F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) EVP Thomas Dean Fountain Sells 1,110 Shares of Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $236.99, for a total value of $263,058.90. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 19,163 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,541,439.37. The trade was a 5.48% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link.

Thomas Dean Fountain also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, November 24th, Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares of F5 stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $234.91, for a total value of $260,750.10.
• On Tuesday, November 18th, Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares of F5 stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $227.44, for a total transaction of $252,458.40.
• On Monday, November 3rd, Thomas Dean Fountain sold 8,318 shares of F5 stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $249.78, for a total transaction of $2,077,670.04.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $240.63 on Thursday. F5, Inc. has a 52-week low of $223.76 and a 52-week high of $346.00. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $277.08 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $294.89. The firm has a market cap of $13.98 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.38, a PEG ratio of 7.60 and a beta of 0.99.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its 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. 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 period in the previous year, the firm posted $3.67 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.5% on a year-over-year basis. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On F5

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of FFIV. Allworth Financial LP boosted its holdings in F5 by 29.7% in the 3rd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 537 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $173,000 after buying an additional 123 shares during the period. IFP Advisors Inc lifted its position in shares of F5 by 10.1% during the third quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 2,868 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $935,000 after acquiring an additional 264 shares in the last quarter. Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 16.4% in the third quarter. Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd now owns 36,277 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $11,724,000 after acquiring an additional 5,122 shares during the period. Cambria Investment Management L.P. grew its position in shares of F5 by 8.9% in the third quarter. Cambria Investment Management L.P. now owns 1,028 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $332,000 after purchasing an additional 84 shares in the last quarter. Finally, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC grew its position in shares of F5 by 4.8% in the third quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC now owns 2,623 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $848,000 after purchasing an additional 121 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages recently commented on FFIV. Morgan Stanley dropped their price target on F5 from $352.00 to $336.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Zacks Research cut F5 from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 11th. Barclays reduced their price target 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. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $295.56.

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.