F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) EVP Chad Michael Whalen Sells 704 Shares

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 704 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $330.30, for a total transaction of $232,531.20. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 27,032 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,928,669.60. The trade was a 2.54% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Chad Michael Whalen also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, March 6th, Chad Michael Whalen sold 688 shares of F5 stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $277.05, for a total transaction of $190,610.40.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of FFIV opened at $339.90 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $19.21 billion, a PE ratio of 27.88, a PEG ratio of 7.63 and a beta of 1.00. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $294.44 and its 200 day moving average price is $273.38. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $223.76 and a twelve month high of $346.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.47 by $0.43. F5 had a net margin of 21.96% and a return on equity of 21.50%. The company had revenue of $811.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $783.82 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $3.42 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.910-4.030 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 16.250-16.550 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 12.71 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have recently commented on FFIV. Weiss Ratings raised shares of F5 from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Monday, March 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price target on shares of F5 from $345.00 to $375.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price target on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, Piper Sandler reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $316.44.

Trending Headlines about F5

Here are the key news stories impacting F5 this week:

• Positive Sentiment: April-quarter earnings beat and raised guidance — F5 reported $3.90 EPS vs. $3.47 expected and revenue of $811.7M vs. ~$783.8M, with Q3 and fiscal‑year 2026 EPS guidance above prior levels. Those fundamental beats and guidance are the most likely driver of the stock’s rise today. MarketBeat Earnings Summary
• Neutral Sentiment: CTO Kunal Anand sold 3,123 shares under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan (avg $322.33), reducing his holding ~20.4%. Large but pre-planned insider sales generally limit negative signaling. SEC Filing
• Neutral Sentiment: SVP John Anthony Maddison sold 1,000 shares under a Rule 10b5-1 plan (avg $322.33), a ~31.8% position reduction. Again, the 10b5-1 structure reduces the likelihood this reflects new negative company information. SEC Filing
• Neutral Sentiment: EVP Angelique M. Okeke sold 842 shares under a Rule 10b5-1 plan (avg $322.33), trimming her stake ~28.5%. The pre-arranged nature weighs against interpreting this as a near-term red flag. SEC Filing
• Neutral Sentiment: CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 599 shares under a Rule 10b5-1 plan (avg $322.33), an ~12.0% reduction of his direct holding. As above, the plan reduces the negative signal. SEC Filing
• Neutral Sentiment: EVP Chad M. Whalen sold 704 shares (avg $330.30), a small (~2.5%) trim; this sale was also via a pre-arranged plan. SEC Filing

Institutional Investors Weigh In On F5

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC grew its stake in shares of F5 by 2.4% in the first quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 2,761 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $816,000 after acquiring an additional 66 shares during the last quarter. Aware Super Pty Ltd as trustee of Aware Super acquired a new stake in shares of F5 in the first quarter worth $2,982,000. Wealthfront Advisers LLC grew its stake in shares of F5 by 13.0% in the first quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 2,548 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $737,000 after acquiring an additional 294 shares during the last quarter. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund grew its stake in shares of F5 by 2.2% in the first quarter. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund now owns 33,500 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $9,693,000 after acquiring an additional 728 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. grew its stake in shares of F5 by 34.0% in the first quarter. Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. now owns 30,799 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $8,909,000 after acquiring an additional 7,816 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

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.