Elizabeth Buse Sells 1,000 Shares of F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) Director Elizabeth Buse sold 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $399.35, for a total value of $399,350.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 4,947 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,975,584.45. This trade represents a 16.82% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of FFIV stock traded up $2.32 on Friday, hitting $396.16. The stock had a trading volume of 289,308 shares, compared to its average volume of 803,129. The business has a 50 day moving average of $347.05 and a 200 day moving average of $296.72. The stock has a market cap of $22.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.58 and a beta of 1.04. F5, Inc. has a 12-month low of $223.76 and a 12-month high of $411.52.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.47 by $0.43. F5 had a net margin of 21.96% and a return on equity of 21.50%. The business had revenue of $811.70 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $783.82 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $3.42 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.910-4.030 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 16.250-16.550 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 12.78 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have commented on FFIV shares. Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on shares of F5 from $340.00 to $380.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Bank of America lifted their price target on F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price target on F5 from $425.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $382.67.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On F5

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC increased its position in F5 by 2.6% in the first quarter. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC now owns 1,447 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $419,000 after buying an additional 36 shares during the last quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC grew its stake in shares of F5 by 3.4% during the 4th quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 1,190 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $309,000 after acquiring an additional 39 shares during the period. Pacific Sage Partners LLC increased its holdings in F5 by 0.6% in the 4th quarter. Pacific Sage Partners LLC now owns 7,122 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,818,000 after acquiring an additional 40 shares during the last quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. raised its stake in F5 by 4.4% in the 4th quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. now owns 968 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $247,000 after acquiring an additional 41 shares during the period. Finally, Coldstream Capital Management Inc. raised its stake in F5 by 4.5% in the 3rd quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,047 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $338,000 after acquiring an additional 45 shares during the period. 90.66% of the stock is owned by 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.