F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) CTO Sells $104,926.64 in Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) CTO Kunal Anand sold 377 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $278.32, for a total value of $104,926.64. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief technology officer directly owned 8,971 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,496,808.72. This represents a 4.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink.

F5 Trading Up 0.1%

FFIV traded up $0.29 on Wednesday, hitting $282.67. 427,483 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,031,382. F5, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $223.76 and a fifty-two week high of $346.00. The stock has a market cap of $15.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.38, a P/E/G ratio of 7.98 and a beta of 1.00. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $265.00 and a 200-day moving average price of $285.55.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.63 by $0.82. The business had revenue of $822.47 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $755.97 million. F5 had a net margin of 22.45% and a return on equity of 22.08%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $3.84 earnings per share. F5 has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.340-3.460 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 15.650-16.050 EPS. On average, equities analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On F5

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in F5 by 1.6% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 7,357,293 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,878,023,000 after purchasing an additional 114,533 shares during the period. State Street Corp boosted its position in shares of F5 by 1.7% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,226,326 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,042,716,000 after buying an additional 53,712 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of F5 by 3.8% in the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,741,117 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $511,016,000 after buying an additional 64,420 shares in the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP raised its holdings 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 valued at $528,209,000 after buying an additional 18,806 shares during the period. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its stake in F5 by 15,103.5% during the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,170,216 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $298,709,000 after acquiring an additional 1,162,519 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting F5

Here are the key news stories impacting F5 this week:

• Positive Sentiment: January short‑interest fell materially from mid‑January levels (shorts down ~23.9% to ~2.31M shares, ~4.1% of shares short; days‑to‑cover ~1.6), which reduces immediate short‑squeeze pressure and can be supportive for the stock.
• Neutral Sentiment: Short‑interest reporting is inconsistent — multiple entries show anomalies (0 shares, NaN) for February filings; treat those February figures as unreliable until exchanges correct them.
• Neutral Sentiment: Misc. coverage and analyst comparisons (head‑to‑head pieces) add little new fundamental information for investors beyond headline litigation notices. F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) and Pcs Edventures!.Com Head-To-Head Analysis
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple law firms have filed or are soliciting lead‑plaintiff candidates in a securities class action alleging F5 and certain executives misled the market about the security of BIG‑IP products and potential source‑code exposure (claims include alleged long‑term undetected hack/nation‑state infiltration). These filings increase legal and reputational risk and could pressure the stock if disclosures, regulatory inquiries, or settlement costs follow. Representative notices: Bragar Eagel & Squire class action alert Levi & Korsinsky investor alert Rosen Law Firm lead‑plaintiff notice

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Wall Street Zen lowered F5 from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, November 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised F5 from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $295.00 to $345.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Zacks Research raised F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, January 9th. Finally, Weiss Ratings cut shares of F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $309.89.

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.