Chad Michael Whalen Sells 688 Shares of F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 688 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $277.05, for a total value of $190,610.40. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 26,329 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,294,449.45. This represents a 2.55% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link.

F5 Stock Up 0.3%

Shares of FFIV opened at $286.14 on Wednesday. F5, Inc. has a 12-month low of $223.76 and a 12-month high of $346.00. The business’s fifty day moving average is $273.21 and its 200 day moving average is $280.27. The stock has a market cap of $16.17 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.67, a P/E/G ratio of 8.08 and a beta of 1.01.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.63 by $0.82. F5 had a net margin of 22.45% and a return on equity of 22.08%. The business had revenue of $822.47 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $755.97 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $3.84 EPS. F5’s revenue was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. 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, analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

FFIV has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of F5 from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and upped their target price for the stock from $295.00 to $345.00 in a report on Thursday, January 15th. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price target on F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Barclays boosted their price objective on F5 from $267.00 to $283.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Morgan Stanley dropped their target price on F5 from $336.00 to $296.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, December 17th. Finally, Weiss Ratings cut F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $309.89.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FFIV. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. purchased a new stake in F5 in the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted its stake in shares of F5 by 109.8% in the 4th quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. Elyxium Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of F5 in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of F5 in the third quarter valued at approximately $37,000. Finally, UMB Bank n.a. increased its position in shares of F5 by 64.5% during the fourth quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 153 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $39,000 after acquiring an additional 60 shares during the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.