F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) CFO Edward Cooper Werner Sells 1,500 Shares of Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 1,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $350.00, for a total transaction of $525,000.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 2,906 shares in the company, valued at $1,017,100. The trade was a 34.04% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Edward Cooper Werner also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, May 4th, Edward Cooper Werner sold 599 shares of F5 stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $322.33, for a total transaction of $193,075.67.
• On Wednesday, March 4th, Edward Cooper Werner sold 969 shares of F5 stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $282.20, for a total transaction of $273,451.80.

F5 Stock Performance

NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $354.98 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $20.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.12, a P/E/G ratio of 8.29 and a beta of 1.00. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $302.13 and a 200-day simple moving average of $275.23. F5, Inc. has a one year low of $223.76 and a one year high of $362.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.47 by $0.43. The firm had revenue of $811.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $783.82 million. F5 had a net margin of 21.96% and a return on equity of 21.50%. F5’s revenue was up 11.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $3.42 EPS. 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, research analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 12.71 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

FFIV has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price objective on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, Weiss Ratings raised shares of F5 from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Monday, March 30th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $316.44.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On F5

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FFIV. Millennium Management LLC lifted its holdings in F5 by 166.5% during the first quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 62,906 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $16,750,000 after purchasing an additional 39,305 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of F5 by 1,281.4% in the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 967 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $257,000 after buying an additional 897 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its position in shares of F5 by 38.4% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 298,297 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $79,428,000 after buying an additional 82,835 shares during the last quarter. Focus Partners Wealth acquired a new stake in shares of F5 in the first quarter valued at about $257,000. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. raised its position in shares of F5 by 288.1% in the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $43,000 after buying an additional 121 shares during the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other 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.