John Anthony Maddison Sells 1,000 Shares of F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) insider John Anthony Maddison sold 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $322.33, for a total transaction of $322,330.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 2,149 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $692,687.17. This trade represents a 31.76% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

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

• On Tuesday, February 10th, John Anthony Maddison sold 1,000 shares of F5 stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $280.66, for a total transaction of $280,660.00.

F5 Stock Performance

FFIV stock opened at $341.02 on Thursday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $295.87 and its 200-day moving average price is $273.70. F5, Inc. has a one year low of $223.76 and a one year high of $346.00. The company has a market capitalization of $19.27 billion, a PE ratio of 27.98, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.86 and a beta of 1.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its 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. The company had revenue of $811.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $783.82 million. F5 had a net margin of 21.96% and a return on equity of 21.50%. F5’s quarterly revenue was up 11.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $3.42 earnings per share. F5 has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.910-4.030 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 16.250-16.550 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 12.71 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on FFIV shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Piper Sandler reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price target on F5 from $345.00 to $375.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Barclays lifted their price objective on F5 from $283.00 to $292.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group increased their target price on F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $316.44.

Key Stories Impacting F5

Here are the key news stories impacting F5 this week:

• Positive Sentiment: April-quarter beat and raised outlook — F5 reported $3.90 EPS vs. $3.47 expected and $811.7M revenue vs. ~$783.8M consensus; management set Q3 FY26 EPS guidance of $3.91–4.03 and FY26 EPS of $16.25–16.55, which supports the rally. F5 (FFIV) Reports Q2 Earnings
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support rising — Several firms raised targets (e.g., RBC to $375) and recent upgrades/price‑target increases give the stock near‑term upside as investors re‑rate the shares after the beat. MarketBeat Coverage of FFIV
• Neutral Sentiment: International revenue dynamics under review — A Zacks deep‑dive notes that overseas revenue trends and regional mix will shape future growth assumptions; this is important for modeling but not an immediate catalyst. International Markets and F5 (FFIV)
• Neutral Sentiment: Multiple insider sales, all via Rule 10b5‑1 plans — CTO Kunal Anand, SVP John Maddison, EVP Angelique Okeke, EVP Chad Whalen and CFO Edward Werner sold shares (notable amounts but pre‑arranged), which mutes negative signaling versus opportunistic or unscheduled selling. Insider Selling: FFIV

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in FFIV. Millennium Management LLC raised its position in F5 by 166.5% during the first quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 62,906 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $16,750,000 after purchasing an additional 39,305 shares during the period. NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of F5 by 1,281.4% in the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 967 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $257,000 after purchasing an additional 897 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 38.4% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 298,297 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $79,428,000 after purchasing an additional 82,835 shares during the period. Focus Partners Wealth purchased a new position in shares of F5 in the 1st quarter worth approximately $257,000. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. increased its position in shares of F5 by 288.1% during the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $43,000 after purchasing an additional 121 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

About F5

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.