Research Analysts’ Recent Ratings Updates for F5 (FFIV)

F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV) has recently received a number of price target changes and ratings updates:

• 1/5/2026 – F5 was upgraded by analysts at Royal Bank Of Canada from a “sector perform” rating to an “outperform” rating. They now have a $325.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $315.00.
• 1/5/2026 – F5 was upgraded by analysts at Piper Sandler from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating. They now have a $295.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $277.00.
• 12/29/2025 – F5 had its “buy (b-)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 12/22/2025 – F5 had its “buy (b-)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 12/17/2025 – F5 had its price target lowered by analysts at Morgan Stanley from $336.00 to $296.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 12/15/2025 – F5 had its “buy (b-)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 12/8/2025 – F5 had its “buy (b-)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 12/2/2025 – F5 had its “buy (b-)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 11/28/2025 – F5 was downgraded by analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating.
• 11/11/2025 – F5 was downgraded by analysts at Zacks Research from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other F5 news, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,309 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $237.11, for a total transaction of $310,376.99. Following the transaction, the director owned 8,610 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,041,517.10. The trade was a 13.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,100 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $262.86, for a total value of $289,146.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 14,733 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,872,716.38. The trade was a 6.95% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 30,485 shares of company stock worth $7,565,698. Company insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

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.