F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Hits New 1-Year Low – Time to Sell?

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV)’s stock price hit a new 52-week low on Tuesday . The company traded as low as $226.00 and last traded at $228.16, with a volume of 31826 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $228.64.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have issued reports on FFIV. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Barclays decreased their price objective on F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Zacks Research cut F5 from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 11th. Piper Sandler decreased their price target on F5 from $355.00 to $277.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut shares of F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, November 1st. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $295.56.

F5 Price Performance

The firm has a market cap of $13.13 billion, a PE ratio of 19.36, a P/E/G ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.08. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $295.04 and its 200-day moving average price is $297.58. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a quick ratio of 1.56 and a current ratio of 1.56.

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

Insider Transactions at F5

In other F5 news, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 9,436 shares of F5 stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $249.77, for a total transaction of $2,356,829.72. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 25,641 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,404,352.57. The trade was a 26.90% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $252.98, for a total transaction of $328,874.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 151,623 shares in the company, valued at $38,357,586.54. This trade represents a 0.85% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last three months, insiders have sold 25,227 shares of company stock worth $6,549,963. Corporate insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of FFIV. Whipplewood Advisors LLC increased its position in F5 by 275.0% during the second quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 90 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $26,000 after buying an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC increased its position in F5 by 134.1% during the 1st quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC now owns 103 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 59 shares in the last quarter. Groupe la Francaise acquired a new position in F5 in the 1st quarter valued at about $34,000. Flaharty Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in F5 in the 1st quarter valued at about $35,000. Finally, Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of F5 during the 3rd quarter worth about $37,000. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About F5

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.