Edward Cooper Werner Sells 969 Shares of F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 969 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $282.20, for a total value of $273,451.80. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 5,305 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,497,071. The trade was a 15.44% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website.

F5 Trading Up 0.9%

Shares of FFIV stock opened at $286.22 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.67, a PEG ratio of 8.03 and a beta of 1.01. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $272.16 and its 200-day moving average price is $281.18. F5, Inc. has a 12 month low of $223.76 and a 12 month high of $346.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.63 by $0.82. The company had revenue of $822.47 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $755.97 million. F5 had a return on equity of 22.08% and a net margin of 22.45%.The firm’s revenue was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $3.84 earnings per share. F5 has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.340-3.460 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 15.650-16.050 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have recently issued reports on FFIV. Barclays raised their price target on shares of F5 from $267.00 to $283.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Weiss Ratings downgraded F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $325.00 target price (up from $295.00) on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Morgan Stanley cut their target price on F5 from $336.00 to $296.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, December 17th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, F5 currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $309.89.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On F5

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Millennium Management LLC grew its position in shares of F5 by 166.5% during the 1st quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 62,906 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $16,750,000 after buying an additional 39,305 shares during the period. NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of F5 by 1,281.4% during the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 967 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $257,000 after acquiring an additional 897 shares during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of F5 by 38.4% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 298,297 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $79,428,000 after acquiring an additional 82,835 shares during the period. Focus Partners Wealth bought a new position in F5 during the first quarter worth $257,000. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. boosted its stake in F5 by 288.1% during the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $43,000 after acquiring an additional 121 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

About F5

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.