Research Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Changes for F5 (FFIV)

Several brokerages have updated their recommendations and price targets on shares of F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV) in the last few weeks:

• 5/29/2026 – F5 had its price target raised by Piper Sandler from $356.00 to $423.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 5/29/2026 – F5 had its price target raised by Barclays PLC from $292.00 to $386.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 5/29/2026 – F5 had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by Royal Bank Of Canada. They now have a $425.00 price target on the stock.
• 5/26/2026 – F5 had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by Barclays PLC.
• 5/26/2026 – F5 had its price target raised by Bank of America Corporation from $250.00 to $300.00. They now have an “underperform” rating on the stock.
• 5/20/2026 – F5 had its price target raised by Morgan Stanley from $340.00 to $380.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 5/19/2026 – F5 had its price target raised by Royal Bank Of Canada from $375.00 to $425.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 5/18/2026 – F5 was upgraded by Evercore Inc from “in-line” to “outperform”. They now have a $475.00 price target on the stock.
• 4/29/2026 – F5 had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by Piper Sandler.
• 4/29/2026 – F5 had its price target raised by Royal Bank Of Canada from $345.00 to $375.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 4/29/2026 – F5 had its price target raised by Barclays PLC from $283.00 to $292.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 4/29/2026 – F5 had its price target raised by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $355.00 to $365.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 4/29/2026 – F5 had its “hold” rating reaffirmed by Needham & Company LLC.
• 4/16/2026 – F5 had its price target raised by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $345.00 to $355.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In related news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,783 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $337.39, for a total value of $1,276,346.37. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 146,989 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $49,592,618.71. This represents a 2.51% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 6,200 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $350.19, for a total value of $2,171,178.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 20,832 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,295,158.08. This represents a 22.94% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 19,767 shares of company stock valued at $6,628,120. Insiders own 0.48% 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.