Lyra Amber Schramm Sells 1,062 Shares of F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 1,062 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $246.97, for a total value of $262,282.14. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link.

Lyra Amber Schramm also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, September 8th, Lyra Amber Schramm sold 2,701 shares of F5 stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $316.57, for a total value of $855,055.57.

F5 Price Performance

FFIV stock opened at $248.09 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a quick ratio of 1.56 and a current ratio of 1.56. F5, Inc. has a 1 year low of $227.04 and a 1 year high of $346.00. The firm has a market cap of $14.25 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.01, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.08. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $309.59 and a 200-day simple moving average of $299.10.

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Barclays decreased their price objective on shares of F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Wall Street Zen lowered F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, November 1st. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lowered their price objective on F5 from $352.00 to $336.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, F5 has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $295.56.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On F5

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of FFIV. Private Advisory Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of F5 during the first quarter valued at about $469,000. Vestcor Inc grew its position in F5 by 689.3% in the 1st quarter. Vestcor Inc now owns 7,364 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,961,000 after buying an additional 6,431 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC increased its stake in F5 by 17.4% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC now owns 9,622 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $2,832,000 after buying an additional 1,428 shares during the period. Morningstar Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of F5 during the 2nd quarter worth about $240,000. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of F5 by 15.4% in the 2nd quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 18,477 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $5,438,000 after acquiring an additional 2,461 shares during the period. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.