F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Director Sells $399,350.00 in Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) Director Elizabeth Buse sold 1,000 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $399.35, for a total transaction of $399,350.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 4,947 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,975,584.45. The trade was a 16.82% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink.

F5 Stock Performance

FFIV stock opened at $396.16 on Monday. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $349.06 and a 200-day moving average price of $297.85. F5, Inc. has a 52-week low of $223.76 and a 52-week high of $411.52. The firm has a market capitalization of $22.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.50, a PEG ratio of 4.65 and a beta of 1.04.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.47 by $0.43. F5 had a net margin of 21.96% and a return on equity of 21.50%. The company had revenue of $811.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $783.82 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $3.42 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.910-4.030 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 16.250-16.550 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 12.78 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On F5

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. NewEdge Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of F5 by 244.3% during the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 5,747 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,663,000 after acquiring an additional 4,078 shares during the period. Edgestream Partners L.P. purchased a new position in shares of F5 during the 1st quarter valued at $2,491,000. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of F5 by 60.1% during the 1st quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 517 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $150,000 after buying an additional 194 shares in the last quarter. Royal Bank of Canada lifted its stake in shares of F5 by 54.2% during the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 53,688 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $15,534,000 after buying an additional 18,864 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Quantinno Capital Management LP lifted its stake in shares of F5 by 127.3% during the 1st quarter. Quantinno Capital Management LP now owns 242,882 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $70,273,000 after buying an additional 136,012 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have commented on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Evercore raised shares of F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 target price for the company in a research report on Monday, May 18th. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their target price on shares of F5 from $425.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 9th. Finally, Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of F5 from $292.00 to $386.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, May 29th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $382.67.

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.