F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Insider Sells $82,872.96 in Stock

Key Points

• F5 insider sale: John Maddison sold 204 shares for approximately $82,873 under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, reducing his direct holdings by 15.08% to 1,149 shares.
• Shares rose 4.7% to $430.88, near the stock’s 52-week high of $435. F5 recently exceeded quarterly earnings and revenue expectations, with revenue up 10.9% year over year.
• Analyst sentiment remains mixed but favorable: F5 has an average “Hold” rating and a $416.62 price target, while institutional investors own 90.66% of the company.

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) insider John Maddison sold 204 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $406.24, for a total transaction of $82,872.96. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 1,149 shares of the company's stock, valued at $466,769.76. This trade represents a 15.08% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

John Anthony Maddison also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, August 3rd, John Maddison sold 1,000 shares of F5 stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $405.85, for a total transaction of $405,850.00.

F5 Stock Up 4.7%

Shares of NASDAQ FFIV traded up $19.39 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $430.88. 638,391 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 732,461. The company has a market capitalization of $24.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.02 and a beta of 1.03. The business's 50-day moving average price is $403.34 and its 200 day moving average price is $362.06. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $223.76 and a twelve month high of $435.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $4.00 by $0.73. F5 had a net margin of 21.95% and a return on equity of 21.54%. The business had revenue of $865.08 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $834.60 million. During the same period last year, the business earned $4.16 EPS. The business's revenue was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. F5 has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.140-4.260 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.210-17.330 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts have recently weighed in on FFIV shares. Evercore upgraded F5 from an "in-line" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $475.00 target price for the company in a research note on Monday, May 18th. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an "outperform" rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Thursday, July 16th. Wall Street Zen raised F5 from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Saturday, August 1st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on F5 from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted their price objective on F5 from $380.00 to $415.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $416.62.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FFIV. BlackRock Inc. bought a new stake in shares of F5 in the 2nd quarter worth about $2,611,637,000. Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. bought a new position in shares of F5 during the fourth quarter worth about $579,699,000. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC raised its stake in F5 by 24.8% during the second quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 726,844 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $302,338,000 after buying an additional 144,534 shares in the last quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC bought a new position in F5 during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $243,865,000. Finally, Amundi lifted its holdings in F5 by 96.0% during the 2nd quarter. Amundi now owns 555,809 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $231,194,000 after buying an additional 272,273 shares during the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

F5 Company Profile

F5, Inc is a technology company that provides application delivery, security and traffic-management solutions for enterprises, service providers and government organizations. Its offerings are designed to help customers ensure the availability, performance and security of applications across on-premises data centers, public clouds and edge environments.

The company's portfolio includes BIG-IP software and appliances, NGINX application delivery and web server technologies, and F5 Distributed Cloud Services.

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