F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Insider Lyra Amber Schramm Sells 2,701 Shares

Key Points

• F5 Insider Activity: F5, Inc. insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 2,701 shares of stock on September 8th for a total of $855,055.57 at an average price of $316.57 per share.
• Stock Performance: Following the insider sale, F5's stock price increased by 1.5%, reaching $325.41 during midday trading on Tuesday.
• Earnings Report Highlights: F5 reported $4.16 earnings per share for the last quarter, exceeding analysts' estimates of $3.49, and recorded a year-over-year revenue increase of 12.2%.

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 2,701 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $316.57, for a total transaction of $855,055.57. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink.

F5 Stock Performance

NASDAQ FFIV traded down $12.92 during trading on Friday, hitting $321.67. 439,874 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 380,601. The stock has a market capitalization of $18.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.34, a PEG ratio of 3.86 and a beta of 1.08. F5, Inc. has a 12-month low of $206.10 and a 12-month high of $337.39. The business has a 50 day moving average of $310.97 and a 200-day moving average of $287.96.

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. The business had revenue of $780.37 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $750.64 million. F5 had a net margin of 22.06% and a return on equity of 21.77%. The company's revenue was up 12.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $3.36 earnings per share. F5 has set its FY 2025 guidance at 15.240-15.380 EPS. Q4 2025 guidance at 3.870-3.990 EPS. On average, analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Whipplewood Advisors LLC grew its position in F5 by 275.0% during the second quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 90 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 66 shares during the last quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC grew its position in F5 by 134.1% during the first quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC now owns 103 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 59 shares during the last quarter. Golden State Wealth Management LLC grew its position in F5 by 275.0% during the first quarter. Golden State Wealth Management LLC now owns 105 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 77 shares during the last quarter. Park Square Financial Group LLC bought a new position in F5 during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Finally, Groupe la Francaise bought a new position in F5 during the first quarter valued at approximately $34,000. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have commented on FFIV. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of F5 from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, May 22nd. Piper Sandler increased their price target on shares of F5 from $304.00 to $355.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Barclays increased their price target on shares of F5 from $274.00 to $321.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Needham & Company LLC increased their price target on shares of F5 from $320.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Morgan Stanley increased their price target on shares of F5 from $305.00 to $312.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, F5 presently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $309.89.

F5 Company Profile

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.