F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Reaches New 52-Week Low – Should You Sell?

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV)’s stock price reached a new 52-week low during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The company traded as low as $226.00 and last traded at $228.16, with a volume of 31826 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $228.64.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Bank of America lowered their price objective on F5 from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “underperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Wall Street Zen lowered F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, November 1st. Piper Sandler reduced their target price on F5 from $355.00 to $277.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Barclays lowered their price objective on shares of F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Zacks Research lowered F5 from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $295.56.

F5 Stock Down 0.5%

The stock has a market cap of $13.06 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.23, a PEG ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.08. 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 stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $299.06 and its 200-day simple moving average is $298.40.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.96 by $0.43. F5 had a net margin of 22.42% and a return on equity of 21.76%. The company had revenue of $810.09 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $794.06 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $3.67 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter 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. On average, research analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In related news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 8,318 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $249.78, for a total value of $2,077,670.04. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 22,493 shares in the company, valued at $5,618,301.54. The trade was a 27.00% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 9,436 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $249.77, for a total transaction of $2,356,829.72. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 25,641 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,404,352.57. The trade was a 26.90% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 24,117 shares of company stock valued at $6,297,504 in the last ninety days. 0.52% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On F5

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of FFIV. Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt raised its position in shares of F5 by 2.9% during the third quarter. Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt now owns 32,087 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $10,366,000 after purchasing an additional 900 shares during the period. Harvest Investment Services LLC purchased a new position in F5 in the 3rd quarter worth about $488,000. NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its stake in F5 by 167.0% in the 3rd quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 2,876 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $929,000 after purchasing an additional 1,799 shares in the last quarter. CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co raised its holdings in F5 by 3.2% during the 3rd quarter. CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co now owns 125,605 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $40,505,000 after buying an additional 3,844 shares during the period. Finally, Triumph Capital Management purchased a new stake in F5 during the third quarter valued at about $100,000. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

About F5

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.