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

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares of F5 stock in a transaction on Monday, December 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $257.90, for a total transaction of $286,269.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 15,833 shares in the company, valued at $4,083,330.70. This represents a 6.55% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website.

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

• On Monday, December 15th, Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares of F5 stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $264.76, for a total transaction of $293,883.60.
• On Monday, December 8th, Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares of F5 stock. The stock was 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 stock was 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 stock was 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 Trading Up 0.6%

Shares of F5 stock opened at $262.14 on Thursday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $254.97 and its 200 day simple moving average is $291.81. F5, Inc. has a 12 month low of $223.76 and a 12 month high of $346.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $15.23 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.20, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 8.30 and a beta of 0.99.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.96 by $0.43. The firm had revenue of $810.09 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $794.06 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.76% and a net margin of 22.42%.The business’s revenue was up 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $3.67 EPS. 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 predict that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Key Stores Impacting F5

Here are the key news stories impacting F5 this week:

• Neutral Sentiment: EVP insider selling: F5 EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares on Dec. 22 (one of several recent small sales by the same executive). Routine disclosure — notable to some investors but not an explicit signal of company fundamentals. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Short interest report is effectively meaningless here (reported as 0 shares with NaN change); no clear short-squeeze or covering signal from the data provided. (Data quality appears unreliable.)
• Neutral Sentiment: Quarterly earnings preview coverage is running today; upcoming earnings and company guidance will remain important near‑term catalysts independent of the litigation news. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple class-action complaints filed or announced by several law firms allege F5 misled investors about a major security breach (class period Oct 28, 2024–Oct 27, 2025). Consolidation, defense costs, settlements or judgments could create material liability and prolonged headline risk. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Independent investigations and additional firm notices (Hagens Berman, Rosen, others) focus on whether F5’s public disclosures about the nation‑state intrusion (reported Aug. 9, 2025) were timely and complete — raising regulatory risk, potential SEC scrutiny, and customer/partner uncertainty that could pressure revenue or renewals. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple firms are soliciting lead‑plaintiff motions with a Feb. 17, 2026 deadline — the litigation docket will likely see consolidation and continued media attention, which tends to sustain downward pressure on sentiment until resolved. Read More.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on FFIV. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of F5 from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, November 28th. Morgan Stanley decreased their target price on F5 from $336.00 to $296.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, December 17th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their target price on F5 from $320.00 to $295.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Piper Sandler cut their price target on F5 from $355.00 to $277.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Evercore ISI reissued a “cautious” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, F5 presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $291.11.

Institutional Trading of F5

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Whipplewood Advisors LLC boosted its stake in F5 by 275.0% in the 2nd quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 90 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares during the period. Groupe la Francaise purchased a new stake in shares of F5 in the first quarter worth about $34,000. Flaharty Asset Management LLC bought a new position in shares of F5 in the first quarter valued at approximately $35,000. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in F5 during the third quarter valued at approximately $37,000. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. increased its holdings in F5 by 288.1% during the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $43,000 after acquiring an additional 121 shares during the period. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.