F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) EVP Thomas Dean Fountain Sells 1,328 Shares of Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,328 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $330.58, for a total transaction of $439,010.24. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 8,060 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,664,474.80. This trade represents a 14.15% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

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

• On Tuesday, February 10th, Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,297 shares of F5 stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $278.32, for a total transaction of $360,981.04.

F5 Stock Up 1.2%

FFIV stock opened at $345.02 on Friday. F5, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $223.76 and a fifty-two week high of $347.47. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $297.33 and its 200 day simple moving average is $274.01. The stock has a market cap of $19.47 billion, a PE ratio of 28.30, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.89 and a beta of 1.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.47 by $0.43. The business had revenue of $811.70 million for 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%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $3.42 EPS. F5 has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.910-4.030 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 16.250-16.550 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 12.71 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On F5

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. bought a new position in shares of F5 during the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted its position 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 valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares in the last quarter. Elyxium Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of F5 during the 4th quarter valued at about $28,000. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of F5 during the 3rd quarter valued at about $37,000. Finally, SJS Investment Consulting Inc. boosted 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 purchasing an additional 106 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting F5

Here are the key news stories impacting F5 this week:

• Positive Sentiment: F5 beat Q2 expectations and raised guidance — Q2 revenue and EPS topped Street estimates and management provided FY and next-quarter EPS targets that imply continued profitability growth; this underpins the rally and supports investor confidence. F5 (FFIV) Reports Q2 Earnings
• Positive Sentiment: Technical/momentum backdrop is supportive — FFIV is trading near its 52-week high and sits well above its 50- and 200-day moving averages, which can attract momentum buyers and institutional interest. MarketBeat FFIV Quote
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst and market-structure reads are mixed — deeper analysis of key metrics and international revenue trends is circulating; these pieces help investors evaluate sustainability of growth but do not change the immediate beat/guidance outcome. International Markets and F5 (FFIV)
• Neutral Sentiment: Some insider sales were executed under pre‑arranged Rule 10b5‑1 plans — disclosure shows at least the CEO and an EVP used 10b5‑1 schedules, which can reduce the signal of opportunistic selling. Investors should still monitor ongoing filings. CEO Form 4 (SEC)
• Negative Sentiment: Significant insider selling — multiple SEC/press filings show the CEO, CFO, EVP and other insiders sold stock in early May for aggregate proceeds of roughly $2.7M+ (several separate transactions totaling millions), which can be perceived as a cautionary signal even though some sales were pre‑arranged. Monitor future filings for trend confirmation. F5 Insider Sells $322,330.00 EVP Sells $271,401.86

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Barclays increased their target price on shares of F5 from $283.00 to $292.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, January 9th. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their target price on shares of F5 from $345.00 to $375.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of F5 from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Monday, March 30th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, F5 presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $316.44.

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.