Francois Locoh-Donou Sells 1,300 Shares of F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $236.99, for a total transaction of $308,087.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 150,323 shares in the company, valued at $35,625,047.77. This represents a 0.86% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink.

Francois Locoh-Donou also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, November 3rd, Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of F5 stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $252.98, for a total transaction of $328,874.00.
• On Wednesday, October 1st, Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of F5 stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $320.61, for a total value of $416,793.00.

F5 Trading Up 0.9%

Shares of F5 stock traded up $2.11 on Wednesday, hitting $240.63. 1,072,246 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 642,847. F5, Inc. has a 52 week low of $223.76 and a 52 week high of $346.00. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $278.76 and its 200-day moving average price is $295.27. The company has a market cap of $13.98 billion, a PE ratio of 20.38, a PEG ratio of 7.60 and a beta of 0.99.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.96 by $0.43. The business had revenue of $810.09 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $794.06 million. F5 had a net margin of 22.42% and a return on equity of 21.76%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $3.67 earnings per share. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On F5

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. MGO One Seven LLC grew its holdings in shares of F5 by 0.8% during the second quarter. MGO One Seven LLC now owns 4,927 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,450,000 after purchasing an additional 40 shares during the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd boosted its position in shares of F5 by 0.6% in the 3rd quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd now owns 7,386 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $2,387,000 after purchasing an additional 42 shares during the last quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. increased its stake in shares of F5 by 2.5% in the 1st quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. now owns 1,805 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $481,000 after acquiring an additional 44 shares during the last quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of F5 by 4.5% during the third quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,047 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $338,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Signaturefd LLC increased its holdings in shares of F5 by 2.6% in the second quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 1,834 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $540,000 after acquiring an additional 46 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Barclays lowered their price objective on F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Piper Sandler decreased their price objective on F5 from $355.00 to $277.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Morgan Stanley lowered their target price on F5 from $352.00 to $336.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of F5 from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, November 28th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their target price on shares of F5 from $320.00 to $295.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $295.56.

F5 Company Profile

F5, Inc provides multi-cloud application security and delivery solutions in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region. The company’s distributed cloud services enable its customers to deploy, secure, and operate applications in any architecture, from on-premises to the public cloud.