Insider Selling: F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Insider Sells $82,872.96 in Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) insider John Maddison sold 204 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $406.24, for a total value of $82,872.96. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 1,149 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $466,769.76. The trade was a 15.08% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

John Anthony Maddison also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, August 3rd, John Maddison sold 1,000 shares of F5 stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $405.85, for a total value of $405,850.00.

F5 Stock Up 2.6%

Shares of FFIV stock opened at $434.62 on Friday. The business’s fifty day moving average is $403.79 and its 200 day moving average is $365.31. The stock has a market cap of $24.61 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.60, a PEG ratio of 4.14 and a beta of 1.03. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $223.76 and a twelve month high of $439.48.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.00 by $0.73. F5 had a return on equity of 21.54% and a net margin of 21.95%.The business had revenue of $865.08 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $834.60 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $4.16 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. F5 has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.140-4.260 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.210-17.330 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

FFIV has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Barclays upped their price objective on shares of F5 from $386.00 to $397.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Thursday, July 16th. Zacks Research cut F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, July 27th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on F5 from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, F5 currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $416.62.

Institutional Trading of F5

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. purchased a new stake in F5 during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted its stake in shares of F5 by 109.8% during the 4th quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. Elyxium Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of F5 during the 4th quarter valued at $28,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. grew its position in shares of F5 by 963.6% during the 1st quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 117 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $34,000 after acquiring an additional 106 shares during the period. Finally, Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC grew its position in shares of F5 by 113.8% during the 1st quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC now owns 124 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $36,000 after acquiring an additional 66 shares during the period. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About F5

F5, Inc is a technology company that provides application delivery, security and traffic-management solutions for enterprises, service providers and government organizations. Its offerings are designed to help customers ensure the availability, performance and security of applications across on-premises data centers, public clouds and edge environments.

The company’s portfolio includes BIG-IP software and appliances, NGINX application delivery and web server technologies, and F5 Distributed Cloud Services.