Francois Locoh-Donou Sells 1,300 Shares of F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $236.99, for a total value of $308,087.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 150,323 shares in the company, valued at approximately $35,625,047.77. The trade was a 0.86% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link.

Francois Locoh-Donou also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, November 3rd, Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of F5 stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $252.98, for a total value of $328,874.00.
• On Wednesday, October 1st, Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of F5 stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $320.61, for a total value of $416,793.00.

F5 Trading Up 1.1%

NASDAQ FFIV opened at $243.33 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $14.14 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.60, a PEG ratio of 7.67 and a beta of 0.99. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $275.47 and a 200 day simple moving average of $294.53. F5, Inc. has a 12-month low of $223.76 and a 12-month high of $346.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 earnings per share 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 firm had revenue of $810.09 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $794.06 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $3.67 earnings per share. The business’s revenue 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. Sell-side analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the company. Bank of America cut their price target on F5 from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Piper Sandler cut their target price on F5 from $355.00 to $277.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Barclays decreased their price target on F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their price objective on F5 from $350.00 to $315.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $295.56.

Institutional Trading of F5

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC boosted its position in F5 by 6.2% in the first quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC now owns 5,387,700 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,434,583,000 after purchasing an additional 312,415 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 1.7% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,226,326 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,042,716,000 after buying an additional 53,712 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 3.8% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,741,117 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $511,016,000 after buying an additional 64,420 shares during the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP grew its position in F5 by 1.2% during the third quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 1,634,361 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $528,209,000 after buying an additional 18,806 shares during the period. Finally, Northern Trust Corp increased its holdings in F5 by 15.5% during the first quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 1,054,701 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $280,835,000 after buying an additional 141,680 shares during the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.