8% during the second quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 1,615,555 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $475,490,000 after acquiring an additional 87,923 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Northern Trust Corp increased its holdings in shares of F5 by 15.5% during the first quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 1,054,701 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $280,835,000 after acquiring an additional 141,680 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

F5 Company Profile

F5, Inc provides multi-cloud application security and delivery solutions in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region. The company’s distributed cloud services enable its customers to deploy, secure, and operate applications in any architecture, from on-premises to the public cloud.