F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) CEO Francois Locoh-Donou Sells 1,300 Shares

Key Points

• F5 CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the company on October 1st for a total of $416,793, reducing his ownership stake by 1.19% to 107,553 shares.
• The company's recent quarterly earnings exceeded expectations, with an EPS of $4.16, surpassing the consensus estimate of $3.49, and a revenue of $780.37 million, up 12.2% year over year.
• F5 holds a market capitalization of $18.67 billion and has recently experienced a trading decline of 0.7%, currently priced at $324.98 per share.

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $320.61, for a total value of $416,793.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 107,553 shares in the company, valued at $34,482,567.33. This trade represents a 1.19% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link.

Francois Locoh-Donou also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, August 1st, Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of F5 stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $308.14, for a total value of $400,582.00.

F5 Trading Down 0.7%

NASDAQ:FFIV traded down $2.20 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $324.98. The company had a trading volume of 236,010 shares, compared to its average volume of 523,291. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $318.65 and a 200-day simple moving average of $292.78. F5, Inc. has a 1 year low of $213.24 and a 1 year high of $337.39. The firm has a market capitalization of $18.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.63, a PEG ratio of 3.59 and a beta of 1.06.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The network technology company reported $4.16 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.49 by $0.67. F5 had a return on equity of 21.77% and a net margin of 22.06%.The company had revenue of $780.37 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $750.64 million. During the same period last year, the company posted $3.36 earnings per share. The firm's revenue was up 12.2% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its FY 2025 guidance at 15.240-15.380 EPS. Q4 2025 guidance at 3.870-3.990 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On F5

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FFIV. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC raised its holdings in F5 by 36.6% during the fourth quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 6,995 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $1,759,000 after purchasing an additional 1,875 shares in the last quarter. Rhumbline Advisers lifted its stake in shares of F5 by 6.9% in the 1st quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 127,004 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $33,817,000 after purchasing an additional 8,158 shares during the last quarter. Merit Financial Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of F5 in the 1st quarter valued at $780,000. Procyon Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of F5 in the 1st quarter valued at $1,016,000. Finally, Wedmont Private Capital acquired a new stake in shares of F5 in the 1st quarter valued at $204,000. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on FFIV. Barclays raised their target price on F5 from $274.00 to $321.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Needham & Company LLC lifted their price target on F5 from $320.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Wolfe Research started coverage on shares of F5 in a report on Monday, July 7th. They issued an "outperform" rating on the stock. Weiss Ratings reissued a "buy (b)" rating on shares of F5 in a report on Saturday, September 27th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $305.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Thursday, July 17th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $309.89.

About F5

F5, Inc provides multi-cloud application security and delivery solutions in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region. The company's distributed cloud services enable its customers to deploy, secure, and operate applications in any architecture, from on-premises to the public cloud.

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