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

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $264.76, for a total value of $293,883.60. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 16,943 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,485,828.68. This trade represents a 6.15% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link.

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

• On Monday, December 8th, Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares of F5 stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $248.66, for a total transaction of $276,012.60.
• On Monday, December 1st, Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares of F5 stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $236.99, for a total transaction of $263,058.90.
• On Monday, November 24th, Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares of F5 stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $234.91, for a total transaction 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 value of $252,458.40.
• On Monday, November 3rd, Thomas Dean Fountain sold 8,318 shares of F5 stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $249.78, for a total value of $2,077,670.04.

F5 Stock Down 0.2%

Shares of FFIV traded down $0.41 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $255.66. 47,461 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 669,784. F5, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $223.76 and a fifty-two week high of $346.00. The company has a market cap of $14.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.65, a P/E/G ratio of 8.23 and a beta of 0.99. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $262.76 and its 200 day moving average is $292.94.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.96 by $0.43. The business had revenue of $810.09 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $794.06 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.76% and a net margin of 22.42%.F5’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $3.67 earnings per share. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. Analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On F5

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 312,415 shares during the period. State Street Corp raised its holdings in F5 by 1.7% during 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 purchasing an additional 53,712 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in F5 by 3.8% during 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 purchasing an additional 64,420 shares during the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP lifted its position in shares of F5 by 1.2% in the 3rd quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 1,634,361 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $528,209,000 after purchasing an additional 18,806 shares during the period. Finally, Northern Trust Corp boosted its stake in shares of F5 by 15.5% in the 1st quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 1,054,701 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $280,835,000 after purchasing an additional 141,680 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms recently issued reports on FFIV. Barclays reduced their price target on shares of F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on shares of F5 from $320.00 to $295.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Morgan Stanley reduced their target price on F5 from $336.00 to $296.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday. Wall Street Zen lowered F5 from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, November 28th. Finally, Piper Sandler dropped their price objective on F5 from $355.00 to $277.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report 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’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $291.11.

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.