F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) EVP Thomas Dean Fountain Sells 1,208 Shares

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,208 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $414.63, for a total value of $500,873.04. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 8,060 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,341,917.80. This trade represents a 13.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

F5 Stock Performance

FFIV opened at $413.07 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $23.31 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.89, a PEG ratio of 4.05 and a beta of 1.03. The company has a 50-day moving average of $403.18 and a 200-day moving average of $338.33. F5, Inc. has a 1-year low of $223.76 and a 1-year high of $435.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.00 by $0.73. F5 had a net margin of 21.95% and a return on equity of 21.54%. The company had revenue of $865.08 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $834.60 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $4.16 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 10.9% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.140-4.260 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.210-17.330 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 13.53 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

FFIV has been the subject of several analyst reports. Piper Sandler reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $461.00 price target (up from $423.00) on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on shares of F5 from $380.00 to $415.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of F5 from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 1st. Bank of America boosted their target price on shares of F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. Finally, Barclays upped their target price on shares of F5 from $386.00 to $397.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $416.62.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Norges Bank bought a new stake in F5 during the fourth quarter worth approximately $205,706,000. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. grew its position in F5 by 127.0% in the fourth quarter. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. now owns 34,529 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $8,814,000 after buying an additional 19,315 shares during the last quarter. iA Global Asset Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of F5 in the first quarter valued at $6,469,000. William Blair Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of F5 during the 4th quarter valued at $140,460,000. Finally, Tredje AP fonden lifted its position in shares of F5 by 98.2% during the 4th quarter. Tredje AP fonden now owns 7,683 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,961,000 after acquiring an additional 3,807 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

F5 Company Profile

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.