Thomas Dean Fountain Sells 8,318 Shares of F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 8,318 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $249.78, for a total transaction of $2,077,670.04. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 22,493 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,618,301.54. This represents a 27.00% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink.

F5 Price Performance

NASDAQ:FFIV traded down $7.66 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $241.38. 1,576,668 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 589,972. F5, Inc. has a 12 month low of $227.04 and a 12 month high of $346.00. The company has a fifty day moving average of $313.90 and a 200 day moving average of $299.95. The company has a quick ratio of 1.56, a current ratio of 1.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22. The stock has a market cap of $13.87 billion, a PE ratio of 20.44, a PEG ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.06.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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 the consensus estimate of $794.06 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $3.67 EPS. The company’s revenue 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. On average, research analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have issued reports on FFIV. Morgan Stanley cut their target price on shares of F5 from $352.00 to $336.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Piper Sandler cut their target price on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $277.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut 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. Zacks Research downgraded shares of F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, October 13th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $295.56.

Institutional Trading of F5

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Private Advisory Group LLC acquired a new stake in F5 during the 1st quarter worth approximately $469,000. Vestcor Inc raised its holdings in F5 by 689.3% during the 1st quarter. Vestcor Inc now owns 7,364 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,961,000 after buying an additional 6,431 shares during the period. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC raised its holdings in F5 by 17.4% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC now owns 9,622 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $2,832,000 after buying an additional 1,428 shares during the period. Morningstar Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in F5 during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $240,000. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC raised its holdings in F5 by 15.4% during the 2nd quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 18,477 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $5,438,000 after buying an additional 2,461 shares during the period. 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.