Edward Cooper Werner Sells 599 Shares of F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Stock

Key Points

• F5 CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 599 shares on May 4 at an average price of $322.33 under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, cutting his stake by about 11.97% to 4,406 shares (worth ≈$1.42M).
• F5 beat quarterly expectations, reporting $3.90 EPS vs. $3.47 expected and $811.7M in revenue, and provided Q3 and FY2026 EPS guidance, signaling continued solid performance.
• The stock jumped about 3% to $339.90 on the news, but analysts remain mixed with a consensus "Hold" rating and an average price target of $316.44; institutional investors own roughly 90.7% of the shares.

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 599 shares of F5 stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $322.33, for a total value of $193,075.67. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 4,406 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,420,185.98. This trade represents a 11.97% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Edward Cooper Werner also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, March 4th, Edward Cooper Werner sold 969 shares of F5 stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $282.20, for a total value of $273,451.80.

F5 Trading Up 3.0%

Shares of FFIV traded up $9.97 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $339.90. 599,054 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 845,410. The stock has a market cap of $19.21 billion, a PE ratio of 27.88, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.00. The firm's 50 day simple moving average is $293.21 and its 200-day simple moving average is $273.31. F5, Inc. has a 12 month low of $223.76 and a 12 month high of $346.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $3.47 by $0.43. The firm had revenue of $811.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $783.82 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.50% and a net margin of 21.96%.The company's revenue for the quarter was up 11.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $3.42 EPS. 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, analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 12.62 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of F5

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. bought a new stake in F5 in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. lifted its position in F5 by 109.8% in the fourth quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. Elyxium Wealth LLC bought a new stake in F5 in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in F5 in the third quarter valued at approximately $37,000. Finally, SJS Investment Consulting Inc. lifted its position in F5 by 963.6% in the first quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 117 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $34,000 after purchasing an additional 106 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts recently weighed in on FFIV shares. Zacks Research upgraded F5 from a "strong sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, January 9th. Weiss Ratings upgraded F5 from a "hold (c+)" rating to a "buy (b-)" rating in a research report on Monday, March 30th. Needham & Company LLC restated a "hold" rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, Barclays boosted their target price on F5 from $283.00 to $292.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, F5 currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $316.44.

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.

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